For months now, the world has focused on the danger of nuclear war between the United States and Russia. But Iran and Israel could beat them to it.
SCOTT RITTER: Iran’s Bomb Is Real — And It’s Here
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WATCH: CN Live! — ‘BRICS Rising’
CN Live! previews the BRICS summit starting Tuesday in Kazan, Russia as Ukraine falters, the Mideast blows up and BRICS advances its alternate economic system. With Pepe Escobar, Scott Ritter and Mark Sleboda.
WATCH: CN Live! — Anti-Zionism Ruled Protected Speech
Prof. David Miller won a wrongful dismissal case after a British employment tribunal ruled that his “anti-Zionist beliefs qualified as a philosophical belief and as a protected characteristic” of the U.K.’s Equality Act. Watch the replay.
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UN Troops in Lebanon Can Shoot Back at Israel
U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are permitted to use force in several circumstances, including self-defense and prevention of hostile action in its area of deployment, writes Joe Lauria.
When Pompeo Spat on West Point
The former C.I.A. director and secretary of state ridiculed the U.S. Military Academy, his alma mater, by dissing the cadets’ honor code in one of his most infamous remarks, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: Whistleblower McBride Wins Leave to Appeal
Former military lawyer David McBride has won the right to appeal his conviction for blowing the whistle on Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. Cathy Vogan reports from Canberra for Consortium News.
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Israel Steps Up Pounding of Gaza & Lebanon at 1-Year Mark
Israel has announced a new phase of its war on Gaza while simultaneously conducting the most severe strikes so far on Beirut.