Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A team of researchers at George Washington University has estimated that excess deaths of Americans in Puerto Rico during and […]
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Yemen: Saudis, UAE, US and Houthis All Guilty of War Crimes – UN
By Nina LARSON | – Geneva (AFP) – All sides in Yemen’s bloody conflict may have committed war crimes, UN investigators said Tuesday, highlighting deadly […]
Saudi Crown Prince vows Yemeni Children will “Shiver,” but is He on Way Out?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mohamed Bin Salman, the thirty-two-year-old crown prince of Saudi Arabia, is finding his wings clipped, by his father and by […]
Iran Launches Suit at UN Court against Trump Sanctions
By Jan Hennop and Roland Lloyd Parry | – The Hague (AFP) – Iran demanded Monday that the UN’s top court order the United States […]
From this AFP Report, it Seems Vietnam gave Warmer Tributes to McCain than Trump White House
Informed Comment syndicates select AFP pieces, and as I prepared this one for publication, the difference between the reported Vietnam response to his death and […]
What 15 Years of US Occupation have Produced: Angry Iraqis
Militant protests continue in the oil rich city of Basra
Burning Coal, Gas & Oil putting Millions at Risk of Starving
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the air threaten to sap wheat, rice, and other staple grains of valuable nutrients
Iran Parliament Fires Finance Minister, as US Sanctions Bite (Cost Iran $1.1 Trillion)
Iran’s parliament on Sunday fired the Finance Minister, Massoud Karbasian, in a severe political setback for president Hassan Rouhani. The Iranian rial has fallen dramatically […]
Are You Ready for the Trump Admin. to Know Everything about You?
By Judith Coburn | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Now that we know we are surveilled 24/7 by the National Security Agency, the FBI, local police, Facebook, […]
Prison Workers Strike Nation-wide against Modern Slavery, Dehumanizing Conditions
By Fizz Perkal | – (Inequality.org) – A nationwide strike takes charge at everything from slavery to sentencing. Organizers say it could be the largest […]