US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said during a CNBC interview that the Trump administration has decided that the Chinese internet app TikTok cannot continue operating as it does no… Read More

(August 11 )In recent weeks, a recurring problem has been that Russia has intercepted US surveillance planes over the Black Sea as they were caught approaching the Russian border. 1 of… Read More

(August 7)  n the past the US has seen multi-year deployment of troops into Norway for year-long alpine training. The US deployment that has been increased over the years as more U… Read More

 (August 7) Saudi-led airstrikes targeting northern Yemen killed at least ten civilians while wounding another 12 on this Thursday. The attacks hit a number of residential areas in… Read More

 Brian Hook, US special envoy, who has been overseeing the last 3 and a half years of US hostility towards Iran has resigned. No official reason has been announced for his resignation.S… Read More

 (August 5) In a recent Axios interview, Present Trump again announced that he intended to withdraw another 4,000 US troops from Afghanistan by the time of the November US election. He… Read More

 (July 31) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed in comments before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the "tide is turning' in favor of the US and against China. He says… Read More

(July 31) Given that the US already has a huge nuclear arsenal, arguments for more spending on nuclear arms would be difficult as it would seem that no new weapons are needed.The need f… Read More

 (July 27) Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy to Afghanistan, left of Friday for a trip that will take him to Afghanistan plus four other countries to promote the Afghan peace process… Read More

 (July 26) After almost daily rants against China, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is now indicating that the goal of US hostility is to change China as the US begins what is in… Read More

 (July 23) An unknown number of passengers on Iranian Mahan Air Flight 152 were injured on Thursday when 2 US fighter jets approached it over Damascus, forcing the plane to alter i… Read More

(July 22) An amendment to make an across-the-board ten percent reduction to Pentagon spending levels authorized in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was overwhelmingly… Read More

(July 20) The US House of Representatives soundly defeated an amendment to the 2021 National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) that would establish a plan to wi… Read More

 (July 20) Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the US Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) has been facing mounting lawsuits and complaints from Oregon officials after the federal crackdown… Read More

 (July 19) The People's Mujahedin (MEK) a radical anti-Iran group that some consider a cult and was considered a terrorist organization until 2012 by the US held its annual Free Ir… Read More

 (July 17) The US Navy has sent another warship, the USS Pinckney to sail off the coast of Venezuela for what it euphemistically terms a "freedom of navigation" exercise. 1 of… Read More

(July 16) Saudi-led airstrikes in northern Yemen continued to hit civilian areas rather than military targets with the latest attacks hitting a residential area in Jawf Province, killin… Read More

(July 15) The US Air Force worries that there are fewer and fewer companies that are capable of making huge costly planes for the world's by far the largest military.Nationalization to… Read More

 (July 14) Pentagon officials claim the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan continues at a good pace. There are about 8,000 troops left. The US has also withdrawn from five ba… Read More

 (July 15) In a statement on Friday the Foreign Ministry of China issued a statement that confirmed that they would not be attending nuclear arms control talks with the US and Russ… Read More

(July 12) In a statement on Friday the Foreign Ministry of China issued a statement that confirmed that they would not be attending nuclear arms control talks with the US and Russia.Chi… Read More

 The Pentagon is using the Defense Production Act in order to pay $84.4 million to a group of small military contractors who are suffering because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials cl… Read More

 Israel has been launching more attacks against Iran in recent weeks including the Natanz nuclear enrichment site. Even though the nuclear program is civilian in nature Israel attacks i… Read More

(July 9) China confirmed on Wednesday that it would be happy to join trilateral talks with Russia and the US to reach an agreement to limit nuclear arms.China requires US to cut its nuclear… Read More

 July 8) Ever since US President Trump announced his intention of imposing regime change in Venezuela, US sanctions have hit hard against the country both direct sanctions and bank… Read More

 (July 7) As rumors spread that the Trump administration is thinking of taking steps to resume live nuclear testing, last done in 1992, Democrats in the House of Representatives ha… Read More

