Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Tag: US foreign policy

Trump threatens destruction of Iran as ceasefire unravels and civilian casualties...

Renewed US threats to destroy Iranian infrastructure and Tehran’s refusal to negotiate expose deepening diplomatic breakdown, legal concerns, and the human cost of escalation.

Could Trump’s diversion of Venezuelan oil to US save the Iranian...

This substantial gain for the Islamic Republic, however, will only help it weather the current political crisis if it manages to survive until April or May.

Trump pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely...

How likely is it that these investments will rise by hundreds of billions of dollars in 4 years?

America may have invaded Iraq for its oil, but solar power...

The vogue for solar is sweeping other areas of Iraq, too, such as Kurdistan, where the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is also increasingly committed to solar.

Israel accused of using aid as bait as over 300 Palestinians...

Palestinians seeking flour and water have become targets, with Israeli forces killing hundreds at so-called humanitarian aid points backed by the U.S.

Trump signals possible US entry into Israel Iran war as death...

As Israel expands its military assault on Iran, President Trump suggests US forces “could get involved,” sparking warnings from lawmakers and experts of illegal war and regional catastrophe.

U.S. support enables deadly Gaza school bombing

Palestinian officials blame the United States for its role in the tragic bombing of a school in Gaza, highlighting the consequences of unwavering U.S. military and financial support for Israel.

Sanders’ resolution challenges US involvement in Gaza crisis

A decisive move by Senator Sanders to confront America's stance in the Gaza humanitarian crisis

Emergency motion in US court seeks to halt aid for alleged...

Legal action challenges US support amidst accusations of genocide.

“Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children” and still the US...

Global outcry: thousands worldwide protest Israel's actions in Gaza amidst allegations of war crimes and systematic genocide.

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The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).

Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...

A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.

The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war

The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.

Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...

What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?

Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?

The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.