1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (924+ words) On Sunday, the New York Times published a news analysis by David Sanger, its veteran White House and national security correspondent, under the headline “Trump Seems Trapped by Iran War, Even as He Wields the World’s Biggest Hammer.” Trump, Sanger…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (648+ words) US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House forms part of a broader US–Saudi strategy to isolate Iran by eliminating its influence in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. Aoun’s visit—brokered by Saudi Arabia’s…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (520+ words) The attempt by the Trump administration to extradite American philanthropist James “Fergie” Cox Chambers Jr. from Spain is part of the state-led campaign to criminalize support for the Palestinian people and attack basic democratic rights under the guise of “counterterrorism....

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (629+ words) US President Donald Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 36th NATO Summit in Ankara. The meeting took place under conditions in which hundreds of anti-war protesters have been detained, demonstrations banned and…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1121+ words) The US launched a new round of strikes on Iran on Friday in the most explicit indication yet that the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has collapsed into an escalating and open conflict. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its aircraft…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (692+ words) A war led by the United States against China, is predicted to have a devastating economic effect on Latin America. Countries including Peru, Brazil and Argentina, depend economically on their exports to China, on investments by Chinese firms, particularly in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (819+ words) The agreement between the Trump administration and Iran that suspended the four-month war began to unravel over the weekend, four days after US President Donald Trump signed it at Versailles, as leading Democrats and Republicans intensified their attack on it…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (808+ words) This is the first of a three-part series. Many commentators, arguing that the US–Israel war on Iran is faltering despite overwhelming firepower, have placed the primary blame on Washington’s junior partner, Israel and on Donald Trump personally for supposedly…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (551+ words) The US military launched new strikes on southern Iran late Monday as Iranian officials arrived in Doha for negotiations involving Qatari intermediaries acting under the direction of the Trump administration. The attacks were described by US Central Command (CENTCOM) as…...