 (June 6) The New York Times reported that an anonymous Middle Eastern intelligence official claimed that Israel was behing the fire at Iran's nuclear facility. The source said that a p… Read More

 (July 5) The US Navy launched large drills in the South China Sea this Saturday. Two aircraft carriers were in the exercises. The exercises are meant to show that there is freedom… Read More

 (July 4) The US has already reached the reduction of troops in Afghanistan from around 12,000 to a lower level of 8,600 as required by an agreement signed with the Taliban the end… Read More

 (June 25)Experts on US-China relations claim that as tensions between the two countries escalate specific incidents have a much greater chance of exploding into actual war. Experts cla… Read More

(June 24) North Korea's Kim Jong Un has ordered a suspension of planned military exercises designed to intimidate South Korea in a move that should ease tensions that had been growing b… Read More

 (June 24)Israeli media are reporting that there have been a series of Israeli air raids against targets in Syria. Syrian state media has reported two Syrian soldiers were killed, and I… Read More

(June 22) The internationally recognized Hadi Yemen government which is supported by Saudi Arabia has lost control of the large island off the south of the Yemen coast to the Southern T… Read More

 (June 21)As relations between North Korea and the South turn sour, North Korea has followed through on threats it made to move troops toward the demilitarized zone.North has troops at… Read More

(June 20) US Special Envoy, James Jeffrey, has warned the US will not tolerate the United Arab Emirates opening an embassy In Damascus, Syria.US threatens UAE with sanctionsThe US is th… Read More

(June 19) In this era of globalized trading, the idea of complete decoupling from the economy of another nation, cutting off all economic dependencies is a tall order.+ Add ImageTrump s… Read More

 (June 18)On Wednesday Iraq issued a statement complaining that Turkey had violated its sovereignty as Turkey, which has been airlifting troops and special forces into northern Iraq rec… Read More

 (June 17)On Tuesday, there was major conflict in the Galwan Valley of Kashmir as Indian and Chinese troops skirmished along the line of control. 1 of 2 Chinese and Indian pos… Read More

(June 17)Lyft, the large US ride-sharing company, announced on Wednesday that it planned to transition to 100 percent electric(EV) or zero-emission vehicles by the year 2030. 1 of 2&nbs&hell…Read More

 (June16)On Wednesday new US sanctions on Syria are set to come into effect. The increased sanctions come as the nation is still struggling to rebuild after being shattered by a nine-ye… Read More

 (June 16) This Monday an airstrike by the US-backed Saudi coalition fighting the rebel Houthis in Yemen hit a vehicle in North Yemen. The attack killed 13 people including four ch… Read More

(June 15) When US police flooded street across the US to control protesters a couple of weeks ago, to many the scene looked as if the army had been deployed as many police had camouflag… Read More

(June 15) Mike Pompeo US Secretary of State gave a speech to the American Jewish Committee (AIC) which reflected US mounting hostility towards China. Pompeo argued that China and its fo… Read More

(June 14) A new round of missile strikes by israel on Damascus the capital of Syria took place overnight. Details about the attacks are scarce as Israel has followed its standard protoc… Read More

 (June 14) Likud MP Miki Zohar, chair of the Israeli coalition, says he is opposed to the Palestinians having a state. He claimed that as long as he chaired the coalition governmen… Read More

 (June 13) Richard Grennel the outgoing US Ambassador to Gemrany said that the 9,500 troop withdrawal from Germany was in keeping with Trump's position and that he also wants to wi… Read More

(June 10) Palestinian Authority officials claim that Palestinians will declare the Israel-occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip as an independent state if the Israeli's forge ahead with… Read More

 (June 8)Tensions are very high between the Pentagon and the White House over Trump's threat to use active military forces to control protests after George Floyd was killed by a policem… Read More

(June 7) Russia's Western Military District has announced that it will deploy more troops along with motorized units into the western region as the US and NATO troops are deployed in the Bal… Read More

(June 5) Relations between the US and Germany have reached such a low level that the Trump Administration has announced that 9,500 troops will be returning from Germany to the US.Trump has c… Read More

