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August 15, 2019

US Axis of Aggression in Gulf
By Finian Cunningham
Combined with the depraved Israeli prime minster Benjamin Netanyahu and the lackey British premier Boris Johnson, the “axis of insanity” is perplexing.   - Continue

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Bought and Paid For
“Visit your district, not Israel” 65.7 percent of Americans tell Congress
By Grant F. Smith
41 House Democrats are now visiting Israel on a trip funded by a tax-exempt pro-Israel charity linked to the U.S. Israel lobby group AIPAC.   - Continue

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Epstein’s Death Must Be the Start, not the End, of the Investigation
By Craig Murray
The Epstein case had given us a glimpse of criminal sexual behaviour which beyond doubt involves many powerful people.   - Continue

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Killing Julian Assange Slowly
By Stephen Lendman
What’s going on is the hallmark of totalitarian rule .  - Continue

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Fear vs. Fear
By Chris Hedges
Do not trust anyone in power. We will save ourselves by building mass movements to overthrow corporate power.   - Continue

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Bodies on the Ground and the Rise And Rise of the Economic Elite
By Phil Rockstroh
Trump’s frightened legions feel as if their identity is under siege.   - Continue

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The End of Humanitarianism?
By Jonas Ecke
The US-led War on Terror was often a direct assault on the principles of humanitarian neutrality.   - Continue

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MIDDLE EAST

Syrian government forces advance towards terrorists' key bastion in Idlib

Turkey-backed Syrian opposition forces to send fighters to Idlib area

Moscow calls for respecting Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity

Iraq anti-terrorism troops kill 10 IS militants, capture 5 others in Anbar

50 families flee town in Iraqi Kurdistan fearing Islamic State threat

MSF: Saudi coalition killed civilians in Yemen

Southern Yemeni separatists tell Saudi Arabia: evict Islah or lose the war

Thousands march in Yemen's Aden for independent south

UK receives report documenting Saudi cover-up of unlawful Yemen airstrikes: Independent analysis will add pressure after June ruling that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia are unlawful.

U.S. Sanctions Are Killing Cancer Patients in Iran: Banking sanctions are driving up import prices, blocking supply chains, and creating deadly drug shortages.

Watch: Iranians struggle with U.S. sanctions as currency hits all-time low

Iran warns enemies: Leave Persian Gulf or face humiliating exit

Tehran works to bring neighbors onboard against US maritime coalition

Gibraltar releases Iran-operated tanker despite US pressure: "Authorities in Gibraltar have released the Iranian supertanker Grace 1, which was seized on July 4th."

Last-minute attempt by US tries to seize Iranian supertanker

Turkey set to open new military base in Qatar: Report

Israeli police say officers kill Palestinian teen "attacker"

West Bank attack deals heavy blow to Israel

Netanyahu blocks Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting Israel: President Donald Trump urged the prime minister to stop the two Muslim members of Congress from visiting.

Lawmakers blast Trump as Israel bars door to Tlaib and Omar

Pelosi: Israel's Omar-Tlaib decision 'a sign of weakness'

41 Democrats went on an AIPAC-sponsored trip to Israel but you wouldn’t know that from their Twitter accounts

Activist group files ethics complaint against AIPAC over congressional Israel trips: Codepink claim that AIPAC violates laws prohibiting lobbying groups from gifting personal travel to members of Congress.

UN religious freedom monitor working with Israel lobby; The United Nations expert is being accused of ignoring Israel’s systematic violations of the rights of Palestinians to observe their faith.

Israel’s Anti-Corruption Body Raise Red Flags : The Prime Minister’s relationship with Milikowsky is the subject of one of his three corruption cases: “Case 3000,” also known as the “submarine affair.”

AFRICA

3 killed as ‘Boko Haram’ attacks Nigeria military base

Libya: One person killed in new airstrikes on Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport

ASIA

Airstrikes leave 14 militants killed in Afghanistan

Afghan forces kill 11 militants, destroy 2 weapon caches in eastern Logar province

Kashmir cross-border fire 'kills 3 Pakistani, 5 Indian soldiers'

Pakistan PM accuses India of planning military action in Kashmir

China to counter latest U.S. tariffs as Trump vows deal on U.S. terms

The Trillion-Dollar Grift: The Long-Term Plan for US-China Decoupling

How Washington is Meddling in the Affairs of Hong Kong

EUROPE

Russian Reserves March Toward $600 Billion As Sanction Threats Loom, Fitch Says: Russian reserves will reach nearly $600 billion -- a record high -- by 2021 thanks to trade and budget surpluses

Footage Captures NATO Intercept Attempt Of Plane Carrying Russian Defense Minister

Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn says he will call no-confidence vote to stop no deal – video

Lib Dems back Clarke or Harman over Corbyn to lead interim government

Opposition parties urge Jo Swinson to rethink rejection of Jeremy Corbyn's caretaker plan

Boris Johnson confident on Brexit as no deal Brexit fears grow in EU

John Bolton visit – Forcing Britain’s hand over Huawei, Iran and China before Trade Deal

Trump dangles trade deal for Britain’s tougher line on Iran & China

GLOBE

Assange Must Not Also Die in Jail: The highly dubious death of Jeffrey Epstein in a US maximum security prison is another strong reason not to extradite Julian Assange into one

July 2019 temperatures were the hottest ever recorded globally,

Why Your Brain Can’t Process Climate Change

Scientists work out how many planets like Earth are in the universe, marking breakthrough in search for alien life

AMERICAS

Russia, Venezuela sign deal on warship visits to each other's ports: Ifax

Panama Canal will not block Venezuela vessels despite U.S. sanctions

How the U.S. Created the Central American Immigration Crisis :

U.S. courts force our government to give children in their captivity soap and water?

Thirteen U.S. states sue over new rule to limit legal immigration

Coroner says Dayton gunman had cocaine, alcohol, anti-depressants in his system during the mass shooting

Watch: : Epstein's autopsy raises questions about his death: The Washington Post reports Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy shows he had several broken bones in the neck, including the hyoid bone, which is commonly associated with murder by strangulation.

Watch: Death of Jeffrey Epstein: Report on the latest twist in the Epstein saga

I've treated suicidal prisoners — Jeffrey Epstein's death is a medical, security disgrace

George Galloway: Who benefits from Jeffrey Epstein's death?

Why is the media dismissing questions about Jeffrey Epstein’s death as “conspiracy theories”?

Top scientist denounces smears of Tulsi Gabbard on Syria

Here’s the Evidence Corporate Media Say Is Missing of WaPo Bias Against Sanders

GOP candidate drops out of congressional race after calling himself a 'white nationalist'

Farm loan delinquencies and bankruptcies are rising

US Manufacturing Slumps Back Into Contraction:

Elderly husband kills wife, then himself, in desperation over skyrocketing healthcare costs

 

 

 

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