Issues & Events

The US-led genocide and destruction of Yemen

Oct 21, 2018 06:30

“Only God can save our children”, say Yemeni fathers and mothers as they can do nothing but watch their children die, try to comfort them in their final agonizing hours, and pray for God to spare them from death. The fathers and mothers watch and pray, as one by another their children die from cholera, dehydration and starvation.
Khashoggi saga takes spotlight off Yemen tragedy

Oct 21, 2018 06:26

With the Saudi regime finally admitting its killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in its consulate in Istanbul, after 18 days of denial, the crime in a diplomatic mission on foreign soil has taken a new twist that will embarrass US president Donald Trump, who in his greed for petro dollars has completely ignored the human rights factory by refusing to stop the sale of deadly American weapons for the killing of more and more Yemeni men, women, and children.
Iran’s definitive account of the Iran-Iraq War: Written by a female Iraqi Kurd

Oct 20, 2018 06:54

Thirty years after the end of Iran’s “Holy Defense” during the 8-year war imposed by the US through Saddam of Baghdad’s repressive Ba’th minority regime, Iran’s supposed “military parades” are attacked, but the world still doesn’t really comprehend exactly what the West is attacking in Iran.
Amid furor over Khashoggi murder, UN warns millions more face starvation in Yemen

Oct 20, 2018 06:45

The United Nations has warned that the US-backed, Saudi-led war against Yemen is threatening to engulf millions more of the impoverished nation’s people in the worst famine the world has seen in over 100 years.
Slashing of welfare spending forces millions into poverty in UK

Oct 19, 2018 06:03

After a decade of severe austerity imposed on millions of people across the UK, by the year 2021 there will be £37 billion spent less on working age social security compared to 2010.
A coming US-China showdown in the South China Sea?

Oct 19, 2018 05:59

The rising tensions between the US and China as a result of the Trade War started by the quixotic American president Donald Trump which has already taken the shape of a cold war, could spiral out of control into a military conflict in view of Washington’s intrusion into the traditional zone of Chinese influence.
If a prince murders a journalist, that’s not a hiccup

Oct 18, 2018 06:34

Reports of the macabre murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi regime, if proven true, entangles the US administration as well, especially Donald Trump, his son-in-law Jarred Kushner and other close associates into a sticky web, extrication from which might not be easy without irreparable damage to their political careers.
Welcome to the G-20 from hell

Oct 18, 2018 06:12

World leaders wrestle with a maelstrom of complex, burning issues as they prepare for November 30 summit of the G-20 nations, says Brazilian investigative journalist Pepe Escobar.
Why Jamal Khashoggi's ruthless killing is a global issue

Oct 18, 2018 06:04

Saudi Heir Apparent Mohamed bin Salman, better known as MBS, has turned from a US opportunity into a Western liability, says Taha Ozhan, former chairman of the foreign affairs committee of Turkey’s parliament, in his article for Turkish press, titled: “Why Jamal Khashoggi's ruthless killing is a global issue”.
Is this the beginning of the end of the U.S.-Saudi alliance?

Oct 17, 2018 06:33

The disappearance of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, is threatening to upend the terms of the decades long alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia, say Zaid Jilani and Ryan Grim in their joint article for ‘The Intercept’ site, titled: “Is this the beginning of the end of the U.S.-Saudi alliance?”