By Martin Kettle* – The Guardian The relationship with him is still volatile, the Ukraine strategy still unclear and Europe needs to ensure its collective defence. Nato’s Hague summit was an orchestrated grovel at the feet of Donald Trump.
By David Hearst* – Middle East Eye Tel Aviv has swapped an indirect enemy and sponsor of proxy militias for a direct enemy that has repeatedly sent Israeli citizens running for their bunkers. The Luftwaffe regarded the blitz on Coventry on 14 November 1940 as an astonishing…
By Guillaume Lafortune* – Article sent to Other News by the author The world faces unprecedented danger of self-destruction. The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists measures how close humanity is to self-destruction, mainly caused by nuclear Armageddon, but also…
By Richard Rubenstein – CounterPunch The question that nobody wants to talk about – not even Congressional opponents of Trump’s potential war against Iran – is why the Iranians can’t have a nuclear weapon if they want one. This is not discussed because Americans have been taught…
By Alice Speri* – The Guardian Fifteen organizations call on GHF and other groups running aid delivery to cease operations or face legal consequences. Fifteen international human rights organisations have called on the Israel- and US-backed Gaza food delivery group, Gaza…
By Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J.S. Davies* – Common Dreams The agency’s chief has not only continued its subservience to U.S. and Western interests, but also its practice of turning a blind eye to Israel’s nuclear weapons.
By Joseph Bouchard* – Asia Times Dilma Rousseff is deftly guiding the Global South toward a new financial order beyond Western and dollar dominance. Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is nearing the end of her first term as head of the New Development Bank…
By Stephen Wertheim* – The Guardian If the United States joins Israel’s fight to try to finish Israel’s job, it will enter into a war of unknowable scope against a country of 90 million people. Two decades ago, as Americans debated whether their country should invade Iraq, one…
By Aimée-Noël Mbiyozo* – Institute for Security Studies (ISS) On World Refugee Day, displaced Africans face the worst conditions yet as conflict and disasters increase, aid plummets and borders tighten. The number of displaced Africans has doubled since 2018. For the…
By Jamal Kanj* – Counter Punch The Orwellian G7 statement described Israel’s military attacks on Iran as “self‑defense. By twisting language to fit political ends, the communiqué normalizes aggression and offers diplomatic cover for Israel’s serial violations of…
