China, Russia conduct simulation exercise for joint naval drills IANS| Updated: Jul 24, 2017, 07.28 AM IST MOSCOW: Chinese and Russian commanders conducted a simulation exercise in Kaliningrad province for the ongoing joint military drills code-named “Joint Sea 2017” in the Baltic Sea. In the hours-long exercise on Sunday, two […]
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Another grim anniversary for Gaza Efforts to end the Gaza blockade must go hand in hand with the wider Palestinian right to self-determination.By Sharif Nashashibi Sharif Nashashibi is an award-winning journalist and analyst on Arab affairs. July 8 marks the anniversary of last year’s Israeli onslaught against Gaza. Commonly and […]
https://www.newsweek.com/ Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed off on a new state policy strategy for his navy that views the U.S. as aspiring to dominate the world’s oceans in a threat to Russia. The strategy, in effect as of Thursday–the day Putin signed it–sheds more light into where Russia’s fleet sees potential […]
Yes, Bill Clinton ASKED Russia to interfere in a US presidential election by Jon Rappoport July 18, 2017 Press outlets are now reminding us that President Bill Clinton interfered in the 1996 Russia election that brought Boris Yeltsin to power for a second term. This is by way of saying, […]
16.07.2017 Author: Steven MacMillan https://journal-neo.org/2017/07/16/brzezinski-wanted-nato-to-become-the-hub-of-a-globe-spanning-web-of-security-pacts/ The end of May marked the death of a man who had been at the center of global affairs for decades. Zbigniew Brzezinski, born in Warsaw in the 1920s, was one of the most influential foreign policy advisers in the US, who also played a pivotal role in […]
More than 20 million people are at risk of starving to death. Will the world step up? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/more-than-20-million-people-are-at-risk-of-starving-to-death-will-the-world-step-up/2017/07/17/c7d7703c-6b14-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html?utm_term=.812be9058c88 A severely malnourished child lies in the hands of her mother in March as she waits to be processed into a UNICEF-funded health program in Baidoa in southwestern Somalia. (Tony Karumba/Agence France-Presse […]
Russia is demanding the immediate return of diplomatic properties seized by the Obama administration after claims Moscow hacked the US election. The Kremlin has accused the United States of setting conditions on the return of the compounds in New York and Maryland. Former president Barack Obama ordered their seizure in […]
AUSTRALIA’S military will be given new far-reaching powers, including the ability to take control of terror incidents on home soil, under a national security overhaul. The Turnbull government is set to announce the sweeping terror law changes today. Under the changes, the army could block streets and kill terror suspects, […]
With trinkets and commemorative items on sale, Turkey celebrates the anniversary of the failed Coup. With his “emergency powers” Erdogan seems untouchable, and has himself marked this anniversary with the purge of thousands of workers, and some grim remarks: “TURKEY’S president addressed tens of thousands of people at a ceremony […]
Glenn Greenwald Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the founding editors of The Intercept. His recent piece for The Intercept is headlined “As Momentum Grows to Remove Brazil’s President, New Pressure Campaign Sparks Rage.” Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: […]