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper opposed President Donald Trump's idea of invoking the Insurrection Act so as to deploy active-duty US troops in US cities to quell protests against the murder… Read More

(June 1 )The Trump Administration has notified the US Congress confirming plans to sell $500 million in weapons to Saudi Arabia in an upcoming round of arms sales.Plan includes the sale of P… Read More

(May 22)Thursday, the Pentagon referred questions about US arms deals with Saudi Arabia to the State Dept The referral comes amid controversy over an internal watchdog who was fired while… Read More

(May 19)The internationally-recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has captured the al-Wattiya airbase from Khalifa Haftar's forces the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA)… Read More

(May 18)After months of dispute over the presidential election in Afghanistan, with both Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah claiming the presidency, the two competitors have agreed to a powe… Read More

(May 17) Iran's news agency Nour has issued an announcement cautioning the US from making any moves against fuel shipments that are en route from Iran to Venezuela.US moving warships to the… Read More

( May 15) In an interview with Fox Business this Thursday Trump continued to criticize China about the COVID-19 pandemic claiming that China had failed to prevent the spread of the virus and… Read More

(May 13) On Monday there was fighting in Zinjibar between Hadi's Yemen government forces supported by Saudi Arabia and Southern Transitional Council (STC) troops supported by the United Arab… Read More

(May 12) On April 25th the separatist Southern Transitional Council had declared self-rule in parts of south Yemen in which supported by the UAE they had control. On Monday the first figh… Read More

(May 12)  With the release of documents regarding planning for the failed incursion into Venezuela last week it turns out that Silvercorp USA was searching for investors into the takeov… Read More

 (May 11) The World Health Organization(WHO) announced over the weekend that they are withdrawing from the parts of Yemen in the north controlled by the Houthi rebels. The Houthis… Read More

(May 10) After delays and much extra work on language changes a joint resolution by France and Tunisia at the UN Security Council was expected to pass soon.The resolutionThe resolution… Read More

(May 9) President Trump said that the US had nothing to do with the recent failed attack on Venezuela and that he personally knew nothing about it. He mocked the attack as a failed opera… Read More

(May8) The Trump administration is annoyed at Saudi Arabia's inability to keep oil prices high enough to enable US shale producers to make any profit and some think the partial withdrawal… Read More

(May 7) Luke Denman the US citizen who was arrested in Venezuela after a failed incursion described a plot to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro and fly him to the United States.The alleged plo… Read More

(May 6) The Iran War Powers resolution was passed in the US Senate in February and then In the House of Representatives in March. On Wednesday it was vetoed by President Trump who claimed it… Read More

(May 3) Attempting to find proper figures to measure the effects of the civil war in Afghanistan has been challenging for some time now. Analysts need to make do with publicly available info… Read More

May 2) Officials from the US Jerusalem Embassy issued a statement last Friday that reiterated that the US was wholly comfortable with the Israeli plan to annex much of the occupied West Bank… Read More

(May 2) The two claimants to the presidency of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah have finally come to a "tentative deal" according to Abdullah Abdullah. Details are set to be r… Read More

(April 30) With the COVID-19 pandemic causing a potential economic crisis in the US, Israeli officials are anxious to get as much military aid from the US as quickly as they are able.Their r… Read More

(April 28) With a peace deal signed in February between the Taliban and the 12,00 US, troops are already being withdrawn from Afghanistan. However, as concerns about the COVID-19 pandem… Read More

(April 27) In what appears to be a very sensible and innocuous statement the US and Russia issued a joint commemoration this weekend of the meeting in 1945 of US and Russian troops on the El… Read More

(April 26) In Libya this week the tables have been turning as the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) has taken back key western coastal areas from the Libyan Nati… Read More

(April  23) Nearly 75 percent of US veterans and almost 70 percent of their family members support a full withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, a new poll released Wednesday by a co… Read More

(April 22) US has for months been demanding that South Korea pay a huge percentage of the cost of keeping US troops in the country. However, the issue still remains unresolved.Trump rejects… Read More

(April21)As debate is picking up for the US to pass another emergency stimulus package to counter the economic damage produced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pentagon is lining up well-connec… Read More

