U.S. says Iran may have killed up to 1,000 protesters

U.N. human rights chief says video footage shows Iranian security forces “shooting to kill.” WASHINGTON — The U.S.’s special representative for Iran Brian Hook has said that more than 1,000 Iranian citizens may have been killed in recent protests. On … Read More

Netanyahu demands US backing of Jordan Valley ‘annexation plan’ after Washington denies he ever spoke of it with Pompeo

posted in: Israel, News

FILE PHOTO: Benjamin Netanyahu poses with a placard given while visiting a Jordan Valley settlement © REUTERS/Amir Cohen The embattled Prime Minister wants Washington to approve of Israel’s further expansion into the Jordan Valley, just days after he urged Donald … Read More

Boris Johnson’s attack on EU citizens shows the Tories don’t think migrants belong here

The Conservatives have no desire for the UK to be a diverse country. EU citizens who witnessed the European referendum will not be surprised that Boris Johnson is again turning his fire on us. As a leading figure in Vote … Read More

Arrests for US-Mexico Border Crossings Plummet a Record 75% Over 6 Months

posted in: News, Refugee Crisis America

Arrests of migrants for illegal southern border crossings have fallen a whopping 75% since May in a sign that President Donald Trump’s hard-line policies are paying off with one of the most dramatic drop-offs in history. “This is a direct result due … Read More

Rep. Ross Spano: We can delay a budget, but we can’t delay a crisis

Rep. Ross Spano, a Republican, represents Florida’s 15th congressional district. Rep. Spano’s op-ed originally ran online at the Washington Examiner. It has been more than two months since we entered fiscal year 2020, and not a single full-year appropriations bill … Read More

NATO’s Real Problem: Germany’s Military Is Dying

posted in: Germany, News

Key point: Germany’s military has been vastly underfunded. The modern German armed forces, or Bundeswehr, were created just ten years after the end of World War II. Cold war tensions and the presence of Soviet troops in East Germany, Czechoslovakia … Read More

Kramp-Karrenbauer’s Quest for a meaningful German Army

posted in: Germany, News

In the future, according to the will of Germany’s Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer, the Bundeswehr needs to take much more responsibility and fight side by side with the allies. A noble and long overdue vision. However, does Germany possess military capabilities … Read More

No Place for Right-Wing Extremists in Ranks, German Army Says

FILE – Soldiers attend an oath-taking ceremony of the German army at the Defense Ministry in Berlin, July 20, 2019. As reports about the threat of far-right recruitment among Europe’s law enforcement and military grow, German armed forces, or Bundeswehr, … Read More

Neo-Nazi scandal hits German elite military unit

posted in: Germany, News

A new neo-Nazi scandal has erupted in the German military, this time in its Special Forces Command (KSK), according to the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. An officer in the elite military unit is strongly suspected of involvement in the right-wing extremist scene, the … Read More

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