Op-Ed Articles
The US House of Representatives Openly Calls for Regime Change in Moscow
By Alex Christoforou
The resolution gets to the root of what America's elite really want...the dismantling, and subsequent resource plundering of the Russian Federation.
Ukraine's Oligarchs Turn on Each Other
By Robert Parry
Ukraine's post-coup regime is facing what looks like a falling-out among thieves as oligarch-warlord Igor Kolomoisky, brought his armed men to Kiev to fight for control of the state-owned energy company.
Russian Duma May Reauthorize Putin to Send the Russian Army Into Ukraine
Translated from Russian by J.Hawk
The Russian Parliament ought to once again give the President of the Russian Federation to use armed force in Ukraine if the US decides to send sizable arms supplies to that country."
Israel: The Morning After
By Gideon Levy
The two-state solution is clinically dead. It's time to think about the alternative. Does anyone know of an alternative to the two-state idea other than one state?
Yemen Joins The Axis Of Resistance
By Moon Of Alabama
Houthi, like many other Yemenis, despise the Saudis and their Wahhabism. It is mostly therefore that they are accused of being allied with Iran.
Study: U.S. Wars Have Left Over 1 Million Dead in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
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The investigators found "the war has, directly or indirectly, killed around one million people in Iraq, 220,000 in Afghanistan and 80,000 in Pakistan ( i.e. a total of around 1.3 million).
How The US Government and US Military Became Murder, Inc.
By Paul Craig Roberts
When you read this book you will weep for your country ruled as it is by completely immoral and inhumane monsters.
The Scene of the Crime
A Reporter's Journey to My Lai and the Secrets of the Past.
By Seymour M. Hersh
"God will punish you for what you made me do"
Financial Feudalism
By Dmitry Orlov
Everywhere you care to look, the ever-shrinking economy eventually results in populist revolt, war and national bankruptcy, and these cause money to stop working in a number of ways.
A Felon for a Facebook Post
The Abduction of Matthew Townsend
By William Norman Grigg
Matthew Townsend was made an offender for using a sidewalk without a police officer's permission, and then accused of a felony for publishing a Facebook post about the incident.
The Only Truly Compliant, Submissive Citizen in a Police State Is a Dead One
By John W. Whitehead
This is the death rattle of the American dream, which was built on the idea that no one is above the law, that our rights are inalienable and cannot be taken away, and that our government and its appointed agents exist to serve us.
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Hard News
Over 1,500 militants attack Syria's Idlib, 170 militants, 23 civilians killed:
The militant's attacks are countered by Syrian government forces, which control Idlib. The military source told Sputnik that around 170 militants have been killed. The number of casualties among Idlib defenders was not available on Tuesday.
19 killed as Syrian Army, Hezbollah seize two hilltops near border:
Hezbollah and the Syrian army clashed with jihadi militants and seized two key vantage points along the Lebanese border Wednesday, ahead of a much-anticipated offensive in Qalamoun, according to security sources.
Syrian rebels seize historic town in south: monitor:
Insurgents have seized a historic town in southern Syria from the government, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday, part of a counter attack rebels say they are waging to stop Damascus reclaiming the border zone near Israel and Jordan.
17 killed in clashes with IS militants in Iraq:
At least 17 people were killed and 23 wounded on Wednesday in clashes between security forces and Islamic State (IS) militants in the Iraqi provinces of Salahudin and Anbar, security sources said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
55 killed in clashes with IS militants in western Iraq:
Separate clashes on Tuesday between Iraqi forces and Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's western province of Anbar left a total of 55 people killed and 71 wounded, security and medical sources said.
Turkish military clashes with Kurdish militants in southeast:
The Turkish military exchanged fire with Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey Wednesday in a rare violation of a two-year old cease-fire, part of a peace process between the militants and Ankara.
Yemen president flees city by boat during intense fighting:
The Journal reported a convoy of Saudi Arabian officials helped Hadi in his escape. Newsweek said the Houthis put a $93,000 (20m Yemeni riyals) bounty on Hadi's capture.
Saudi Arabia moves heavy arms to border with chaos-stricken Yemen:
Houthi fighters have overrun Al-Anad airbase and entered Aden, arresting the defense minister. The objective of the Saudi Arabian troops remains uncertain and even the US, Riyadh's major ally, is not sure what the House of Saud has on its mind regarding the long-lasting political turmoil of its southern neighbor.
