The Long-term Consequences of Trump’s Campaign Against Iran

The U.S. is going for the jugular with new Iran sanctions intended to punish those who trade with Teheran. But the U.S. may have a fight on its hands in a possible post- WWII turning-point .

Patrick Lawrence
By Patrick Lawrence
Donald Trump | Iran

The next step in the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran comes this Sunday, Nov. 4, when the most severe sanctions will be imposed on the Islamic Republic. Crucially, they apply not only to Iran but to anyone who continues to do business with it. It’s not yet clear how disruptive this move will be. While the U.S.

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Europe Will Employ Military Response To Migration Crisis

According to one official, the operation would be “civil-military” modeled on previous military action in the Horn of Africa to combat Somali piracy.

Deirdre Fulton
By Deirdre Fulton
Italian forces stand guard in front of the wreckage of a boat used by migrants in Catania's Harbour, Italy, Monday, April 20, 2015.

Italian forces stand guard in front of the wreckage of a boat used by migrants in Catania's Harbour, Italy, Monday, April 20, 2015. Spurred by this weekend's migrant tragedy, in which as many as 900 refugees may have died off the Libyan coast, European leaders agreed Monday not only to expand maritime patrols and search-and-rescue operations

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U.N. Calls For Action On European “anti-‘Gypsy’” Discrimination

“It is due time for our societies to stop tolerating any public discourse that perpetuates stereotypical, racist, hateful or discriminatory views about Roma, and take effective action against such discourses. We must reject anti-Gypsyism in all its forms.”

Josh Butler
By Josh Butler

Roma women expelled from France sit on the pavement at a Bucharest airport in Otopeni, Romania, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP/Vadim Ghirda) UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations rapporteur for minorities has anti-Roma and anti-‘Gypsy’ bias in her sights. Apr. 8 marked International Roma Day, and United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority

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Libya Burning: ISIS Lays Claim To Another Country, Right At Europe’s Door

“We have failed to recognize that arming militias and manufacturing a mercenary army under the banner of the dollar would only exacerbate disunity and ultimately play to our disadvantage,” one expert tells MintPress of the international community’s failings in Libya.

Catherine Shakdam
By Catherine Shakdam
Libyan civilians watch fires at an Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound, after hundreds of Libyans, Libyan Military, and Police raided the Brigades base, in Benghazi, Libya.

Libyan civilians watch fires at an Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound, after hundreds of Libyans, Libyan Military, and Police raided the Brigades base, in Benghazi, Libya. Factions of the group in 2014 pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. Libya, virtually a failed state the past years, has provided a perfect opportunity for the Islamic

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European Nations Join China’s World Bank Alternative In Blow to US

The U.S. has been lobbying Asian nations to persuade them to reject China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Barack Obama, right smiles as a group of children wave flags and flowers during a welcome ceremony held by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

U.S. President Barack Obama, right smiles as a group of children wave flags and flowers during a welcome ceremony held by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. For years, the World Bank’s has been the go-to lender for developing countries has given them huge influence, and that’s just the way the US

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Angry At Local Police, Gunman Kills 8 In The Czech Republic

Czech public radio said the perpetrator called a local television station before the attack, complaining that police weren’t solving his problems and threatening that he would “take things into his hands.”

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Czech Shooting

A police officer guards the entrance to a building where a gunman opened fire in a restaurant and killed eight people before fatally shooting himself in Uhersky Brod, eastern Czech Republic, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. The gunman was a local man around age 60, said Patrik Kuncar, mayor of the southeastern town of Uhersky Brod. It was the worst shooting

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