Issues & Events

  • NATO hypocrisy's twilight zone

    Oct 07, 2018 11:03

    What a week it's been for trying to tolerate hypocrisy and hysteria from the United States and its NATO partners.

  • Risk of no-deal Brexit staggers European companies and economy

    Risk of no-deal Brexit staggers European companies and economy

    Oct 07, 2018 10:59

    The growing likelihood of a no-deal Brexit next March is sending economic and political shock-waves across Europe.

  • Rich world, poor world

    Rich world, poor world

    Oct 07, 2018 10:55

    Global poverty is the direct result of policies pursued by the rich and powerful. The prevailing global capitalist system is designed to enrich the rich and impoverish the poor. Poverty will not end unless the policies that create it are changed.

  • The other face of terror: Why is the US entertaining the MKO?

    The other face of terror: Why is the US entertaining the MKO?

    Oct 07, 2018 07:13

    With so many dangerous unknowns revolving around the MKO terrorists and their proclivity to shed blood, Washington’s wholehearted support boggles the mind, says journalist Catherine Shakdam, an expert on West Asian affairs in her investigative article for the Citizen Truth website, titled: “The other face of terror: Why is the US entertaining the MKO?”

  • Leader deplores destruction of Islamic sites in Hijaz

    Leader deplores destruction of Islamic sites in Hijaz

    Oct 07, 2018 07:10

    Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday, October 3, granted audience to a group of Hajj officials to review the holding of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage and issues relating to Iranian Hajj pilgrims.

  • What is the point of a forever war in Iraq?

    What is the point of a forever war in Iraq?

    Oct 06, 2018 06:34

    Washington should listen to the will of the American people and leave Baghdad, says Bonnie Kristian, a fellow at Defense Priorities and weekend editor at The Week, in her article the National Interest website, titled: “What is the point of a forever war in Iraq?

  • What/who will replace the US Dollar?

    What/who will replace the US Dollar?

    Oct 06, 2018 06:08

    The idea of dropping the US dollar as the primary global currency in international trade is gaining traction in various parts of the world.

  • Washington threatens preemptive strike against Russian missiles

    Washington threatens preemptive strike against Russian missiles

    Oct 06, 2018 06:03

    On Tuesday, the United States government issued its most direct and public threat of a military strike against Russia since the height of the Cold War.

  • Bin Salman pushing clan-based nationalism

    Bin Salman pushing clan-based nationalism

    Oct 05, 2018 14:22

    Lest the concrete and steel buildings mesmerize some into believing that the Bedouin kingdom is making progress, “Saudi” Arabia remains a tribal society. The regime itself says there are at least 18 tribes in the Kingdom. The tribes guard their tribal identity rigidly. There are also numerous clans.

  • US, China thrusting towards a new Cold War

    US, China thrusting towards a new Cold War

    Oct 05, 2018 14:20

    Tit-for-tat exchanges on economic, political and strategic fronts threaten to escalate into a full-blown conflict between the superpowers, says American journalist of Iranian origin Richard Javad Heydarian in his article for Asia Times titled: “US, China thrusting towards a new Cold War.”