As ceasefire talks hang by a thread, rising tensions over the Strait of Hormuz reveal a stark reality: escalation could trigger a global economic catastrophe — and the United States may have far less control than it claims.
Journalist Laith Marouf delivers a firsthand account from southern Lebanon — where entire villages were flattened. Hezbollah not only held the line — it inflicted significant losses. Marouf says it marks the end of Western hegemony.
Hours before he said bombing would resume, Donald Trump accepted a Pakistani request to indefinitely extend the ceasefire while the U.S. waits for a unified Iranian response, writes Joe Lauria.
A panel named the Middle East Working Group gummed up all efforts to align the DNC with the views of most of the party’s voters, writes Norman Solomon.
UPDATED NOW: With chaos growing, Donald Trump sent his real estate agents to Islamabad in an effort at renewed peace talks. He says if there’s no deal this week he’ll start destroying Iran’s civilian targets, writes Joe Lauria.
Shaky truces are in place in Lebanon and Iran as the belligerents plot their next moves. Can an uncertain war become a certain peace? Ray McGovern and Scott Ritter this week on The World This Week. Watch the replay.
In Iran and Ukraine, what is at stake — what is fought for and against — is a rebalancing of power that will prove of world-historical magnitude when it is at last accomplished.
After a Lebanon truce was declared, Iran said Friday the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open.” Trump said Iran peace talks could resume. None of the U.S. and Israeli war aims have been achieved, writes Joe Lauria.
The illegal U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is exposing the Oil-Dollar-Wall Street complex that binds oil, financial markets, and dollar power, with consequences that reach far beyond the region.
A broad overview of U.S. military action in Venezuela, Iran, and Russia reveals a U.S. plan to disable its competitors and corner the oil market, says a new film by Richard Medhurst, who joins CN Live! Watch the replay.