President Trump Just FIRED Steve Bannon as WH Chief Strategist
posted in: News, United States
North Korea releases aggressive propaganda posters boasting of nuclear power over US
North Korea has released propaganda posters boasting that the US mainland is “within our strike range!” and condemning strengthened United Nations sanctions over its recent missile tests. One of the bold posters, released through state-controlled media on Thursday, depicts multiple … Read More
Deadly South Asia floods affect 16 millon people
posted in: Earthquakes, Famines, Pestilence, Disasters, News
More than 16 million people have now been affected by seasonal flooding across a swathe of South Asia, say aid officials. The floods in Nepal, Bangladesh and India are thought to have killed about 500 people and are expected to … Read More
Charlottesville: Is America Becoming the Middle East?
posted in: Middle East, News
This post originally appeared at The Nation. Americans have been so entangled in the Middle East for the past few decades that they have begun interpreting their own politics in the terms of that region. Is driving a car into … Read More
President Trump ‘considering his options’ on Afghanistan after Camp David meeting
posted in: News, United States
WASHINGTON – President Trump will soon decide on a new strategy for the conflict in Afghanistan that could involve sending a few thousand more U.S. troops, the White House said Friday after a national security meeting at Camp David. “This … Read More
Opinion Trump and Israel Must Not Conflate North Korea Nuclear Threat With Iran
Deterring the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a noble goal – one that America and Israel ostensibly share. How to go about doing so is another story “How can dictatorships be deterred from developing operational nuclear arsenals?” This is a … Read More
At least 13 dead, 100 injured in Barcelona van attack
posted in: European Union, News
(CNN)At least 13 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a van rammed through crowds in the heart of Barcelona on Thursday in what the Spanish Prime Minister described as a barbaric act of terror. Eyewitnesses reported scenes … Read More
Europe’s migrant crisis isn’t going away, but it is changing
posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe
(CNN)Much has changed since the height of the refugee crisis that gripped Europe in the summer of 2015. Since the shocking images of drowned Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi went viral, the crisis has largely been out of international headlines. But … Read More