A brash, expansionist Donald Trump returned from two days in China, having been schooled by Xi Jinping in what global stability looks like. Watch the replay.
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Hitting a Chinese Wall’
Category: Middle East
Armed Robbery of the World’s Energy Supply
A forensic investigation into how Washington leveraged the war in Iran to replace Nord Stream, save the dollar, and establish total command over the world’s fuel from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean. Richard Medhurst reports.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The Palantir Imperium’
Palantir’s Western supremacist empire is reaching all corners of the globe, as Australian Sen. David Shoebridge explains to CN Live!
Chris Hedges: Israel Seizes Pro-Palestine Activists
The rule of law has been buried under the rubble in Gaza, allowing Israel to brutally abduct 175 humanitarian activists aboard Sumud Flotilla, 500 nautical miles from Gaza.
DAYS 53-65: World on the Brink in the Hands of a Madman
One crazed man holds the fate of the world in his hands and his name is Donald Trump. Can his administration, the Deep State, the War Powers Act, Russia or anybody else stop him? asks Joe Lauria.
WATCH: The Trump Crime Family
Regis Tremblay interviews Joe Lauria, editor of Consortium News, about the Trump crime family and what it means for Gaza, Iran, Ukraine and the rest of the world.
WATCH: The World This Week: ‘Economic War or Bombs?’
U.S. holds off Israeli pressure to restart shooting war on Iran, turning to economic warfare. How long can that last? Trump called Putin and the King mentions war with Russia to Congress. Scott Ritter & Ray McGovern.
Hedges Report: Mearsheimer on US Exiting Iran War
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.
DAY 52: Trump Extends Ceasefire as World Remains on Edge
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.
DAYS 49-51: Talks to Begin After US Seizes Iranian Ship
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.