With Eyes on Iran, U.K. Opens Permanent Military Base in Bahrain
April 9, 2018
Britain announced in 2014 it had sealed a deal to expand and reinforce its naval presence in Bahrain, allowing it to operate more and
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Ankara summit focuses on Syria’s fate once war ends
April 9, 2018
Ankara summit focuses on Syria’s fate once war ends The leaders of Iran, Turkey and Russia met this week in Ankara to discuss potential
UK Labour leader slams Israel’s killing of over 30 Palestinians
April 9, 2018
UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the West’s silence over Israel’s killing of over 30 Palestinians during anti-occupation rallies in the Gaza
Insidious Colonialism
April 6, 2018
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* The German word Zeitgeist has come to be used in different languages to designate the cultural, intellectual and
Iraq, 15 years on: A toxic US legacy
March 22, 2018
Fifteen years ago this month, the United States spearheaded a fantastically bloody war on Iraq as part of its ongoing effort to ensure the Iraqi
The Pompeo plan: Kill the Iran deal, and go to the brink with Tehran
March 22, 2018
The appointment of Mike Pompeo as the new secretary of state is a perfect choice for US President Donald Trump. Pompeo can satisfy Trump’s ideological
The systematic ‘othering’ of Muslims and violence against them in India
March 20, 2018
A quarter century has passed since the illegal demolition on December 6 1992 of the Babri Masjid, a Muslim place of worship at Ayodhya, Uttar
‘All Indians Are Hindus’: The Modi Government’s Hush-Hush Efforts to Rewrite India’s History
March 12, 2018
New Delhi: During the first week of January last year, a group of scholars gathered in a white bungalow on a leafy boulevard in central New
Stolen childhood: Life after prison for Palestinian minors
March 12, 2018
OCCUPIED WEST BANK – Sometimes, 18-year old Mohammad dreams that he is back in Ofer military prison. “I remember my friends in prison. I feel that I
Playing with fire: Britain and its craven support for Saudi’s bin Salman
March 12, 2018
For three bewildering days, London is getting a glimpse of what it will feel like to live in post-Brexit, or shrinking, Britain. In scenes similar