How the U.S. Contributed to Yemen's Crisis Washington's support for Yemen's former dictatorship – and of Saudi efforts to sideline the country's nonviolent pro-democracy movement – helped create the current crisis.
How Israel Hid Its Secret Nuclear Weapons Program Posted: Friday, April 17, 2015
NSA and FBI fight to retain spy powers as surveillance law nears expiration With about 45 days remaining before a major post-9/11 surveillance authorization expires, representatives of the National Security Agency and the FBI are taking to Capitol Hill to convince legislators to preserve their sweeping spy powers.
Assange agrees to be interviewed at London embassy WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to be questioned over rape allegations at Ecuador's London embassy. The development could break a five-year deadlock in the case.
No power, no fuel, no water, no food. That's Yemen right now The Saudi bombing campaign over Yemen has destroyed power transmission lines, taking out much of the country's electricity. In the capital, Sanaa, there's been no power for many days and nights.
Al-Qaeda Captures Yemen Airport, Oil Terminal Local Tribes Hope AQAP Will Give Airport to Them Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been the chief beneficiary of the Saudi war against Yemen's Houthis so far, as it has distracted the Houthis from fighting against them, and freed up AQAP forces to amass huge gains in the southeast.
Iran urges India, China and Russia to counter NATO missile system Iran has announced its readiness to cooperate with Russia, China and India on the issue of NATO's missile shield and related threats from the military bloc, the head of its defense ministry said in Moscow.
Syrian Rebels Caught in 'False-Flag' Kidnapping In August 2013, when the U.S. government almost went to war in Syria over a Sarin attack, suspicions that it was a rebel "false-flag" were ridiculed. But new disclosures about a rebel role in kidnapping NBC's Richard Engel several months earlier show the rebels knew such propaganda tricks, says Robert Parry.
NBC News Alters Account of Correspondent's Kidnapping in Syria NBC News on Wednesday revised its account of the 2012 kidnapping of its chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engel, saying it was likely that Mr. Engel and his reporting team had been abducted by a Sunni militant group, not forces affiliated with the government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.
Pro-Russian journalist shot dead in Ukraine A UKRAINIAN journalist known for his pro-Russian views has been shot dead in Kiev a day after a pro-Russian politician was found dead.
America's Weaponising of Ignorance The contract killing of two opposition figures in Kiev this week is stark evidence that the country under the Western-backed regime is descending into a fully-fledged state of chaos and criminality.
US-Saudis Terrorise Yemen to 'Cry Uncle' Nearly two weeks of unrelenting air strikes on Yemen by a US-backed Saudi foreign coalition is turning the already impoverished Arab Peninsula country into a humanitarian disaster.
Obama's Fateful Indecision Exclusive: With Israel and Saudi Arabia siding with the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda versus Iran and its allies, President Obama faces a critical decision - whether to repudiate those old allies and cooperate with Iran or watch as Sunni terrorist groups possibly take control of a major country in the Mideast, writes Robert Parry.
What You Don't Know About The United States – Iran Agreements For the last two years, the United States have been secretly negotiating a regional cease-fire with Iran. Having now arrived at a bilateral agreement, they have announced a solution to the nuclear question and the economic sanctions within the framework of the multilateral negociations which have been dragging on since 2003. A privileged witness, Thierry Meyssan reveals the stakes of this diplomatic imbroglio, and how Washington intends to organise the Levant and the Gulf regions for the next ten years.