Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After nearly five decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun […]
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Vile Racism in W. Va. GOP: Rep. Ilhan Omar likened to al-Qaeda & LGBTQ Folks to KKK
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Republicans in the West Virginia state legislature held a “GOP takes the Rotunda” event at the state capitol on Friday. […]
Venezuela crisis: Trump threats to Maduro evoke bloody history of US intervention in Latin America
Rather than plan yet another coup d’etat, U.S. efforts in Venezuela should support the work of the Lima Group
Saudi Arabia to Put Detained Women Activists on Trial
Riyadh (AFP) – Saudi women activists detained last year in a sweeping crackdown on campaigners will be put on trial, state media said Friday. “The […]
Do Israel Pharmaceutical Firms Test Medicines on Palestinian Prisoners?
Last week, Israeli authorities refused to hand over the body of Fares Baroud
Netanyahu to be Indicted on Bribery, Fraud, Press Tampering: Israeli AG
Netanyahu’s thuggish threats and sweetheart deals to manipulate press coverage of himself are on top of all that
Could the Climate Crisis End America’s Global Dominion?
Humanity has just 12 years left to cut carbon emissions by a striking 45% or the world’s temperature would rise by at least 1.5 degrees Celsius
Israel Broke Int’l Law, Likely Committed War Crimes, Shooting 6,000 Gaza Protesters: UN
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A United Nations (UN) probe said, on Thursday, that Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes killing scores of Palestinians and […]
Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif is Back, but Revolutionary Guards still Want Control
(RFE/RL) – A whirlwind eases with the Iranian president’s refusal to accept his smooth-talking foreign minister’s resignation. But that doesn’t necessarily mean Mohammad Javad Zarif […]
Five Ways Cohen implicated Trump in possible Crimes
The bidder was repaid with funds from the Trump Foundation