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Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, left, walks with Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman as he arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, March 26, 2015.

Saudi Arabia’s Slaughter Of Yemen Fueled By Oil Interests Not Democracy

Archives for March 2016

The Striking Similarities Between ISIS & Israel’s Middle East Agendas

#JSIL, the Jewish State of Israel in the Levant, illustrates that Israel is not held to the same standards as other actors in the Middle East like ISIS, but instead is given a pass for human rights abuses and war crimes that we condemn in groups like Daesh.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
ISIS fighters from hold a celebratory parade after capturing Raqqa, Syria.

What if I told you there’s a group of religious extremists destabilizing the Middle East? Since their arrival in the region, this terrorist group has systematically oppressed the indigenous population and imposed strict rules over the practice of religion, both Islam and Christianity, and even attacked places of worship. During one of this

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Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager Arrested Over Battery Charges

Corey Lewandowski was charged with simple battery, defined under Florida law as intentionally touching or striking a person against their will.

teleSUR
By teleSUR

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign manager was arrested in Florida on Tuesday and charged with battery, police records show. The report from the Jupiter Police Department said Corey Lewandowski, 42, was charged for intentionally grabbing and bruising the arm of Michelle Fields, a reporter at the time for the conservative

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Fidel Castro Tells Obama: ‘We Don’t Need the Empire to Give us Anything.’

Leader of the Cuban Revolution refutes the U.S. President’s account of their countries’ shared history.

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
Cuba President Fidel Castro gestures during an interview at the Presidential Palace for PBS’s MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, Feb. 8, 1985, Havana, Cuba. Castro said closer U.S.-Cuban ties would ease global tensions but “I will not change a single one of my principles for a thousand relations with a thousands countries like the United States.” (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro had a few things to say about U.S. President Barack Obama's recent visit to his island nation, writing in the state-run newspaper Granma on Monday, "We don’t need the empire to give us anything." The column, entitled "Brother Obama," takes aim at statements made by Obama during hishistoric visit to Cuba last

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U.S. State Department: Don’t Hurt ISIS

So many enemies, so little logic.

David Swanson
By David Swanson

The U.S. State Department does not want the government of Syria to defeat or weaken ISIS, at least not if doing so means any sort of gain for the Syrian government. Watching a recent video of a State Department spokesperson speaking on that subject might confuse some U.S. war supporters. I doubt many residents of Palmyra, Virginia, or Palmyra,

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After Cops Beat a Man like “Rodney King” on Video,They’re Caught Bribing Witnesses Not to Talk

At the 7-minute mark in the video, you can see a deputy posing with the bloodied man for his “trophy” photo. Now, some of those witnesses have come forward with claims that the cops bribed them not to say anything and that the deputies took a “trophy photo” of their victim, Stanislav Petrov.

Matt Agorist
By Matt Agorist

TFTP -- “San Francisco, CA – An investigation into the brutal beating of man in San Francisco’s Mission District has been launched by the Alameda County Sheriff after video showing the savage assault by police went public. Pulling no punches, Public Defender Jeff Adachi said the encounter was “reminiscent of Rodney King,” and excessive force was

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US Hacks IPhone, Ends Legal Battle But Questions Linger

Left unanswered, however, were questions about how the sudden development would affect privacy in the future, and what happens the next time the government is frustrated by digital security lockout features.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
A man holds up his phone during a rally in support of data privacy outside the Apple store Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in San Francisco. Protesters assembled in more than 30 cities to lash out at the FBI for obtaining a court order that requires Apple to make it easier to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by a gunman in December's mass murders in California. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

WASHINGTON -- The extraordinary legal fight pitting the Obama administration against technology giant Apple Inc. ended unexpectedly after the FBI said it used a mysterious method without Apple's help to hack into a California mass shooter's iPhone. Left unanswered, however, were questions about how the sudden development would affect privacy in

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