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Saudi Arabia: Who’s Really Trying to Overthrow King Mohammed Bin Salman? By Andrew Korybko, October 01 2017

Saudi Arabia arrested between 16-30 people in a broad crackdown across the Kingdom.

According to reports, this is different than the many other times that it happened because the latest incident includes a wide variety of seemingly disparate individuals

Video: Afghanistan: Fierce Clashes and Suicide Bombings By South Front, October 01 2017

On September 26, 2 Afghan policemen died and 3 were injured in a roadside bombing in Herat province. At the same day, 3 others died when a bombing targeted their checkpoint in Farah province.

On September 28, 12 policemen were …

North Korea Would be Stupid to Trust the US By Jacob G. Hornberger, October 01 2017

To many mainstream pundits, the solution to the crisis in Korea is for U.S. officials to sit down and “talk” to North Korea in the hopes of negotiating a mutually beneficial agreement. While it won’t guarantee that a deal will

Trump, ‘Fake News’ and the War on Dissidents By Jonathan Cook, October 01 2017

The state-corporate media must be in trouble if a BBC veteran like Nick Robinson is getting dirty in the trenches, taking up arms against the “guerrilla war” he claims people like me are waging. In a new commentary piece for

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price Sacked By Stephen Lendman, October 01 2017

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In response to Health and Human Services Secretary Price spending hundreds of thousands of dollars at taxpayers’ expense on at least 24 private charter …

A Question for Britain and America regarding the State of Israel By Anthony Bellchambers, October 01 2017

Palestinian Christians and Muslims constituted 90% of the population of Palestine in 1920, prior to the 3rd wave of Jewish Immigration, under the post-first World War, British Mandate. This, in a region where the Palestinian Arab had been the majority

Threatening Words, Threatened deeds, and the Possibility of War in Korea By John Mecklin, October 01 2017

The word-war between Washington and Pyongyang advanced from grandiose insults to concrete threats on Monday, seeming to march eerily in line with warnings that rhetoric-mongering among US and North Korean leaders could, over time, lead to war. In response to

Iraqi Army Discovers US-Made Missiles in ISIS’s Military Base in Mosul By rajaninair, October 01 2017

Iraqi army and popular forces have discovered a number of US-made missiles from a military position of the ISIS(ISIL, IS, Daesh) in the Southern part of Mosul, informed local sources disclosed after the first group of pro-government troops opened their

Trump’s Cruel Indifference to Puerto Rico By Sonali Kolhatkar, September 30 2017

“Puerto Rico is Trump’s Katrina, times 1,000,” says Rosa Clemente, comparing the aftermath of Hurricane Maria to the humanitarian crisis in New Orleans in 2005.

Clemente is a community organizer active with Black Lives Matter and a doctoral candidate …

Catalonia Dreaming? By Guillem Vidal, September 30 2017

Just days away from the referendum promoted by secessionist forces, Spanish police arrested over a dozen senior officials from the Generalitat and carried out over forty raids in the Catalan government’s headquarters. Social and political tensions have reached a new

For Snubbing Glyphosate Hearing, EU Parliament Bans Monsanto Lobbyists By Jon Queally, September 30 2017

Monsanto lobbyists were officially barred by the European Parliament on Thursday after refusing requests to participate in hearings about the U.S. corporation’s efforts to influence regulations of its controversial glyphosate within the 28-nation bloc.

The ban was announced by the …

First Opinion Poll Held in War-torn Syria Showed General Feeling By Sophie Mangal, September 30 2017

There had been a general public opinion poll conducted by independent sociologists and political scientists from all around the world in war-torn Syria. The citizens of the state shared their views on the main events and situation now taking place

By the Grace of Israel – The Barzani Clan and Kurdish “Independence” By Moon of Alabama, September 30 2017

The Kurdish region in Iraq held a “referendum” about splitting off from Iraq to form an independent state. The referendum was highly irregular and the outcome was assured. That such a referendum was held now had more to

The US Economy Is Failing By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 30 2017

Do the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page editors read their own newspaper?  

