TeleSur | – – Yemen has been ravaged by the ongoing war, which has claimed more than 10,000 people and caused a cholera outbreak among 300,000. Officials from both the Yemeni Government and Houthi forces confirmed that at least 20 Yemeni civilians were killed and many more wounded in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on Wednesday. […]
Protest: Religious leaders call on Jerusalem Palestinians to pray at Al-Aqsa on Friday
Ma`an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Members of the Waqf, or Islamic trust, in charge with running Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, called on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem to close all mosques in the neighborhoods on Friday and for prayers to take place in front of the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in […]
One Year Later: Why the Purges in Turkey Were Always in the Pipeline
By Sarphan Uzunoglu. | ( GlobalVoices.org ) | – – When it comes to Turkey, representatives of European Union countries—aided and abetted by Turkish liberals who got the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) wrong to begin with—are in a state of denial and shock. Their distress is rooted in the idea that prior to […]
Unable To Kill Obamacare, Republicans Plot To Kill Medicare (TYT Video)
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Republicans want to privatize, cut, and eventually kill Medicare. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. “If House Speaker Paul Ryan has his way, the 115th Congress won’t just repeal Obamacare, it will dramatically reform Medicare, turning the program into a […]
Donald Trump and the Invisible Monster of Climate Change
John Feffer. | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Once upon a time, long, long ago, I testified before the great assembly of our land. When I describe this event to children today, it really does sound to them like a fairy tale. Once upon a time — a time before the world splintered into […]
The Dangerous Unreality of Trumpland rests on a Totalitarian Foundation
By Dan Dinello | (Informed Comment) | – – Like the Black Lodge in David Lynch’s revival of Twin Peaks, reality is twisted into strange, absurd forms in the world of Trump. He tirelessly assaults common sense with exaggerations, blatant lies, insulting tweets, and willful ignorance. Though his chip-off-the-old-liar son Donald Jr. got caught red-handed […]
What impact will Saudi-Qatar Struggle have on Palestinians?
By Israa Khater | ( OpenDemocracy.org ) | – – No conflict in the Middle East spares the Palestinians, and the recent crisis in the GCC is no exception. Following the escalation of the GCC crisis and the deteriorating relationship between Qatar and the Gulf Triad (Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain), along with Egypt, […]
Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch | – – Repressive Laws and Policies Restrict Online Speech, Stifle Critical Voices (Moscow) – Russia has introduced significant restrictions to online speech and invasive surveillance of online activity and prosecutes critics under the guise of fighting extremism, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 83-page report, “Online and […]
Turkey’s Emboldened Opposition
By Sinan Ülgen | (Project Syndicate) | – – ISTANBUL – In Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has been working to centralize political power, opposition parties have lately had few reasons to be optimistic. This month’s massive rally in Istanbul was a rare exception. On July 9, after walking for 25 days from […]
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