Thursday, April 25, 2024

Gaza grapples with health emergency amid rising infectious disease cases

Gaza faces a dire health crisis with over 360,000 infectious disease cases in shelters, highlighting the devastating impact of Israel's blockade and a collapsing healthcare system.

Can NATO and the Pentagon find a diplomatic off-ramp from the Ukraine war?

The precarious fine line the United States and NATO are walking in Ukraine, caught between their commitment to an open-ended, ever-escalating war and the existential danger of nuclear war that it may lead to.

Are we forever captives of America’s forever wars?

What needs to be done to finally end them...

Get the data: A list of U.S. air and drone strikes, Afghanistan 2017

US drones and jets have been bombing Afghanistan since late 2001 and the airstrikes look set to continue into the Trump administration.

Destroying the lawn in Gaza

In other words, Israel was bombing Gaza on a regular basis to “maintain order.”

Fatal airstrike in Gaza: Two journalists killed, another injured

This event adds to the growing list of media casualties in the region, highlighting the perilous nature of reporting in war-torn areas.

We Don’t Have to Fight World War III in the Middle East

John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif have demonstrated that we don’t have to fight World War III in the Middle East with the framework of the nuclear deal. Diplomacy can work—war is not the only available policy tool.

Is Trump setting the US up for further al-Qaeda attacks by putting Troops in...

The impetus for the return of US troops to Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia is the renewed tensions with Iran.

Will the U.S. launch yet another unnecessary, unjustifiable war in the Middle East?

The definition of insanity: doing the same things over again and expecting a different result. Want a really good example of this...