World
New Iran sanctions: Prelude to war and nuclear arms race
May 25, 2018What a war will almost certainly do is re-ignite Iran’s push to build a nuclear weapon. If that happens, Saudi Arabia will follow, and the world will be faced with several new nuclear powers.
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Sabotaging the summit: Trump administration sinks N. Korea meeting
May 24, 2018Peace on the Korean peninsula has been scuttled by an unpredictable leader and his belligerent regime, and I don't mean the one in Pyongyang.
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Israeli Communists launch medical aid campaign for Gaza
May 22, 2018Hospitals and clinics in Gaza are collapsing under the unprecedented circumstances created by Israel’s latest aggression.
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Maduro re-elected president of Venezuela by wide margin
May 21, 2018Scoring a landslide victory, the Bolivarian Revolution of the late Hugo Chávez carries on.
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Dark times have Germany, like the world, on a tightrope
May 18, 2018Merkel’s occasional criticism of Trump policy reflects a tug-of-war amongst those who determine German policy.
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