Trump’s bluster at the UN shows he doesn’t understand North Korea at all
The practical reality is this: To de-escalate this situation, the United States must be prepared to swallow its hubris and sit down with North Korea.
Iran’s Parliament declared U.S. military and Pentagon terrorists
Iran passes a bill designating all U.S. forces as terror groups after the assassination of Soleimani.
$45 billion: The cost of the war in Afghanistan in 2018
2018 will mark the 17th year of the Afghanistan war.
The Year Iraq Ceased to Exist: Will It Ever Again?
Most likely the Sunni Arabs will be brought back under Baghdad’s sway, but Kurdistan has disappeared except on paper. Can Iraq be put back together?
A gunman shot three people at an Islamic center in Zurich, and people aren’t...
Monday’s other attack.
Planet of war
Still trapped in a greater Middle Eastern quagmire, the U.S. military prepares for global combat.
The “mother of all bombs” killed ISIS fighters – but poor Afghan farmers now...
One researcher reports that local farmers believed the bomb was nuclear and that they’d been exposed to radiation.
‘Another aid massacre’: Israeli military kills dozens near privatized Gaza food site
For the third consecutive day, Israeli forces fired on Palestinians seeking food at a controversial U.S.-backed aid site, raising international outcry and renewed calls for accountability amid a spiraling humanitarian catastrophe.
US munitions in deadly Gaza strikes: Amnesty International calls for war crimes investigation
Amnesty International's investigation reveals US-made weapons in Israeli air strikes on Gaza, killing civilians and igniting calls for a war crimes probe.
NATO is not a defensive international organization but was founded to threaten the USSR
Time for a history lesson about NATO.