The United States and Iran traded new attacks overnight into Thursday, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement…
When I was working on The Fall of Israel (2024) and particularly The Obliteration Doctrine (2025), what I found most repulsive was…
When the US-Iran conflict escalated earlier this year, the immediate concern centered on oil prices and the Strait of Hormuz. But the…
What began as Israelās obliteration in Gaza now extends to Lebanon, Iran and the Gulf, thanks to US arms and finance. Ā If…
On Saturday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited eastern Congoās Bunia, a city at the heart of the Ebola outbreak, where the…
Israeli military aggression has āreshaped both the physical and ecological landscapeā of southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese report (which does not…
After three weeks of effective war, the hostilities have caused severe regional spillovers, thousands of deaths, displacements of millions and a massive…
Recently, Prime Minister Mark Carney ā perhaps the ultimate liberal insider ā gave a seminal speech at Davos, declaring the demise of…
In the early hours of January 3, 2026, Venezuelaās President Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were dragged from their bedroom and…
In a military operation, Venezuelaās President Maduro was captured and transported to New York to face charges in a federal court. Reportedly,…
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