The front page headline story for the Labor Day weekend was “Low Wage Growth Challenges Fed.” Despite an alleged 4.4% unemployment rate, which is full employment, there is

Why Won’t US Media Tell the Truth About What’s Happening in Venezuela? By Justin Podur, September 30 2017

Earlier this month, Donald Trump stood before the U.N. and called for the restoration of “political freedoms” to a South American nation in the throes of an economic crisis. The country in question was Venezuela, but he could have just

Video: ISIS Attacks Syrian Government Forces, Goes All In to Cut Off Palmyra-Deir Ezzor Highway By South Front, September 30 2017

On September 28, ISIS assault groups, supported by battle tanks and technicals armed with heavy guns, attacked government forces in few points at the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor highway, the key government supply line to Deir Ezzor city.

ISIS attacks took place …

Russia’s Electromagnetic Weapons Could be ‘More Efficient than Nuclear Weapons’ By Alexander Khrolenko, September 30 2017

The Listva, a remotely operated mine clearance vehicle capable of detecting and blowing up mines up to 100 meters away, is one such weapon.

An armored vehicle equipped with a UHF emitter moves in front of a mobile missile system. …

Trump Threatens Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, September 30 2017

Donald Trump threatened to “totally destroy North Korea” in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 19. That threat violates the UN Charter, and indicates an intent to commit genocide, crimes against humanity, the war crime of

Russia Releases Photos Showing U.S. Special Forces, SDF, Working in ISIS Territory with No Fear of Attack By Brandon Turbeville, September 30 2017

On September 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense may have corroborated what many researchers and journalists familiar with the Syrian crisis have been exposing all along; that the United States is working directly with ISIS on the ground and that

Revealed: The Pentagon Is Spending Up to $2.2 Billion on Soviet-Style Arms for Syrian Rebels By Ivan Angelovski and Lawrence Marzouk, September 30 2017

Featured image: A female trainee with the Syrian Democratic Forces at her graduation ceremony in northern Syria on August 9, 2017. (Source: Sgt. Mitchell Ryan for US Army)

The Pentagon has relied on an army of contractors and sub-contractors –

Monsanto’s Violence in India: The Sacred and The Profane By Colin Todhunter, September 30 2017

First published in March 2017

Foreign capital is dictating the prevailing development agenda in India. There is a deliberate strategy to make agriculture financially non-viable for India’s small farms, to get most farmers out of farming and to impose a

The New World Order of Global Warfare By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and James Corbett, September 30 2017
The US and its allies have launched a military adventure which threatens the future of humanity. From cyberwar to proxy war to covert war, the global long war against humanity threatens to become a full-fledged theatre war and even nuclear war.
Space Technology, Global Warfare, The Pentagon “First Strike Attack Plans”. Growing US Military Presence in “Asia-Pacific Pivot” By Bruce Gagnon, September 30 2017

First published in February 2017

My name is Bruce Gagnon and I work for the Global Network Against Weaspons & Nuclear Power in Space – this is our 25th year of operation.  I specialize on space technology and the missiles

Israel’s Human Rights Abuses: CJPME Launches “Peace in Palestine Campaign” By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, September 30 2017

In light of Canada’s silence on Israel’s human rights abuses, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) launches the Peace in Palestine campaign in an effort to force Canada’s politicians to have an honest public discussion about

Breaking: Captured ISIS Fighters Admit Cooperation Between ISIS and the U.S. By Anna Jaunger, September 30 2017

New evidence of cooperation between the U.S. and ISIS terrorists is emerging

This time, Warfare Worldwide organization twitted a video, where an ISIS fighter from Deir Ezzor revealed some shocking details about U.S.-ISIS collusion. According to Mohammed Moussa al-Shawwakh, the …

Trump’s Gifts to Wall Street and the Pentagon: Trump Administration Intensifies War Drive and the Supremacy of Finance Capital By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 30 2017

First published by Global Research on February 7, 2017

Since the Great Recession of 2007-2010, cited as the worst capitalist economic downturn since the Depression in the 1930s, the United States financial system has been “stabilized” by the massive intervention

Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined America and the World By Craig McKee, September 30 2017

“Given how disastrous the official account has been for America and the world in general, perhaps some newspapers or TV networks will have the courage to point out that the Bush-Cheney account of 9/11, like the Bush-Cheney argument for attacking

Catalonia: In the Face of Repression, We Defend Human Rights By Lafede.cat, September 30 2017

Manifesto by Somos Defensores (We are Defenders)

The referendum for self-determination in Catalonia, scheduled for October 1st and requested by a majority of Catalan citizens, seeks to determine the relationship between Catalonia and the Spanish state. The referendum is

As Tensions Increase with North Korea, the South Korean “Miracle” Is Exposed By Eric Toussaint, September 30 2017

To understand the current tensions with North Korea, you need to be familiar with the history of the two Koreas after the Second World War and the Korean War and the roles played by Japan and the United States in

The Zika Virus Potentially Constitutes A Global Health Threat. Scientific Report By Science, September 30 2017

The following text is the abstract of a Chinese scientific report pertaining to the Zika Virus

Zika virus (ZIKV) has evolved into a global health threat due to its unexpected causal link to microcephaly. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that contemporary …

Is Jeremy Corbyn UK Prime Minister-in-Waiting? By Stephen Lendman, September 29 2017

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Addressing Labor Party Members on Wednesday, Corbyn said “(w)e are now the political mainstream…on the threshold of power,” Britain’s “government-in-waiting.”

Party members said he …

Waves of Global Hostility at the United Nations General Assembly By Sami Karimi, September 29 2017

This September’s UN assembly was a spectacle of bullying and intimidation. It went far fiercely for certain states than earlier assemblies and the leaders not involved in disputes were amused at exchanges of offensive words. As time goes by, the

“The Military Plan to Wipe Out All Muslims in Myanmar” By Amelia Smith, September 29 2017

“This village is a Muslim-free zone,” reads a sign hanging at the entrance to a village in an area of Myanmar outside Rakhine state. The orders are directed at the country’s Rohingya population, an ethnic group of around 1.3 million

The Slimy Business of Russia-gate By Robert Parry, September 29 2017

The “Field of Dreams” slogan for America’s NGOs should be: “If you pay for it, we will come.” And right now, tens of millions of dollars are flowing to non-governmental organizations if they will buttress the thesis of Russian “meddling”

Tony Blair’s Ghoulish Last Decade By Branko Marcetic, September 29 2017
Say what you will about Tony Blair, but the man’s not a quitter.Not content with being repeatedly wrong in his reflexive advice for politicians to tack to the right, Blair doubled down in a recent interview with Politico, warning
Turkish Choppers Airdrop Elite Soldiers over Northern Iraq, Big Battle Looming By Chris Tomson, September 29 2017

On Wednesday, at least 16 Turkish soldiers were killed-in-action as the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) and Turkish Armed Forces battled it out on both sides of the border between Iraq and Turkey.

Just one day after the Kurdish independence referendum …

Iraqi Kurdistan Independence Referendum By Stephen Lendman, September 29 2017

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The referendum held on September 25 received overwhelming 93% support, Kurdish officials in northern Iraq calling the results binding. Turnout was around 80%.

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Flag Idolatry Is a Pathology that Crushes Real American Values By William Boardman, September 29 2017

The flag is a symbol, and there is no agreement as to what it actually symbolizes. By design, the flag’s thirteen stripes stand for the original 13 states, none of which would ban slavery. The 14th state, Vermont, was the

Washington’s Iron Curtain on the Euphrates By Mike Whitney, September 29 2017

For more than six years, Syrians have made great sacrifices to defend their country in the face of a terrorist war of unprecedented brutality….  The Syrian people have stood their ground, against all odds, because they knew that this was

Selected Articles: The ‘Exoneration’ and ‘Near-Victory’ of Assad in the Syrian War By Global Research News, September 29 2017

Global Research strives for peace, and we have but one mandate: to share timely, independent and vital information to readers across the globe. We act as a global platform to let the voices of dissent, protest, and expert witnesses and

Behind the Saudi-led Blockade of Qatar By Asad Ismi, September 29 2017

A blockade imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt entered its third month in August as negotiations to end it remained deadlocked. The comprehensive blockade cuts diplomatic relations between the countries, closes borders

Breaking Video: ISIS Fighter Admits that ISIS Is Forbidden to Attack Kurdish Forces in Deir Ezzor By Andrew Illingworth, September 29 2017

A video has just been released on social media showing the interview of an ISIS fighter from Deir Ezzor who admits that the terrorist group’s forces in the region are forbidden by their commanders from attacking US-backed, Kurdish-led militias.

The …

Destruction of Last Chemical Munition in Russia Is ‘Historic Event’ – Putin By Sputnik, September 29 2017

The last kilogram of Russia’s 40,000-tonne stockpile of chemical warfare agents, which was contained in two artillery shells, was destroyed on Wednesday at the Kizner facility in Udmurtia.

Attending the event via video link, Putin said that it is “a …

Expanding Horizons Key to BRICS’ Second Golden Decade By Zhao Minghao, September 29 2017

The first BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting was convened in September 2006, which marked the foundation of the BRICS mechanism. In the 10 years since then, BRICS has become an important international economic bloc representing some of the world’s key emerging

American Patriotism Is a Two-Edged Sword By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 29 2017

I sometimes wonder if America’s greatest threat is the population’s hyper-patriotism. The bulk of the population is now at work shutting down the NFL players’ First Amendment rights, and none of the incensed censors are capable of understanding that it

Holy Days for Sports in Australia By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, September 29 2017

It looks like a gross mismatch: the ferocious Tigers versus the flighty Crows. But the latter, who stem from Adelaide, are the favourite. This is Australian Rules Football (“footy” to the initiated), one of the stranger hybrids in the sporting

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Kurdistan and the Break up of Iraq? Whenever the US Attempts or Effects “Regime Change”, Disaster Follows By Michael Jansen, September 29 2017

Whenever the US attempts or effects “regime change”, disaster follows.

North Korea is the latest country where Washington would like to oust the leadership, perhaps because its ruler, Kim Jong-un, called Donald Trump a “dotard”, a senile old

Sunday’s Catalonia Independence Referendum By Stephen Lendman, September 29 2017

Featured image: Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s regime is going all-out to block it.

He

Breaking: US Coalition Using Illegal Chemical Weapons in Deir ez-Zor By Adam Garrie, September 29 2017

Syria has confirmed that the US led coalition whose very presence in Syria is illegal according to international law, has recently dropped white phosphorus munitions over a village in Deir ez-Zor.

Similar to the infamous napalm munitions the US used

Cuba-U.S. Relations By Nino Pagliccia, September 29 2017

A new book by Canadian journalist and political scientist, Arnold August, has recently been published by Fernwood Publishing (2017) titled “Cuba-U.S. Relations-Obama and Beyond.” The book has a well-written Foreword by eminent Canadian scholar Keith Ellis (“Arnold August brings

Economic Sanctions Against Russia Flop. They Hit the EU Much More than Russia By Eric Zuesse, September 29 2017

Did U.S. President Barack Obama create the anti-Russia sanctions in order to weaken the EU in its competition against America? If so, the policy has been a huge success — it has enormously damaged the EU’s economy. But, if Russia

U.S. and Gulf States Hinder Libyan Crisis Settlement By Adel Karim, September 29 2017

The United Nations General Assembly, which kicked off on September 12 at UN headquarters in New York has just ended. During the meeting, the priority was given to the issues of global security and combating terrorism. The settlement of crisis

Trump’s Deplorable Tax Cut Scheme By Stephen Lendman, September 29 2017

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David Stockman thinks it’s going nowhere. He blasted today’s GOP, specifically Mitch McConnell-led senators, saying he and likeminded upper house members “turned the conservative

UN Takes First Concrete Step to Hold Israel Accountable for Violating Palestinian Human Rights By Palestinian BDS National Committee, September 29 2017

Today’s media reports revealed that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights began sending letters two weeks ago to 150 companies in Israel and around the globe, warning them that they could be added to a database of complicit companies

India and Eurasian Geopolitics: Has Narendra Modi Switched Sides? By F. William Engdahl, September 29 2017

It’s very discomforting to see the nation of India, one of the great potential leading countries of the world systematically self-destruct. Provoking a new war with China over remote chunks of land in the high Himalayas where the borders of

Russia: Terrorists Used Sarin in Khan Sheikhoun By Jim Carey, September 29 2017

Featured image: Director Russian Foreign Ministry’s Non-Proliferation and Weapons Control Department, Mikhail Ulyanov (Source: U.S. Mission Photo/Eric Bridiers)

The Director Russian Foreign Ministry’s Non-Proliferation and Weapons Control Department, Mikhail Ulyanov spoke to reporters at a press conference on Tuesday with

An Emerging Multi-polar World: Polarized, Unstable and Dangerous By Greg Guma, September 29 2017

First published in July 2017

We’re in uncharted territory. On some days, as the West’s domination of world affairs winds down, you can feel the wheels of history turning. A multi-polar world seems to be emerging. But so far it

Puerto Rico Is Our Future By Richard Heinberg, September 29 2017

News reports tell of the devastation left by a direct hit from Category 4 Hurricane Maria. Puerto Ricans already coping with damage from Hurricane Irma, which grazed the island just days before, were slammed with an even stronger storm on

The Painful Truth: War is a Racket on Behalf of Wall Street and the Bankers By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, September 29 2017

“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth…For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.” —Patrick Henry

Trump’s Muslim Ban 3.0 Is Still Unconstitutional By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, September 28 2017

Featured image: Donald Trump attends the 9/11 Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, September 11, 2017. (Photo: Jim Mattis)

After federal courts struck down Donald Trump‘s first two Muslim bans, his functionaries crafted a third one.

Information Warfare and the “Human Rights” Scam: Western Backed NGOs Have Acted as Enablers of Sanctions and Military Intervention By 21st Century Wire and South Front, September 28 2017

Just look around the world and throughout recent history, and you will find a number of compelling cases where western-backed NGOs have frequently acted as enablers for the military interventions, sanctions and economic blockades that followed. Look at Iraq, Libya,

Death of the Playboy: Hugh Hefner’s World By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, September 28 2017

Featured image: Hugh Hefner (Source: The Gazette Review)

“The style he created wasn’t just about women, it was about connoisseurship.” – Camille Paglia, Playboy, May 1995

A dream factory based on flesh; a vision packed with sexuality, sharp

Poll: Majority of Voters Say Trump Isn’t Fit to be President By Emily Goldberg, September 28 2017

A majority of American voters say Donald Trump is not “fit to serve as president,” according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, with 51 percent of respondents saying they are embarrassed to have Trump serve as president.

The poll …

The City of London – Capital of an Invisible Empire By True Publica, September 28 2017

In July 2017 director Michael Oswald’s latest film, The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire was premiered at the Frontline Club in London. It has since had several screenings in London and public screenings can be organised from November onwards. 

Norwegian Elections: Another Right-Wing Victory, and a Serious Labour Defeat By Asbjørn Wahl, September 28 2017

The centre-left failed in getting rid of the so-called ‘blue-blue’ government at the parliamentary elections in Norway on 11 September. The Labour Party was the main loser, while small parties on the centre-left advanced slightly. However, the parliamentary basis of

Germany: Right Wing Rising? By Andrew Korybko, September 28 2017

The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is entering parliament for the first time ever, though its electoral rise seems to be more of a reaction to Chancellor Merkel than anything else.

The AfD came in third place by scoring …

Rival Superpower Strategies: World War III with China By Prof Alfred McCoy, September 28 2017
Until recently, the U.S. enjoyed a greater “disparity of power” over its would-be rivals. The US no longer remains “the sole superpower for decades to come.”
Video: Strategic Bombers Deliver Fire and Hell to Al Qaeda and ISIS Terrorists in Syria By South Front, September 28 2017

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies have liberated Rasm Naqa, Rasm Arnab, Jafiah, Rasm Rik, Ghuzaylah, Haba, Um Sous and Um Huwaysh villages inside the ISIS-held pocket in eastern Homs. However, ISIS still keeps positions in its central

Iraqi Parliament Introduces Drastic Measures in Response to the Kurdistan Referendum By Samer Hussein, September 28 2017

The Iraqi Parliament has prepared 13 steps in the wake of the Monday’s Kurdistan independence referendum staged by the Kurdistan Regional Government.

In its statement, issued on Wednesday, the Iraqi Parliament has pointed out that the unilateral referendum on Kurdistan …

Damascus Calls Upon Syrian Refugees to Return to their Homeland By Sophie Mangal, September 28 2017

Speaking at a press conference in the Armenian capital Yerevan, a member of the Syrian parliament, Zhirayr Reisyan, said recently that the liberated city of Deir ez-Zorr is a large and significant victory of the Syrian army.

Zhirayr Reisyan …

Israel Is Not Nazi Germany By Anthony Bellchambers, September 28 2017

To condemn Israel for acting like Nazi Germany, is patently a false analogy. During the Holocaust of WW2, the Nazis killed many millions of Jews and other minority groups, (on a horrific industrial scale), throughout the whole of Europe.

Israel, …

China’s News Unmanned Drone: Can Take Off and Land on Water By Global Research News, September 28 2017

Featured image: Shanghai UVS Intelligence System’s U650 amphibious drone 

In the following report (September 27, 2017) CNN Money addresses China’s 20 foot long unmanned drone which can land on water. The Chinese drone has both military as well as commercial

Video: War and Peace at the United Nations By Adam Garrie and Nedka Babliku, September 28 2017

Nedka Babliku sits down with Adam Garrie to discuss everything that happened at the 72nd opening of the UN General Assembly.
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If Trump Were Really President, He’d Forgive Puerto Rico’s Debts and Rescue It By Prof. Juan Cole, September 28 2017

I’m not sure what Donald Trump thinks the job of president consists of. One task is to swing into action when 3.4 million Americans are living without electricity, 40% of them without potable water, and hundreds of thousands without shelter.

ISIS Militants and Commanders Flee to Turkey By Sophie Mangal, September 28 2017

On September 25, security forces of Turkey detained 36 people in Istanbul suspecting them of having links with ISIS militants. According to law enforcement agencies,  five of the detainees participated in the military operations in Syria and Iraq. It is

The “Russian Influence” Story Falls Apart – A New Fairy Tale Is Needed By Moon of Alabama, September 28 2017

The Obama White House and some Democratic officials pressed Facebook to find evidence for alleged “Russian interference” in the U.S. election. When Facebook found none, the pressure increased. Facebook went back, again found nothing and political pressure increase further. Congress

Donald Trump Fails European Politics 101 By Global Research News, September 28 2017

Trump is often confused: in recent developments president Trump addressed the prime minister of Spain as “President”.

European Politics 101.

There is no president in Spain because Spain is a constitutional monarchy and the King of Spain Felipe VI is

Trump Makes Another Reckless Threat Against North Korea By Peter Symonds, September 28 2017

In another act of utter recklessness, US President Donald Trump yesterday again threatened North Korea with destruction if it failed to totally capitulate to Washington’s demands. By declaring that military action is not only an option but could be imminent,

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Gandhi’s Truth: Ending Human Violence One Commitment at a Time By Robert J. Burrowes, September 28 2017

Gandhi Jayanti – 2 October, the date of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s birth in 1869 and the International Day of Nonviolence – offers an opportunity to reflect on human violence and to ponder ways to end it. There may be

Putin to Visit Erdogan in Turkey as Russia Supports a United Iraq By Adam Garrie, September 28 2017

Russia’s Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed that President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Ankara on the 28th of September to meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The two leaders already spoke over the phone in the …