Eddie Gallagher, a mentally unstable and violent officer guilty of premeditated murder or war hero? New details emerged Wednesday in the war crimes case against Navy Special Warfare Officer Eddie Gallagher painting a picture of ...
New documents reveal how Isreal’s nuclear program came to be and details the history of the program’s development. Haaretz contributor and historian, Adam Raz disclosed that documents he received from a confidential source after a speaking ...
The US and Russia are on the verge of pulling out of a crucial treaty that ended the Cold War era arms race and kept missiles out of Europe. After a meeting in Geneva between ...
Russia accuses the OPCW of being politically motivated in adding Novichok to its list of banned substances. The world’s chemical weapons watchdog, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), has agreed to include ...
Another scandal rocks the special ops world after Lockheed Martin contractor dies while serving in Iraq. Two Marines and one Navy corpsman are under investigation in the death of a Lockheed Martin contractor in Iraq. ...
“This vote immediately diminishes U.S. political support for the war and puts more pressure on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end their brutal tactics and negotiate an end to the war.” (Common ...
(The Conversation, by Jana Lipman, Tulane University) The naval base at Guantanamo Bay is quietly commemorating its 115th anniversary. On Dec. 10, 1903, the United States established its first overseas military base on 45 square miles ...
The U.S. military is planning to genetically engineer marine life forms to detect enemy submarines and other water-based vehicles. According to research conducted by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) the genetic makeup of common marine ...
“There have been various engagements, some involving exchange of fire, some not.” The U.S. special representative for Syria engagement, Ambassador James Jeffrey, confirmed that American troops have engaged in several clashes with Russian fighters in ...
Does America’s militarism make the world a safer place? Does its projection of power safeguard Americans or does it endanger them? And how would Americans feel if a foreign power had a similar presence along ...
Trump is threatening to pull out of a Cold War era nuclear treaty which could have ramifications for nuclear programs around the world, including North Korea. The US is reportedly preparing to leave the nuclear ...
The Women’s March on the Pentagon is a week away. To help spread the word, we are publishing below a press release from organizers of the march. PRESS RELEASE: WOMEN’S MARCH ON THE PENTAGON In direct ...
US arms sales to foreign militaries increased 33 percent over last year and look to possibly hit a new record high next year. The Pentagon enthusiastically reported that the U.S. took in $55.6 billion in ...
Presidents and policy changes come and go, but behind the scenes it is business as usual, and the business of America, is war. It’s getting hard to remember what life before Trumpdom was like. The ...
The annual United Nations General Assembly debate forum wrapped up last week and delivered more than a few memorable moments. Every year the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) hosts a high-level forum for debate, which ...
The first sonic attacks began in Cuba two years ago but spread to China in 2018, is Russia the culprit? Mysterious sonic attacks began in at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba in 2016. Twenty-four Americans ...
Is the US continuing their support for Saudi Arabia in the Yemen War solely so that they can continue to sell them weapons? Leaked documents reveal Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to certify continued ...
Last week a Russian weapons maker firm, TsNiiTochMash, told Russian media outlet TASS that it had already tested a prototype of a military exoskeleton they call Ratnik-3. Nextgov called the suit similar to the U.S. military exoskeleton ...
It is now possible to telepathically control a fleet of drones or even fighter jets via implanted brain chips. The brain-computer interface was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. ...
After 18 days of deliberation, on Wednesday the retrial of former Blackwater Security guard Nicholas Slatten for a 2007 shooting which killed 14 Iraqi civilians in a traffic circle ended in a mistrial as jurors ...
Blackwater founder Erik Prince is pushing a plan to privatize the war in Afghanistan. Prince, a former Navy SEAL officer, wants President Trump to cut down on U.S. troops presently in Afghanistan and replace the ...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is plowing ahead and setting up the framework for a new Space Force even while Congress has not yet given its approval. The Pentagon is moving forward by setting up ...
Why protest nuclear weapons? Because more than 70 years after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, instead of disarming and banning nuclear weapons ...
(AntiWar, by Jason Ditz) In a 79-10 vote, the Senate today passed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a $716 billion military spending bill. The bill had already passed in the House last week, and is expected ...
On Friday, ABC Australia reported that the U.S. would launch a missile attack on Iran as early as next month. The report stemmed from President Donald Trump’s threatening tweet in response to Iranian President Hassan ...
