Top 4 Worst pieces of Climate News from WMO in Age of Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The World Meteorological Organization of the United…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The World Meteorological Organization of the United…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US foreign aid budget is not…
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Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave
Via Human Rights Watch | - - Security Forces, Prisoners, Women, Among Those Executed (Erbil) – The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and dumped the bodies of possibly hundreds of…Isolated Saudi Arabia pivots to Asia; but will it spread Extremism There?
By Babak Mohammadzadeh | (Informed Comment) | - - Capital cities across Asia spent the last month rolling out the red carpet for a rarely seen visitor: Saudi Arabia’s ageing King Salman,…What’s Cuba *Really* Like?
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of times and learned that every third person…Climate Change: 5 Lessons the US Can Learn from Latin America
By Geovanny Vicente Romero | (TeleSur) | - - Taking a look at Latin America can provide some low-budget guidance on making a difference with less. During the week of March 12,…Ghosts Of ISIL: While All Eyes are On Mosul, Extremists Return To Other Iraqi Provinces
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) - - While Iraq’s pro-government forces battle on in Mosul, extremists are heading back to other provinces. Locals say the number of attacks keep rising -…Does Trump’s slashed Foreign Aid Budget give China the Advantage?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US foreign aid budget is not mainly about helping the poor. It is an instrument for buying influence in countries important to…Africa Trade Summit in US Had Zero Africans After Visas Denied
TeleSur | - - "This year it was 100 percent. Every delegation,” organizer Mary Flowers told the media. An African trade summit organized by the University of Southern California ended up with…Saudi throws Muslims under Bus, Sucks up to Islamophobe Trump
By Daniel Martin Varisco | MENA Tidningen | - - The old saying goes “With friends like this, who needs enemies.” This is especially apparent in the visit of Saudi Prince Mohammed…Why Trump loves both Torture and Fake News: Doing Violence to the Truth
By Scott Beauchamp | (Informed Comment) | - - One of the more disturbing elements of Trump’s promised renewal of military dominance is a return of torture. Back on the campaign trail…Trump picks fights with US Allies: Germany, NATO, EU, Britain etc.
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - After Trump falsely accused President Obama of having him wiretapped at Trump Tower during the campaign, Sean Spicer upped the ante by charging…Palestinians shocked at craven UN climbdown from report on Israeli Apartheid
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- After the head of a United Nations agency resigned from her post, citing pressure from the UN Secretary-General to censor a new report…41 Killed in US Attack on Syrian Mosque
TeleSur | - - "It was right after prayers at a time when there are usually religious lessons for men in it," one witness told AFP. On Thursday the U.S. government confirmed…How the Iraq War came Home & brought us Trump
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - If you want to know where President Donald Trump came from, if you want to trace the long winding road (or escalator) that…Why the UN branded Israel an Apartheid state
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Note: Apparently the Trump administration at Israeli urging threatened to defund the UN if this report was not withdrawn. The UN Secretary-General caved,…Populist Wilders may have come up short, but Dutch intolerance is still real
By Annemarie Toebosch | (The Conversation) | - - The Dutch elections on March 15 have received a lot of attention in the international media. The reason for the attention is clear:…Israeli Pol threatens Crimes against Humanity in Lebanon
TeleSur | - - A far-right Israeli minister said Lebanese civilians must be direct targets in a future war over Hezbollah’s rising political sway in Lebanon. The next war Israel will launch…Exit Polls: Tolerant Dutch Reject Wilders’ anti-Muslim Hate Speech
TeleSur | Many see the Dutch vote as a referendum on the viability of the viciously anti-Muslim, anti-migrant politics represented by Geert Wilders. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's center-right VVD Party remained…Trump & Saudi Arabia: Oil Boycott or Bromance?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump is meeting this week with Muhammad bin Salman, the deputy heir apparent of the Saudi Arabian throne and the minister of defense.…Israel’s Natural Gas war on Palestinians
Ma'an News Agency | - - Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory does not only exist above ground. Since 1967, Israel has systematically colonized Palestinian natural resources and, in the field of hydrocarbons,…Is Russia trying to take back over Libya from NATO, Radicals?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reuters is reporting that some 22 Russian special operations forces have set up a base in Western Egypt near the Libyan border in…