Yemen FM urges 'quick Arab intervention' against Houthi militants:
Yassin warned against the threats facing the security of Yemen after meeting Arab League secretary-general Nabil El-Arabi in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. "We agreed on holding a meeting on Thursday about the situation in Yemen on the sidelines of the Arab League summit," Yassin told reporters.
White House Stands By Claim That Yemen is 'Model' of Success Despite 'Complete Chaos':
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Obama says possibility of two-state solution 'very dim':
US president says it's hard to imagine solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict after Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks.
Video: Israeli night raids on sleeping Palestinian children:
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem today released two harrowing videos of heavily armed Israeli soldiers raiding the bedrooms of Palestinian children in the middle of the night.
Jordan agrees deal for Russia to build nuclear plant:
The $10bn power plant in energy-poor Jordan is scheduled to be completed in 2023
75 killed in Boko Haram attack in northern Nigeria town:
Many old and young women were also seized by the Boko Haram militants, who have been in control of the Nigeria-Cameroon border community for some six months, said the survivor named Mairo Mohammad.
Daesh car bomb, clashes leave 17 dead in Libya:
The Daesh group's affiliate in Libya said it played a role in a string of suicide car bombings that killed 12 people on Wednesday in the eastern city of Benghazi.
Islamic State militants kill five pro-Tripoli government fighters:
Libyan news agency: Two military sources told Reuters the attack near the city's power station on its western outskirts appeared to be a suicide bombing but no more details were immediately available.
ISIS affiliate claims Libya bombings that killed 12:
The affiliate of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Libya has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's car bombings that killed 12 people in the eastern city of Benghazi.
Air strikes kill 30 militants allied with Pakistani Taliban: sources:
Pakistani jet fighters killed 30 militants allied to the Pakistani Taliban in a missile attack in the mountainous northwestern Khyber region on Wednesday, including the group's spokesman, intelligence officials said.
U.S. Kills 11 Suspected, Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan:
A U.S. drone strike killed 11 Pakistani Taliban militants in north-eastern Afghanistan, including six or seven senior commanders, intelligence officials said on Wednesday, hours after a strike killed at least nine militants in the same area.
6 dead after blast near Finance Ministry rocks Afghan capital:
The explosion comes after Taliban leadership announced earlier on Wednesday that the Obama administration's decision to slow US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would hamper peace efforts in the country.
Moscow says new U.S. national security strategy is anti-Russian:
The Security Council also repeated an assertion Washington might try to engineer political change in Russia using the same tactics of mass protest the Kremlin says it applied to topple a pro-Russian president in Kiev last year.
Ukraine's Oligarchs Joust, Putin Laughs:
As if its festering conflict with Russia and war-torn economy weren't enough, Ukraine is facing a growing self-inflicted problem: a showdown between the government in Kiev and an influential billionaire with his own private army.
British government 'colluded over 80 murders':
The UK, security forces colluded with loyalist paramilitaries in 80 deaths between July 1972 and June 1978 in Northern Ireland's "murder triangle" in counties Armagh and Tyrone, Leslie Thomas QC said.
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The millions in EU funding the BBC tried to hide:
Over the last three years the BBC has secretly obtained millions of pounds in grants from the European Union. Licence fee payers might assume that the Corporation would have been compelled to disclose the source of this money in its annual reports, but they bear no trace of it specifically.
Uruguay says it will not take any more Guantanamo Bay inmates:
The resettlement of the men has been weighed down with problems almost since they arrived there.
TransCanada's Other Massive Pipeline Plan:
TransCanada has recently proposed an even bigger pipeline called Energy East that would carry 1.1 million barrels of tar sands oil from Alberta, across all of central and Eastern Canada to Atlantic refineries and ports.
Slave-caught seafood winds up in US restaurants, food chains:
Seafood caught by slaves forced to fish on a tiny island in Indonesia is ending up at major supermarkets, restaurants and even pet stores across the United States, a year-long investigation by AP has revealed.
Religious freedom bill likely to become law in Indiana:
A controversial religious freedom bill that critics warn will sanction discrimination against LGBT people looks poised to become law in the Hoosier State.
Shock Video: Car Explodes After Border Patrol Agent Tasers Driver:
Shock video shows a car exploding into flames after a Border Patrol agent shoots a taser into the vehicle, killing the driver as agents back away and refuse to help
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