Informed Comment - Part 1066

Trump: SecDef Mattis, ‘Sort of a Democrat’ Could be Leaving Cabinet

By Jim MANNION | – (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis “could be” leaving the cabinet post, US President Donald Trump says US Defense […]

AFP

Native Americans

Could Deb Haaland be the First Native American Woman in Congress?

We have people in Congress right now who… don’t know what it’s like” to be without food or proper health care

Javier Tovar

Featured

Iran: Khashoggi was Murdered because West Shielded Saudis from Criticism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment): According to the invaluable BBC Monitoring press surveys of Middle Eastern newspapers, the coverage of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change

With Rich pro-Carbon, only empowered Workers can Stop Climate Armageddon

The global reaction to two landmark new reports suggests the world could well lose that confrontation.

Sam Pizzigati

Israel/ Palestine

Israeli Squatters throw rocks on car of Palestinian Woman, Killing Her

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – A Palestinian woman died of her wounds after Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank threw stones at the car […]

AFP

Saudi Arabia

Turkey: Saudis “Not Cooperating” on Khashoggi Probe; Trump Threatens Riyadh

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey on Saturday accused Saudi Arabia of failing to cooperate with a probe into the disappearance of a journalist inside its Istanbul […]

Stuart Williams

Climate Change