Government
The Phony Mystery of Why “They” Hate Us
By Sheldon Richman What do Barack Obama and Donald Trump have in common? Among other things, they have — or pretend to have — no clue why some Muslims hate us. Trump says (I almost […]
World Affairs
Financial
The Yuan Will be the Third Most Powerful Currency in the IMF Basket
In spite of the fierce opposition of the US treasury Department, on November 30 the IMF finally approved the inclusion of the yuan in the Special Drawing Rights, the currency basket created in 1969 to […]
World Affairs
Iraq Seeks To Cancel Security Agreement With US, Will Invite Russia To Fight ISIS
by Tyler Durden Most Iraqis, be they civilians, military personnel, or government officials, do not trust Americans. At a base level, that makes all kinds of sense. After all, the US did launch what amounted […]
World Affairs
Australian Police Raid Sydney Home of Reported Bitcoin Creator
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2015-12-09 13:45. Section: Daily Dispatches By Byron Kaye and Colin Packham Reuters Wednesday, December 9, 2015 SYDNEY, Australia — Australian police raided Wednesday the Sydney home and office of a […]
World Affairs
More Than 500 Jihadists Cared for at the Ziv Medical Centre
Several journalists who were participating in a media tour organised by the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) were able to visit the Ziv Medical Centre, in Zefat (North Israël). The hospital has at its […]
World Affairs
The Unavowable Project for a Pseudo-Kurdistan
Paris and London are multiplying their categorical declarations against Daesh, its programme of ethnic cleansing and its terrorist attacks. And yet they are preparing in secret for the ethnic cleansing of Northern Syria with a […]
World Affairs
Russia Shows Proof of Petrol Trafficking by Daesh via Turkey
by Valentin Vasilescu In response to the provocations of the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according to whom accusations should not be made lightly, the Russian government organised a Press conference by their assistant Minister […]
Commentary
Murder And Mayhem In The Middle East
Why it matters to those living in the West by Chris Martenson To understand what’s happening in Syria right now, you have to understand the tactics and motivations of the US and NATO — parties […]
World Affairs
What’s With All The Superweapons?
by John Rubino Because apparently the world isn’t complex and scary enough, the major powers have decided to unveil a bunch of “superweapons” capable of, um, unique kinds of mayhem: Russia reveals giant nuclear torpedo […]
World Affairs
Why did Turkey shoot down the Russian Soukhoï 24 ?
Turkey made a bad mistake when it shot down the Russian aircraft which had strayed into its airspace for 17 seconds. The operation, conceived to teach Russia not to interfere with the Third Syrian War […]