The ICC Plays Scripted Role in Regime Change Plot Against Venezuela

When it comes to Venezuela, we should be wary of hyperbole and exaggeration, bearing in mind that “humanitarian crisis” is a highly technical and loaded term that can be misused as a pretext for military intervention and regime change.

Dakotah Lilly
By Dakotah Lilly
United Nations U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, right, listens as Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almargo speaks during a U.N. meeting on human rights concerns in Venezuela, Monday Nov. 13, 2017 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (Opinion) -- The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, recently announced that a “preliminary investigation” would be launched into the sovereign state of Venezuela, citing alleged incidents of state violence committed during the months of street protests in 2017. These violent protests claimed the

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‘This Is Barbaric’: Sen. Murphy Slams US for Contributing to Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis

“The bombing campaign that has caused the cholera outbreak could not happen without us.”

Julia Conley
By Julia Conley
A girl is treated for a suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. The World Health Organization says a rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in Yemen has claimed thousands of lives since April and is suspected of affecting 246,000 people. (AP/Hani Mohammed)

Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) blasted the U.S. government on Tuesday for enabling the humanitarian crisis that's underway in Yemen—just before the U.S.-backed Saudi coalition bombed the airport in the nation's capitol of Sanaa, further blocking aid from getting to Yemeni civilians. Showing pictures of children who are starving amid what U.N.

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Red Cross: 1 Million Cholera Cases Likely In Yemen By Years End

According to the Red Cross, the unprecedented scale of Yemen’s cholera epidemic makes it “the worst in history.”

teleSUR
By teleSUR
A girl is treated for a suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. The World Health Organization says a rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in Yemen has claimed thousands of lives since April and is suspected of affecting 246,000 people. (AP/Hani Mohammed)

In a grim prognosis of what is the “world's largest humanitarian crisis” in current days, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Friday that they fear that there could be at least one-million cholera cases registered by the end of the year. The high civilian casualties and cholera epidemic are caused by the use of

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The Politics Of The Forgotten Humanitarian Crises In Yemen And Gaza

Millions of Yemenis are starving as Saudi Arabia continues to bomb the country, while the people of Gaza lack electricity and medical supplies due to a 10-year Israeli blockade. Both conflicts and the crises they have unleashed are tied to the U.S.’ arms industry’s unending pursuit of profit.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson participates in a signing ceremony between President Donald Trump and Saudi King Salam at the Royal Court Palace, Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP/Evan Vucci)

While the mainstream media is dominated by anti-Russia headlines and the upcoming health care vote in the Senate, its silence on two of the greatest humanitarian crises in the world, Yemen and Gaza, is deafening. These crises have received little to none of the media attention that was showered last year on the battle for Aleppo in Syria or the

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Saudi Arabia’s Blockade Of Yemen’s Largest Port Expected To Worsen Humanitarian Crisis

Despite a warning from the UN to end its existing blockades of Yemeni ports, a Saudi-led coalition is planning another major assault on the nation’s largest port city of Al Hudaydah, a move that threatens to worsen Yemen’s already unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
A Yemeni man looks at a World Food Program ship at the port of Aden, Yemen

MINNEAPOLIS – While the Syrian conflict has long dominated international coverage of Middle Eastern crises, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen has been continually overlooked by the mainstream media. Since March 2015, the nation has been in a state of chaos following the overthrow of former Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who was installed by

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As Major Culprit In Creating Crisis, US Rebuked For Failing Refugees

Observers say the U.S. is not only lagging in its humanitarian response, but also driving the war and conflict behind ongoing displacement

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare
Italian Coast Guard officers and holiday-makers help migrants to get off a boat near Siracusa, Italy.

As refugees are stranded at train stations, attacked by riot police, and killed during the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, Europe's failure to address the rising humanitarian crisis is being met with global outrage and sorrow. Now, many are also looking across the Atlantic to the United States, where observers say key responsibility

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