A video posted online in late 2017 of a U.S. green beret who fired into the driver side window of a passenger truck in Afghanistan sparked an internal Army investigation which found a toxic environment ...
In something out of a plot from the latest blockbuster sci-fi movie, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on a project that connects the minds of troops to military technologies. The ...
A remote-controlled aircraft, also known as a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle, took off from North Dakota in the United States and touched down at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. The ...
A new study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization reveals that countries with more women in government experience lesser incidences of corruption. The research was led by Sudipta Sarangi, professor and head ...
On Tuesday, the U.S. announced it withdrew from the United Nations (U.N.) Human Rights Council and referenced the council’s bias against Israel. The Trump administration’s exit from the council is the latest in a series ...
Over 68 million people worldwide were forced to flee their homes due to war, persecution, and violence in 2017 according to the latest report from the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR). That translates to one person every ...
June 20 is World Refugee Day, and at a time when refugees are facing mounting obstacles around the world, there is a way you can help. In June of 2017, Kiva launched a World Refugee ...
On Friday, The United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly elected Germany, Belgium, Indonesia, the Dominican Republic, and South Africa as new U.N.S.C. non-permanent members for a two year term starting from Jan.1, 2019. Indonesia gained 144 ...
Last Thursday, the United Nation (UN) Security Council unanimously agreed on a first-ever resolution that addresses conflict-induced famine and links hunger to war. The resolution also condemns starvation as a method of warfare. The newly-adopted ...
Politicians and businesses want you to think questioning war disrespects veterans like me. They’re wrong. (OtherWords, by Kevin Basl) “How do you motivate men and women to fight and die for a cause many of them don’t believe ...
U.S. exiting deal would bring ‘historic regret’ to the US, Iran’s Rouhani warned. (Common Dreams, by Andrea Germanos) President Donald Trump just announced that he’ll deliver his decision Tuesday on whether to withdraw the United States ...
“The victims of our government’s lethal actions deserve better, as does the American public in whose name the Trump administration is secretly killing people.” (Common Dreams by Jessica Corbett) The Trump administration on Tuesday flouted ...
Pompeo Sees ‘Real Opportunity’ for Denuclearization During Friday’s summit, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told South Korea’s President Moon that he is willing to totally abandon nuclear weapons in return for an end to the ...
“Deeply touching to watch Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae shake hands, cross together on both sides of the DMZ, and make peace and history.” (Common Dreams, by Jake Johnson) In a historic meeting on Friday ...
A bride was among those killed at a wedding party, and at least 45 were wounded according to reports. (Common Dreams, by Julia Conley) Weeks after President Donald Trump thanked Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince for his ...
One of the first passengers on the Trump Train is making an abrupt and noisy exist. The world’s most famous voice in alternative news, Alex Jones, launched into a profanity lace tirade against President Donald ...
The United States, Britain and France conducted precision strikes on Syrian targets on Friday night. But is what is most telling is President Donald Trump’s announcement that these strikes would be part of a “sustained ...
Tensions in Syria are escalating once again and war hawks are cheering on the idea of the U.S. sending missiles into Syria to take out President Bashar al-Assad, the evil Syrian dictator, and his military. ...
Last year was the deadliest year in history for U.N. peacekeepers. UN Security Council members gathered last week in New York, to call for reform and innovation in U.N. peacekeeping operations. “The UN Peacekeeping Force ...
The Poor People’s Campaign offers an antidote to a poisoned and militarized culture that has perverted the national agenda. (Inequality.org) This piece is adapted from a speech given by Brock McIntosh at a mass meeting ...
The UK is using illicit export permits to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to Middle East countries with poor human rights records, according to exclusive data obtained by Middle East Eye (MEE). MEE compared ...
“You’re so brave. I wish I could do that.” A personal account of war tax resistance. (National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, Erica Leigh) It’s been almost ten years since I decided to start resisting ...
With call-in action and letters, groups ramp up pressure on lawmakers to back Sanders-led resolution. (Common Dreams, Andrea Germanos) Anti-war groups on Friday are urging their supporters to pick up the phone to tell U.S. senators ...
Media watchdog group, FAIR, calls Vox’s North Korea video a display of hawkish fearmongering that leaves out the United States’ role in creating Korean Peninsula tensions. The media watchdog agency, Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting ...