Watch as the council debated rising Mideast tensions after Iran retaliated Sunday for Israel’s attack on its embassy in Damascus.
WATCH: UN Security Council Meets on Iran-Israel Conflict
Biden Administration, Commentary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Militarism, Palestine, Syria, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Iran Refuses to Bow — Can it Afford to Stand?
The Islamic Republic has been confronted with the most important challenge it has faced since Saddam Hussein mounted his invasion of the country in 1980, writes John Wight.
Secrets of the Weapons Trade
The Australian government is obscuring weapons exports to Israel despite the World Court’s ruling to oppose “plausible genocide,” writes Michelle Fahy.
Column, Commentary, Gulf States, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, U.S., U.S. Congress, United Arab Emirates, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Yemen
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: The UAE’s Game in Washington
The Emirates’ status in Washington is a story of extensive lobbying, generous funding and rapprochement with Israel regardless of the latter’s war crimes in the region.
Ancient World, China, Commentary, Ecuador, Human Rights, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Protest, South Africa, Syria, United Nations, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Yugoslavia
Vijay Prashad: Violating Diplomatic Missions
From Israel’s bombing of Iran’s embassy in Damascus to Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, leaders feel emboldened by the impunity granted by the Global North.
Analysis, Assange extradition, Australia, Biden Administration, Britain, CN Live!, Commentary, Legal, Politics, Press Freedom, U.S. Justice Dept., WikiLeaks
How Britain Would Be Obliged to Free Julian Assange As Biden ‘Considers’ Ending the Case
UPDATED: The High Court ruled the U.S. must assure free speech and no death penalty for Julian Assange or the court might have to free the publisher who marked five years in prison today, reports Joe Lauria.
Risking Jail in Egypt to Advocate for Gazans
Fatma Khaled reports on Cairo Gaza, an activist group that is pressuring the el-Sisi government to keep the Rafah crossing open to let aid into Gaza without Israel’s permission.
China’s Xi Hosts Former Taiwanese President in Beijing
“No forces that can separate us” — Diego Ramos reports on the friendly reception by the Chinese leader on Wednesday of Ma Ying-jeou’s “journey of peace.”
Top US Labor Lawyer Calls Out Corporate Legal Tactics
NRLB Chief Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo fired back at corporate challenges against the labor board, saying they are designed to distract from the same companies’ law-breaking.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Child’s Play at the FBI
Why prosecute Medicare/Medicaid fraud or bank fraud or wire fraud when you can, let’s say, wait for a kid in a chat room to turn 18?
Children 44% of Palestinians Killed by Israel Since Oct 7
Abdul Rahman reports on data detailing Israel’s killing, wounding, starving and imprisonment of children in the past six months.
Biden Is ‘Considering’ Ending Assange Case
UPDATED: Biden said Wednesday in response to a reporter’s question at the White House that his administration is “considering” Australia’s request that the case against Julian Assange be ended.
US National Labor Board Under Corporate Attack
Workers at the companies that are challenging the NLRB’s constitutionality have all begun to organize unions in recent years, with numerous, high-profile wins, writes Kate Andrias.
Caitlin Johnstone: Australia’s Silence on Israel Arms Deal
The denial of a Freedom of Information request on the grounds that such information “could harm Australia’s international standing and reputation,” suggests the details must be pretty damning.
Origins of Israel’s Anti-Arab Racism
The anti-Arab racism that pervades modern Israel can be traced back to attitudes of old European imperialism, argued Lawrence Davidson in 2012, in this prescient forecast of today’s Israeli genocide.
Aid Flotilla Heading to Gaza to Break Siege
CODEPINK’s Ann Wright and Medea Benjamin join a coalition of human rights activists due to set sail on multiple vessels in mid April.
Israel’s Other Defeat
The Palestinian Al-Aqsa Flood Operation placed Israel in a historic dilemma that Netanyahu’s comfortable Knesset majority will not be able to resolve, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Germany, International, Israel, Legal, Middle East, Nicaragua, Palestine, United Nations, War Crimes
WATCH: Nicaragua v Germany on Genocide Complicity
The Central American nation laid formal charges against the Federal Republic at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday, demanding Berlin stop arming Israel.
Kagan’s Latest Bugle for Ruinous Empire
Robert Kagan is deaf to the timeless wisdom of Hamilton, Quincy Adams and Lincoln, envisioning the end of the free world if the U.S. neglects to stand with Ukraine whatever it takes, argues Bruce Fein.
Palestinian Journalists Urge Boycott of White House Correspondents’ Dinner
The appeal to boycott the April 27 event says the White House’s support for Israel’s genocidal policies implicates it directly in the relentless targeting and massacring of journalists in Gaza.