What is a moral foreign policy?
Mar 05,2020 -JORDAN TIMES By Joseph S. Nye, Jr. CAMBRIDGE — Many Americans say they want a moral foreign policy, but disagree on what that means. Using a three-dimensional scorecard […]
Another Trump Flip-Flop: US To Send Money And Weapons To Syria Rebels (still… and again)
RonPaulLibertyReport After a brief discussion of yesterday’s “Super Tuesday” and what it may mean for the markets, today’s Liberty Report will look into yet another round of US interference […]
Senior ICC judges authorise Afghanistan war crimes inquiry
Decision overturns earlier rejection of request to examine actions of US soldiers Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent @owenbowcott Thu 5 Mar 2020 Fatou Bensouda, the international criminal court’s chief prosecutor, […]
Can Biden beat Trump? The truth is he’s just as much of a risk as Bernie
The ‘sensible, establishment choice’ is just as likely to garner votes from former Republicans as a populist with a bold new plan Holly Baxter New York @h0llyb4xter 5th March […]
Don’t expect a Democrat president to simply roll back Trump’s disastrous Middle East policies – particularly if it’s Biden
Those who believe a new occupant of the White House will act over the Israel-Palestinian conflict had better shake off their illusions Robert Fisk @indyvoices 4th March 2020 independent.co.uk […]
True Justice and Peace
by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V(aba) The root cause of the unrest in the world today is due to a lack of justice found at every level […]
How not to leave Afghanistan
NEW YORK — After nearly two decades, 2,400 soldiers killed, another 20,000 wounded and as much as $2 trillion spent, the United States is understandably eager to withdraw from Afghanistan. […]
Wherever they are, takfiris are menace to world peace, stability
Mar 04,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s offensive in Syria’s Idlib province could determine whether or not there will be a long-term base for Al […]
Crypto spying scandal: The countries that trusted bugged Swiss encryption devices
Mar 4, 2020 – 15:00 This cipher machine was on the market from 1952. The export licences for Swiss encryption technology analysed by the NZZ cover 1997-2019. (Keystone / Ennio […]
Time to die – until November 2020
Bond movie No Time to Die pushed back to November After ‘thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace’, next 007 outing will delay April release amid coronavirus fears Benjamin Lee Wed 4 Mar 2020 THE GUARDIAN The next James Bond film No Time to Die has been pushed […]
Is Ankara afraid of being invaded?
Source: Arab News By Abdulrahman Al-Rashed The Syrian war, which began nine years ago, marks the first time that Turkey’s air force and artillery has targeted Syrian regime forces and Iranian militias. Turkish F-16 fighter jets or drones would not have entered Syrian airspace — where Syrian, Iranian and Russian […]
Coronavirus: Airlines struggle as deadly outbreak causes ‘bookings to collapse to zero’
IATA pleads for airport landing rights to be preserved Simon Calder Travel Correspondent @SimonCalder 3rd March 2020 independent.co.uk No new bookings, just cancellations: that is one leading airline’s current […]
Bloomberg’s abuse of the constitutional rights of Arabs and Muslims
Mar 02,2020 -JORDANTIMES – JAMES Z. ZOGBY “Mike will bring us together” is one of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s campaign slogans, invoking his claim that, in the […]
US news Texas closes hundreds of polling sites, making it harder for minorities to vote
Guardian analysis finds that places where black and Latino population is growing by the largest numbers experienced the majority of closures and could benefit Republicans Richard Salame Mon 2 Mar 2020 The Guardian The closures could exacerbate Texas’s already chronically low voter turnout rates, to the advantage of incumbent […]
What do Trump, Farage and Hitler have in common? A reliance on fiery, antagonistic rhetoric
Victor Klemperer’s moving diaries about the Second World War are of huge historic importance. But the volume he valued most is a short and devastating treatise on the […]
Crypto Leaks: Swiss authorities file criminal complaint against encryption firm
Mar 1, 2020 – http://www.swissinfo.ch The economics authority says it was misled by the Zug-based company when it filed export applications for its secretly manipulated encryption devices. (Keystone / […]
Israel’s UN ambassador tells AIPAC Bernie Sanders is an ‘ignorant fool’
‘We don’t want Sanders at AIPAC. We don’t want him in Israel,’ declares Danny Danon of US Democratic frontrunner, who had called Netanyahu a ‘reactionary racist’ SOURCE: TIMES OF ISRAEL […]
Taliban Start Diplomatic Outreach After U.S. Deal on Afghanistan
Trump said he would be personally meeting leaders of the Taliban in the near future and rejected criticism surrounding the deal signed with the Islamist insurgents Reuters Mar […]
Historically, rich people have fought to stop politicians like Sanders — making his rise all the more unlikely
My favorite uncomfortable interview moment arises in a 1996 BBC segment featuring linguist and scholar Noam Chomsky. In the interview, conducted by British journalist Andrew Marr for the BBC show “The Big Idea,” Marr tells viewers he has come to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to talk to the professor […]
The National Debt Is ‘Unsustainable’ and the Pentagon’s Finances Are a Total Mess, Federal Audit Says
“Absent policy changes, the federal government continues to face an unsustainable long-term fiscal path,” America’s top auditor warns. But is anyone listening? Eric Boehm | 2.28.2020 The federal government’s books […]