Did Hizbullah really receive a devastating blow in the elections? As`ad AbuKhalil says the answer is not as simple as Western coverage makes it seem.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Lebanon’s Hung Parliament
Category: United Arab Emirates
Boris Johnson’s Saudi WhatsApps Stay Secret
The government has rejected an FOI request for messages that may have passed between the prime minister and MbS in January, a month with some of the worst air strikes on civilians in Yemen, Phil Miller reports.
Caitlin Johnstone: On Russians ‘Raping Babies’
You can be sure that these obscene, unverified charges against Russian forces won’t attract the social-media censors who are supposedly rooting out “disinformation.”
THE ANGRY ARAB: Turkey Leaves the Arab World
The Impact of Ukraine on Yemen
The Western economic war on Russia over Ukraine is having a spillover effect on the forgotten war in Yemen, writes Kathy Kelly.
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Middle East & the War in Ukraine
Gulf Arab regimes, and other developing countries, will adjust to a new world where power is shifting. It is no longer the world the U.S. shaped after the Cold War, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
Forbes Fires India Correspondent Over Hate Crimes Report
The incident reflects how difficult it is for journalists to collate rising reports of religion-based hate crimes under the Modi government, writes Betwa Sharma.
Perilous Gulf Widens Between Russia & US at the UN
The seemingly unbridgeable gap between the major powers was on full display at the Security Council as they sparred over Ukraine and Russia’s security concerns, reports Joe Lauria.
WATCH: UN Security Council on Ukraine
The U.S. has called for a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday at 10 am in order for Russia to “explain itself” over U.S. allegations that Moscow will “imminently” invade Ukraine, a charge even Kiev has denied. Watch it here.
Yemen Peace Talks Urged on UN Security Council, Which Ignores Saudi Atrocities
Oxfam is pressing the U.N. Security Council to “inject new urgency” into peace talks after the civilian death toll from the Saudi-led strikes breaks records this month.