What To Make Of North Korea’s War Threats

“We should settle accounts with the United States only with the gun barrel, not with words, as it regards jungle law as the rule of its survival.” That was the North Korean National Defense Commission’s response on Jan. 24 to ratcheted-up United Nations sanctions. Indeed, tensions are building as North Korea prepares for a third […]

Geoffrey Cain
By Geoffrey Cain

"We should settle accounts with the United States only with the gun barrel, not with words, as it regards jungle law as the rule of its survival.” That was the North Korean National Defense Commission's response on Jan. 24 to ratcheted-up United Nations sanctions. Indeed, tensions are building as North Korea prepares for a third nuclear

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Algeria: Day 4 Of Hostage Standoff At Sahara Plant

Algerian security forces tried Saturday to bring an end to a four-day-old standoff with Islamist extremists holding foreign hostages at a remote gas plant, a drama that has left at least 12 dead and horrified governments around the world. Algerian authorities gave no clear sign of how many people are still alive or captive at […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
An unidentified rescued hostage receives treatment in a hospital in Ain Amenas, Algeria, in this image taken from television Friday Jan. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Canal Algerie via Associated Press TV)

Algerian security forces tried Saturday to bring an end to a four-day-old standoff with Islamist extremists holding foreign hostages at a remote gas plant, a drama that has left at least 12 dead and horrified governments around the world. Algerian authorities gave no clear sign of how many people are still alive or captive at the Ain Amenas

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Eyes On Assad: Western Media War On Syria

(CHICAGO) — On Jan. 6, Assad called for “comprehensive national dialogue in the near future.” He rules out negotiating “with a puppet made by the West.” He advocates responsibly engaging opposition elements and other political parties. “Syria wants peace and reconciliation,” he stressed. “(A)rmed groups must halt terrorist acts.” Since early 2011, Washington waged war […]

Stephen Lendman
By Stephen Lendman
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures as speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)

(CHICAGO) -- On Jan. 6, Assad called for "comprehensive national dialogue in the near future." He rules out negotiating "with a puppet made by the West." He advocates responsibly engaging opposition elements and other political parties. "Syria wants peace and reconciliation," he stressed. "(A)rmed groups must halt terrorist acts." Since

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Anonymous Exposure Of Taboo Rape Issue Challenges Public Perception Of Hacktivists

(MintPress) – The new digital atmosphere that is permeating lives around the world has led to the creation of hacktivism, a new form of activism by which those who are more computer literate than the rest use their brain as a tool, exposing corruption through electronic hacking — both within government and society. And, because […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
Protesters dawn anonymous masks at the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, New York. (Photo by David Shankbone)

(MintPress) – The new digital atmosphere that is permeating lives around the world has led to the creation of hacktivism, a new form of activism by which those who are more computer literate than the rest use their brain as a tool, exposing corruption through electronic hacking — both within government and society. And, because it’s a digital

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US Journalist Missing In Syria

Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a US journalist on Thanksgiving Day. More than a month later, he remains missing. American James Foley, 39, was last seen on Nov. 22 in Idlib Province. Idlib has been the scene of heavy fighting in recent months between Syrian rebels and government forces. Richard Engel, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for […]

Peter Gelling
By Peter Gelling
Screenshot of a Boston Globe interview with Global Post journalist James Foley in 2011.

Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a US journalist on Thanksgiving Day. More than a month later, he remains missing. American James Foley, 39, was last seen on Nov. 22 in Idlib Province. Idlib has been the scene of heavy fighting in recent months between Syrian rebels and government forces. Richard Engel, the chief foreign affairs correspondent

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Russian Parliament Endorses Anti-US Adoption Bill

Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia moved toward finalizing a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, as Parliament’s upper house voted unanimously in favor of a measure that President Vladimir Putin has indicated he will sign into law. The bill is widely seen as the Kremlin’s retaliation against an American law that […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
A demonstrator holds a poster outside the Federation Council on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia moved toward finalizing a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, as Parliament's upper house voted unanimously in favor of a measure that President Vladimir Putin has indicated he will sign into law. The bill is widely seen as the Kremlin's retaliation against an American law

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