News Archive - 3 August 2017

By James M. Dorsey As US President Donald J. Trump gropes with a set of bad options for responding to North Korea’s rapidly

The scars of colonialism are everywhere to be seen—India, Africa, the Middle East and indeed the world over. While historians

The Saudi-American-Iranian-Russian-Qatari-Syrian conundrum.

Today, Saudi Arabia and its sycophant allies (Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt) have resorted to extortion in

A cease fire agreement is supposed to lead to a more stable, lasting political arrangement, hopefully a peace treaty, but

“My goal is just empowering women and giving them a voice," said the activist behind the effort.

Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders were the only two "no" votes.

Iran has loomed as the primary bogeyman of the Trump crowd.

Customs and Border Protection officials said they booted the researcher and his family for reasons unrelated to President Donald Trump's travel ban.

Repressive regimes think if they shut human right defenders in jail they will put and end to their work. They are wrong. A

In 2015, upon becoming the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdul-Aziz took a decision that cracked the foundation of the

So this weekend was a little nuts, eh? 1. In Virginia, a 17-year-old Muslim girl was murdered by a man as she returned to

Trump is creating a recipe for war.

With two years of successful implementation in the books, Washington should be celebrating the anniversary of a historic

About 50,000 refugees have been resettled. Not many more are likely to make it in.

The US is the leading country that unilaterally brands entities around the world as terrorist.

Cross-posted from TomDispatch.com Every now and then something lodges in your memory and seems to haunt you forever.  In

The judiciary spokesman did not name the person or give details about when the sentence was passed.

A combination of the right amount of youth within the overall population suffering from corruption is necessary.

While Iran’s targets are technical and verifiable, the targets for U.S. compliance are not.

After Qatar's powerful neighbors cut ties with it last week, its citizens risk a serious food shortage.

After King Abdullah’s death in 2015, his half-brother Salman ascended the throne of Saudi Arabia. He discarded his tribe’s

Yet another heat record bites the dust.

With new U.S. intelligence suggesting Syria’s Assad may be preparing to launch another chemical weapons attack on his beleaguered

I just travelled to Iran where was I was invited to speak at the University of Tehran about human rights and “humanitarian

Past launches have raised tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi expressed concern that by including North Korea, the legislation could face delays in the Senate.

By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump. in a step that could embolden Saudi Arabia to move ahead with plans to destabilize

These narratives that Senator Sanders is working to benefit Russia, perhaps because of resentment for his loss to Clinton, are nothing short of absurd.

Hassan is seen as a pragmatist in contrast to Khamenei and his hardline allies, and officials and analysts have cast doubt on his ability to balance their demands and expectations with those of his supporters.