Doha (AFP) – On the first anniversary of a bitter Gulf diplomatic rift, Qatar’s foreign minister on Tuesday declared his country stronger than ever and said it was open to dialogue with its regional rivals. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani also rebuked Qatar’s foes for “imaginary victories” against the small Gulf state, the target of a […]
Archives for June 2018
UN: ‘Nothing Normal’ about U.S. Detaining Immigrant Children
“Detention is never in the best interests of the child and always constitutes a child rights violation,” officials said. The United Nations has called on the United States to stop detaining irregular migrant families and separating children from their parents on its border with Mexico, saying that the acts broke the law. Several hundred children […]
War of Aggression: The Saudi & UAE Slaughter in Yemen isn’t a Proxy Conflict with Iran
Richmond, Va. (Informed Comment) – Alongside their throttlehold over which reporters can visit what parts of Yemen, and thus what story they can tell, Saudi and Emirati investments in public relations, lobbying, think-tanks, and political consultants are shaping the narrative about their war there. Headline writers, pundits, Wikipedia, news correspondents, and even some so-called experts […]
Can America Heal the Psychological Wounds of our Syrian Refugees?
Detroit (The Conversation) – War in Syria and the refugee crisis have been the subject of a heated debate in United States politics, leading to a travel ban and drastic reduction in the number refugees to the U.S. this year. We occasionally hear about brutal deaths and starvation of civilians in Syria from the news, […]
Pressuring Europe over Trump, Iran will Build New Centrifuges for Enriching Uranium
Tehran (AFP) – Iran said Tuesday it has launched a plan to boost uranium enrichment capacity with new centrifuges, raising the pressure on European diplomats scrambling to rescue the crumbling nuclear deal after Washington pulled out. “If conditions allow, maybe tomorrow night at Natanz, we can announce the opening of the centre for production of […]
Quiet Armageddon: Pentagon’s Hush-Hush new B-21 Stealth Bomber can Carry Nukes
Yarmouth Port, MA ( Tomdispatch.com) – Did you know the U.S. Air Force is working on a new stealth bomber? Don’t blame yourself if you didn’t, since the project is so secret that most members of Congress aren’t privy to the details. (Talk about stealthy!) Known as the B-21 Raider, after General Doolittle’s Raiders of […]
Is there Too Much Democracy in the Middle East?
In the Washington Post last week, historian of the US Yoav Fromer of Tel Aviv University published an article about how the problem with the Middle East is too much democracy and not too little. Fromer seems to take at face value George W. Bush’s policy of “democratization.” That was a slogan to cover the […]
Oceanic Genocide: Marine Heatwaves Hotter, Lasting Longer, and More Lethal
By Eric Oliver, Alastair Hobdale, Dan Smale, Neil Holbrook, and Thomas Wernberg | – On land, heatwaves can be deadly for humans and wildlife and can devastate crops and forests. Marine heatwaves can kill off species and alter ecosystems. (Shutterstock) Unusually warm periods can also occur in the ocean. These can last for weeks or […]
Forgotten War in Yemen Heats up as 100 die in Fight for Key Port
Khokha (Yemen) (AFP) – The battle for a major rebel-controlled port in Yemen has left more than 100 soldiers and insurgents dead in less than a week, medics and military sources said Saturday. Yemeni forces are fighting to close in on the Red Sea port of Hodeida, the main conduit for humanitarian supplies into a […]
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