“If this is confirmed, this is huge for the Korean Peninsula.” (Common Dreams, by Jake Johnson) Technically, North and South Korea are still at war, and have been for more than six decades—but an “absolutely earth-shaking” ...
Last Friday evening, early Saturday morning Syria time, the United States along with the U.K. and France launched airstrikes against Syria. The coordinated strikes were in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s alleged use of ...
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, simply known as Lula, surrendered to police last week in the southern city of Curitiba. He was convicted of corruption and is due to start his new ...
Oil prices could soon soar to $100 per barrel amid growing fear about conflict in the Middle East, according to an oil analyst for CNBC. “I don’t think it is unfeasible to see triple-digit oil prices ...
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 ...
Viktor Orban declared a landslide victory in Hungary’s election on last Sunday. The incumbent will lead the country for three consecutive terms. Less than a week later tens of thousands took to the streets in ...
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 ...
This past Sunday, April 8, 2018, there was an alleged chemical attack on the rebel-controlled city of Douma, northeast of the capital Damascus. The alleged use of chemical weapons by Syria is pushing the world ...
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. ...
Since August of 2017, over 700,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar and settled in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The Myanmar government just visited the refugee camps in an apparent effort to repatriate the refugees. After ...
Rampant child labor and hazardous working conditions in Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms are threatening to tarnish the country’s most valuable export commodity. Children as young as 11 are missing out on school and opting to work ...
Bolton to Head Security Council Meeting Discussing War on Syria (AntiWar) President Donald Trump vowed a “big price” would be paid by Syria for an alleged weapons attack Saturday. The attack, supposedly against the city of Douma, ...
When it comes to oil producing countries in the Middle East and Gulf state, for most people Saudi Arabia and Qatar come to mind, not Bahrain. That is until Bahrain shocked the world by announcing ...
As international tensions escalate and the balance of world peace seems to be at play, what is really happening in the Sergei Skripal poisoning? On March 4, former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the world not to play around with his country by revealing new military technology. On Tuesday, the incumbent leader introduced the latest development in Russian air defense, which reportedly can ...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman declared he recognizes Israel’s right to land ownership alongside the Palestinians. The 32-year-old influential prince stated that on Monday in an interview with the Atlantic. “I believe the Palestinians ...
The mother of South Africa, Winnie Mandela, died Monday morning. She leaves behind a legacy of hope and activism but also controversy. Winnie Madikizela Mandela, the renowned South African anti-apartheid advocate, died at age 81 ...
Despite the arrests of several prominent Hondurans in a massive healthcare scandal that took the lives of thousands of Honduran civilians the crisis still plagues the national healthcare system. With the start of 2018, Honduran courts ...
Egyptian incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took 96.9 percent of the vote in a three-day election (March 26 to March 28) as state media reported on Friday. The government-owned newspaper Al-Ahram estimated the turnout reached ...
French citizens, just like Americans and citizens around the world, are fed up with their politicians and the election process. A new French election platform called LaPrimaire.org seeks to change that by creating a crowdsourced ...
A beloved Brazilian activist who fought against police brutality and the oppression of indigenous, LGBT and other minorities was gunned down two weeks ago and many think the Brazilian government pulled the trigger. On the ...
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 ...
Two churches on the small Greek island, Chios, celebrate Easter every year by shooting rockets back and forth aiming for the church bell towers, all while parishioners attend mass. People don’t usually think of rockets ...
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 ...
Every two years the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council elects non-permanent members to add to the five permanent members. The Security Council has the power to impose sanctions or authorize the use of force; thus, ...
Italy’s two anti-establishment populist parties, Five Star Movement (M5S) and Lega (NL), formed an alliance to pass the first challenge of setting up a new Italian government. Last Friday they came together and struck a ...
The U.S., Canada, EU nations and some non-EU members announced on Monday that they are going to expel Russian diplomats in the coming weeks following the poisoning incident of an ex-Russian spy and his daughter ...
Complete with sleigh dogs, reindeer and snow white uniforms, Russia gives a glimpse into one of two Russian arctic bases. Around the world, people celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with images of green shamrocks and leprechauns–but ...
The United States just announced support for a Kosovo army, a suggestion not well received by Serbia or its Russian ally. A recent visit to the Balkans by Assistant Secretary of State for European and ...
A new epidemic of Honduras corruption and conflicts of interest within the healthcare system of Honduras has left thousands dead from adulterated medicine. The first evidence of widespread Honduras corruption in the healthcare industry occurred as ...
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 ...
Two years have passed since Turkey and the European Union signed a refugee deal meant to help Turkey handle the flow of thousands of Syrian refugees arriving at their borders. Is it a success or ...
For the second time in two years, India imposed cuts on the royalties local seed companies pay to the agriculture giant, Monsanto. Monsanto controls 90 percent of the local Indian market for cotton seeds and ...
South African firebrand leader Julius Malema has slammed Australian Minister of Home Affairs Peter Dutton, who called for the country to fast-track visa applications for white South Africans. White South African farmers “deserve special attention” ...
Israel has finally confirmed that they were responsible for the bombing of a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria in 2007. Many suspect the Israel admission is a meant to send a warning to Iran. ...
The Chancellor of Germany was finally confirmed on March 14th and to no one’s surprise it was Angela Merkel. Germans awoke on September 25, 2017 to the final results of the federal elections, but ...
Two major Turkish media outlets are bought by a pro-government group and Turkey President Erdogan detains hundreds of journalists all while other European countries face similar threats to press freedom. Freedom of the press faces ...
In South Africa expropriation or land redistribution has been forced to the center stage largely due to the efforts of the Economic Freedom Fighters, a new upstart political party. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a ...
“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 ...
As U.S. and Russia tensions grow increasingly tense and complex, Vladimir Putin secured six more years at the Kremlin after a landslide victory in the Russian election on March 18. Putin won almost 77 percent ...
The launch of a new community radio program is a significant step towards more open Myanmar press freedom, but the arrest of two Reuters journalists is a step back. Despite restrictive press access to Myanmar’s ...
Slovakia was rocked by the murder of investigative journalist, Jan Kuciak, a young reporter investigating political corruption. The current Slovak government is now scrambling to retain power. Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico has officially stepped ...
On Tuesday, the El Salvador court released a 34-year-old woman who spent 15 years in jail for abortion crimes. Some see the woman’s release as a sign of abortion laws worldwide becoming increasingly sympathetic to ...
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman, stated in an interview with CBS that Saudi Arabia will develop nuclear arsenals if Iran does the same. “Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but ...
The outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria is described by researchers as the worst outbreak of its kind in history, having killed more people than all previous reported cases combined. More than 78 people have died ...
Last Saturday an ex-Russian spy and his daughter were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury, England, victims of a suspected Russian nerve agent attack. The attack has set off an international incident and resulted ...
A new article from Consortium News sheds light on the connection between the Afghanistan opium trade and the Taliban’s cyclical surges of violence. A record poppy harvest is likely to mean a well-funded Taliban in ...
Once again, scandal hits Kenya’s top hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), after brain surgery was performed on the wrong person. The newest KNH scandal comes just weeks after KNH made news headlines with stories of ...
Terrorism in the Balkans becomes an increasing worry as official reports claim rural communities in the Balkans are popping up and may be home to thousands of ISIS sympathizers. The number of potential terrorists and ...
A struggling economy and the promise of an Italian basic income likely propelled the populist Italian party, M5S to win the largest percentage in the Italian election last Sunday. But M5S get enough votes to ...