Informed Comment - Part 1015

De Niro: “There’s Something more powerful than Bombs: Your Vote”

De Niro has been a frequent critic of Trump

Qatar a Beneficiary of Saudi Khashoggi Debacle

Doha (AFP) – Global diplomatic fallout from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate may help Qatar in its political stand-off […]

David Harding

Iran

In Major defeat for Trump, Int’l Court of Justice Rules for Iran in Lifting Sanctions

(TeleSur) – Iran brought a complaint to the ICJ on grounds that U.S. President Donald Trump’s sanctions violated the 1955 Treaty of Amity signed between […]

TeleSur

Donald Trump

Far right urging of jailing of Political Rivals linked in History with Bombings

The mass right wing parties of Europe in the 1920s and 1930s were led by charismatic leaders who whipped up the hatreds of mobs by […]

Juan Cole

BDS

Avalanche of Criticism for U of Michigan for Fining Professor over Israel Boycott

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) called on the university to rescind the punishment

TeleSur

Israel

Israeli PM Netanyahu warns of Plot to Topple him, as Rivals charge Paranoia

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Jewish state’s president and a former minister of conspiring to have him toppled, triggering […]

AFP

Green Transportation

Tesla’s Electric Car has Historic Quarter, seeks to conquer China & Europe

San Francisco (AFP) – Electric car maker Tesla on Wednesday reported an “historic” quarterly profit driven by demand for its mass market Model 3, as […]

Glenn Chapman

War