International

Peter Koenig NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)“celebrated” on 4th of April 2019 the 70th Anniversary of its murderous existence. Thishorror organization was born sort of as a “Rosemary’s Baby”, signed into life in Washington DC, as the North Atlantic Treaty. Itscreation was absolutely unethical but also absolutely “legal” -meaning what we, the west, have made […]

Andre Vltchek YES, the latest research confirms that Venezuela is so rich in natural resources, that it could single-handedly satisfy all global demand for oil, for over 30 years. And it has much more than oil to offer, in its Orinoco basin and in other areas of the country. But it is not all ‘about […]

K. Ratnayake AT LEAST 321 people have been killed and around 500 injured in a series of powerful bomb blasts in Sri Lanka in a co-ordinated attack between 8.45 a.m. and 9 a.m. on 21 April. The three luxury hotels—the Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury—are all in Colombo. Two further blasts in the capital several […]

Prof. Jan Oberg AFTER the worst rains in the country in at least a decade local authorities in the stricken areas have repeatedly asked for more helicopters to reach remote and cutoff locations. Iranian state media said that dozens of military and Iranian Red Crescent helicopters are taking part in the relief operation. Iranian authorities […]

William J Astore ONE of the finest military memoirs of any generation is “Defeat Into Victory”, British Field Marshal Sir William Slim’s perceptive account of World War II’s torturous Burma campaign, which ended in a resounding victory over Japan. When America’s generals write their memoirs about their never-ending war on terror, they would do well […]

India’s election descends into the mire Keith Jones WITH each week, the election campaign in the world’s “largest democracy” becomes fouler and more toxic, as India’s rival capitalist politicians make communalist taunts and bellicose threats, and seek to hoodwink voters with phony promises. The campaign’s tone is being set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]

Dr Mahboob A Khawaja THE GLOBAL systems of political governance are dominated by the power politics of the few and fast becoming irrelevant and unrepresentative of the primary concerns and priorities of the vast majority of global humanity. The UNO or superpowers take no preventive measures to protect the mankind in critical situations like Myanmar-Burma […]

CHINA and the European Union (EU) reached significant consensus on bilateral ties, charted out future cooperation and voiced support for multilateralism as leaders of the two sides held an annual gathering here on April 9. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker co-chaired the 21st China-EU leaders’ […]

Alex Lantier CHINESE President Xi Jinping ended on 29 March a six-day tour of Europe in which the major euro zone powers made business deals with China and signalled support for its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for infrastructure across Eurasia. As Washington threatens both China and its nominal European Union (EU) allies with trade […]

Jordan Shilton TURKISH – US relations have deteriorated in recent weeks, with Washington threatening reprisals if Ankara goes ahead with the purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defence system. Relations between the two countries have been in a downward spiral for some time—especially since Washington made the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers […]