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Putin Rejects More Korea Sactions, Warns US Risks “Global Catastrophe, Huge Loss Of Human Life”
Putin Rejects More Korea Sactions, Warns US Risks “Global Catastrophe, Huge Loss Of Human Life” After UN Ambassador Nikki Haley asked the security council to pass the “strongest possible” sanctions against North Korea following the isolated nation’s sixth nuclear test which took place over the weekend, Russia President Vladimir Putin has hinted that Russia may […]
How ‘Regime Change’ Wars Led to Korea Crisis
How ‘Regime Change’ Wars Led to Korea Crisis Exclusive: The U.S.-led aggressions against Iraq and Libya are two war crimes that keep on costing, with their grim examples of what happens to leaders who get rid of WMDs driving the scary showdown with North Korea, writes Robert Parry. It is a popular meme in the […]
Japan Prepares For Mass Evacuation Of 60,000 Citizens From South Korea
Japan Prepares For Mass Evacuation Of 60,000 Citizens From South Korea It won’t be the first time that a near-panicked Japan has came close to the edge when it comes to North Korea, and in preparation for an “emergency” was planning to evacuate its citizens located in South Korea. The last such notable spike in […]
North Korea Is “Begging For War”: Haley Tells Un “The Time For Half-Measures Is Over”
North Korea Is “Begging For War”: Haley Tells Un “The Time For Half-Measures Is Over” U.S. United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is escalating the rhetoric from Trump’s “we’ll see” comment and aggressive tweets as she tells an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, that “enough is enough” and that North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong […]
China Slams Trump’s Trade Threat As “Unacceptable”
China Slams Trump’s Trade Threat As “Unacceptable” An angry China slammed President Trump’s threat on Monday to cut off trade with countries that deal with North Korea, as “unacceptable” and “unfair.” As a reminder, following Sunday’s nuclear test by North Korea, Trump threatened to increase economic sanctions and halt trade with any country doing business […]
Trump Commits To Using “Nuclear Capabilities” To Defend US Terroritory, Allies
Trump Commits To Using “Nuclear Capabilities” To Defend US Terroritory, Allies In what we believe is a significant escalation and potentially a hint as to the president’s thinking, President Trump said during a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the US remains committed to defending its territories and allies using all “diplomatic, […]
William Perry Interview: Former Defense Secretary Who Negotiated With N. Korea Warns Civilization Is at Risk
William Perry Interview: Former Defense Secretary Who Negotiated With N. Korea Warns Civilization Is at Risk William Perry in 2015. (DoD / Glenn Fawcett) William Perry has had a long career in government, serving in the Pentagon under Presidents Carter and Reagan before becoming President Clinton’s secretary of defense in 1994. “We stand today, I believe, […]
The Risk of NATO’s H-Bombs in Turkey
The Risk of NATO’s H-Bombs in Turkey Exclusive: As the world nervously assesses North Korea’s claims about having a hydrogen bomb, another danger point is in Turkey where an erratic leader could seize NATO’s H-Bombs, warns Jonathan Marshall. Even in this contentious era, one proposition still enjoys near-universal support: the United States should make it […]
Catalan Bid for Independence Seen in Broader Context of European Disintegration
Catalan Bid for Independence Seen in Broader Context of European Disintegration Catalonia’s secession movement has been growing in Spain for decades. The region has its own language and culture. On August 28, two pro-independence parties in Catalonia, the Junts Pel Sí («Together For Yes») coalition and the radical-left Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), submitted a bill […]
Inflating the Russian Threat
Inflating the Russian Threat Exclusive: The U.S. mainstream media, led by The New York Times, has behaved as classic propagandists, hyping a Russian military “threat” and promoting a new Cold War hysteria, as Jonathan Marshall describes. Readers of the New York Times have more to sweat about than hot summer weather in the Big Apple. […]
Spain: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Spain: Breaking Up is Hard to Do Photo by Rick Ligthelm | CC BY 2.0 When the Catalans goes to the polls Oct. 1, much more than independence for Spain’s restive province will be at stake. In many ways the vote will be a sounding board for Spain’s future, but it is also a test […]
US deployment of new B61-12 nukes to Europe would violate non-proliferation treaty – Moscow
US deployment of new B61-12 nukes to Europe would violate non-proliferation treaty – Moscow © AiirSource Military / YouTube Washington will violate its commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty if it deploys the new B61-12 nuclear bombs to NATO allies in Europe, the Russian Foreign Ministry has warned. The statement comes after the recent second test […]
The US and the World: Wolf Richter on the Keiser Report
The US and the World: Wolf Richter on the Keiser Report “These things can go on for a long time — until they can’t…” Here I am with Max Keiser on the Keiser Report, tackling the global schemes of our crazy times: the shifting economic relationships between the US, its allies, and China whose authorities are […]
US Conducts Successful Field Test Of New Nuclear Bomb
US Conducts Successful Field Test Of New Nuclear Bomb In mid-April, we reported that “just as tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program and potential US airstrikes run wild, the NNSA said that in conjunction with the US Air Force, it had completed the first qualification flight test of B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb on March 14 […]
The 5 Steps to World Domination
The 5 Steps to World Domination You don’t need an army to achieve World Domination; all you need is enough cheap credit to buy up everything that generates the highest value and/or income. World Domination–it has a nice ring, doesn’t it? Here’s how to achieve it in 5 steps: 1. Turn everything into a commodity […]
