The U.S. secretary of state confirmed Australia has lobbied the U.S. to end the WikiLeaks publisher’s prosecution, but said unequivocally that it would continue, reports Joe Lauria.
Blinken Slams Door on Australian Bid for Assange
Category: International
SCOTT RITTER: Requiem for NATO’s Nightmare
The dysfunction of the Atlantic military alliance over Ukrainian membership was just the most public manifestation of the debacle that was the Vilnius summit.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Star-Spangled Kangaroo
A U.S. warship has been ushered into service in Sydney as part of the unholy matrimony between Australia and the U.S. war machine.
Caitlin Johnstone: Biden Promotes Hardliners
Virulent Russia hawk Victoria Nuland and virulent China hawk Charles Q. Brown are being elevated to lofty positions by the White House.
The UN’s Growing Counterterrorism Office
Arthur Bassas speaks with an UNCTO director about human-rights, oversight and transparency concerns about the office, which in June opened a program hub in Madrid, the 11th worldwide.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Lebanon, After the Collapse
Lebanon’s economic crisis is being compounded by political stalemate, corruption and Western interference, while Hezbollah’s political position has weakened because of a flailing relationship with its Christian ally, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
US Anthropology Group Joins Academic Boycott of Israel
The American Anthropological Association has become the largest U.S. scholastic group to pass a resolution to boycott Israeli educational institutions, Peoples Dispatch reports. The measure does not extend to individual academics.
Free After 17 Years in Prison For a Rape He Didn’t Commit
The United States has a long history of wrongfully convicting and imprisoning people only to release them after years in prison after new evidence emerges. It has just happened in the U.K. too.
US Vets Try to Stop Students from Joining Up
Across the U.S., anti-war veterans and their allies are working together in an effort to stop the U.S. military from reaching its recruitment goals, writes Ruben Abrahams Brosbe.
Glimpses of an Endgame in Ukraine
It is one thing that Russia knows it is de facto fighting NATO in Ukraine. But it is an entirely different matter that the war may dramatically escalate to war with Poland, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.