(April 19)The first official Iranian response to US allegations that Iranian speed boats have been dangerous and provocative in approaching close to US vessels came Friday from the Iranian D… Read More

(April 18)The United Nations Security Council has supported a call by Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres asking for all sides in Yemen to agree to an immediate ceasefire in order to concentr… Read More

US-supported rebel militia group Maghawir al_Thawra appears to be losing some members along with their families who are fleeing into Assad government territory. There have been two recent gr… Read More

(April 16) Israeli drones fired two missiles at a vehicle in southern Syria on Wednesday near the border between Syria and Lebanon. Israel said the attack target Hezbollah member. Early repo… Read More

The Luxembourg Court of Cassation has yet to release its report and make a public announcement Iran is already reporting a legal victory. Iran claims that the court has freed $1.6 billion in… Read More

(April 10) Iraq is continuing to struggle to find a Prime Minister (PM) designate that is acceptable to competing parties ever since the resignation of Adel Mahdi in December.President Salih… Read More

(Arpil 10) A bill introduced into the US Senate by Bill Cassidy a Republican from Louisiana, if it passes, would remove all US troops from Saudi Arabian within 30 days of its being passed.Ra… Read More

(April 9) The self-declared interim president of Venezuela Juan Guaido who is supported by the US and many of its allies originated the idea that the US might be able somehow to use the COVI… Read More

(April 7) Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkrani criticized US obstruction of a loan from the International Monetary Fund(IMF) that Iran was seeking to figh… Read More

The Afghan Taliban have issued an announcement warning that the US-Taliban peace deal is now close to the breaking point after weeks of violations by the US. In particular, they noted that t… Read More

(April 5) The Australian Associated Press has reported that Julian Asssange the imprisoned Wikileaks publisher is not eligible to be released early on account of the COVID-19 pandemic as are… Read More

(April 4) The UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres is pressing countries for a global ceasefire in all conflicts to allow a concentrated joint effort to fight against the COVEID-19 pandemic… Read More

(April 1) Animal rights organizations issued statements Tuesday condemning the Saudi Arabian attack on Yemen's capital city Sanaa particularly an attack against a horse stable that killed nu… Read More

(March 31) On March 19th Tesla,Elon Musk's EV company, announced finally that it would temporarily shut down its electric car factory in California.Local officials claim keeping Tesla factor… Read More

Monday, Edward Snowden, a former National Security Contractor who leaked documents about US intelligence mass surveillance activities warned that high-tech government surveillance measures u… Read More

(March 25) Lyft, the largest bike-share company in North America is offering free or discounted bike-share trips to workers who are fighting the coronavirus. 1 of 3 The offer is va… Read More

(March 28) Last week in the US, the Pentagon issued a secret directive that asked US military commanders in Iraq to plan a huge campaign against Iraqi Shi'ite militias with the plan of wipin… Read More

(March 24) The Trump administration cut $1 billion in aid to Afghanistan on Monday. This followed an visit to the capital Kabul by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Two competing presidents… Read More

(March 22) A number of planned war games have peen postponed because of fears they would help spread the coronavirus. However, the US and United Arab Emirates (UAE) carried on the biennial N… Read More

(March 22)US hostility toward Iran is so deeply ingrained in US policy, that the US refuses to even consider reducing sanctions on the country to help alleviate effects of the coronavirus pa… Read More

(March 21) The US State Department on Friday issued a statement declaring that they were enormously disappointed by the failure of the Iraqi government to protect US and coalition forces in… Read More

(March 20) The Philippines are backing away from their long lasting war against the communist New People's Army (NPA) this week due to concerns about the war's effect on the spread of the co… Read More

(March 18)Yemen's rebel Houthi movement reported on Tuesday that they had taken control of almost the whole of Jawf Province a northern province that borders Saudi Arabia. The advance marks… Read More

(March 16)  On February 29 the Taliban and US signed a peace deal in Afghanistan. Since then the largest threat to the agreement is that the Ghani government has refused to follow throu… Read More