By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – Yesterday the former chairman of President Trump’s presidential campaign and the architect of last year’s Republican National Convention got up, got out of bed, drank his coffee and went to jail. Shortly thereafter, one of the president’s erstwhile foreign policy advisors was revealed to be a […]
Rebuking Trump, IAEA Again Certifies Iran Compliance on Nuclear Deal
Zein Basravi | Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | – – “Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, was in Tehran on Sunday, his first visit since US President Donald Trump told Congress that Iran is not complying with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), more commonly known as […]
What if Russia had Spec Ops on US Canadian Border? US Troops in E. Europe
By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “They are very concerned about their adversary next door,” said General Raymond Thomas, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), at a national security conference in Aspen, Colorado, in July. “They make no bones about it.” The “they” in question were various Eastern European and […]
Widespread theft of Palestinian olive harvest by Israeli Squatters
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Over the past few days, Israeli settlers have reportedly stolen the harvest of hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in the northern occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian sources. Official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency reported that Israeli settlers from the illegal Kedumim settlement, stole the […]
JFK Files Reveal US Mulled Use of Biological Weapons in Cuba
TeleSur | – – During a top-level meeting, U.S. officials warned against the possibility of it being traced back to the United States. The recently published JFK files have shed further light on U.S. plans to use biological weapons as part of its Cuban Project, an agricultural sabotage plot against the socialist country. During a […]
Kenya to become the sixth largest producer of geothermal power
KNT Keney | Video News Report | – – “Kenya is set to become the sixth largest producer of geothermal power in the world after it broke ground for the construction of the Olkaria 5 power plant. The new plant will add an additional 150 mw of power to the grid as well to ensure […]
Reminder: Mueller is investigating *Crimes*; Hence 1st Charges
TeleSur | – – According to reports, a federal grand jury has approved criminal charges in an investigation regarding alleged Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election, though the nature of the charges and the suspect are currently unknown. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has declined to comment on this latest development upon […]
‘They shot my two daughters in front of me’: Burma’s Rohingya tell heartbreaking stories of loss
By Ronan Lee | (The Conversation) | – – If there’s anything positive about the sprawling Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, it’s that the residents – despite their appalling recent experiences and obvious deprivation – are at least safe here from Myanmar’s military. I’ve been visiting Rohingya refugee camps close to the Bangladesh/Myanmar […]
U.S. Soldiers Died in Niger. What on Earth Are We Doing There?
By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org) | – – When our soldiers kill and die in wars we don’t know about and can’t end, we’re not a democracy anymore. In our military-revering culture, it’s a strange thing for a president to start a war of words with the grieving families of slain soldiers. Strange, yes. […]
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