In Washington today, we have the opportunity to assess the raison d’État as defined by the current U.S. leadership: the new Trump administration and a Republican-controlled Congress. One significant measure will be whether the United States finally ratifies the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention (“UNCLOS” or the “Convention”), the comprehensive treaty regime that […]
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UK Deploys Army As Terror Threat Raised To Critical, PM Warns “More Attacks Imminent”…
In a live televised statement from Downing Street, UK PM Theresa May explains it was possible a “wider group of individuals” could have been involved in the Manchester Arena attack rather than just suicide bomber Salman Abedi – UK’S MAY: MANCHESTER TERROR ATTACKER BORN, RAISED IN UK – SALMAN ABEDI WAS BROUGHT UP IN U.K, […]
Manchester Bomber Named as British Libyan Salman Abedi…
The suicide bomber who blew himself up at a pop concert killing 22 people including young children has been named as Salman Abedi. ISIS have claimed responsibility after the terrorist set off a ball bearing bomb at an Ariana Grande concert, in the worst terror attack Britain has seen since the 7/7 London bombings. Eight-year-old […]
Iran Bets Its Future on ‘Reformist’ Rouhani…
In the perennial electoral battle between principlists (conservatives) and reformists, Iranian reformists have once again won handsomely. Iran’s President Hasan Rouhani was reelected in a landslide on Saturday – with at least 56.88 percent of the votes according to the latest count at time of publishing and a projected vote share of 20 million votes […]
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Shaping the Future: Moscow and Beijing’s Multipolar World Order…
The main assumption Bobo Lo starts with to define relations between Moscow and Beijing is that the two countries base their collaboration on convenience and a convergence of interests rather than on an alliance. He goes on to say that the major frictions in the relationship concern the fate that Putin and Xi hold for […]
Three Years After Their Kidnapping, 82 Chibok Girls Are Reunited with Their Families…
After weeks of delay since the Nigerian government announced it had negotiated with Boko Haram militants to release 82 kidnapped Chibok girls, eager families on Saturday were finally reunited with those who had been in captivity for more than three years, according to the Associated Press. The scene was an emotional one. Families dressed in […]
LIVE UPDATES: Explosions in Manchester Arena During Ariana Grande Concert–Fatalities and Injuries Reported…
Several people were killed after two explosions at Manchester Arena at the end of an Ariana Grande gig tonight. Video footage showed people fleeing in tears from the venue after bangs rang out immediately after the concert finished. Bloodied concertgoers were pictured being helped by emergency services outside the gig and armed police were seen […]
Relics of Saint Nicholas—the Real ‘Santa Claus’—Leave Italy for First Time in 1,000 Years…
Relics of the fourth-century saint Nicholas, who inspired the beloved figure of Santa Claus, have left Italy for the first time in nearly 1,000 years, arriving in Moscow for veneration by the Russian Orthodox Church. The remains of St. Nicholas have been housed in the southern Italian city of Bari since 1087, when they were […]
What Iran’s Election Means for the World…
Tomorrow, the Islamic Republic of Iran will vote on a new president, and the race is shaping up to be a fractured rivalry between the country’s reformist camp, led by current President Hassan Rouhani, and Ebrahim Raisi, a reticent, 56-year-old cleric who heads the wealthiest charity in the Shia world — and who also happens […]
Mark Steyn On the Unmentionable Real Issues and Steve Sailer’s “World’s Most Important Graph”…
This is what we should have at the front of our minds when thinking about the future. This is what our pundits should be talking about: not just pundits on the political fringe, like Mark, or pundits way beyond the fringe, like me and Steve, but the bigfoot guys at the newspapers, magazines, and cable […]
Mafia Run Migrant Center Busted for Skimming Millions of Euros of EU Funding…
Local priest Edoardo Scordio was also detained in the sting, according to Italian media reports. Police believe that it was thanks to Sacco that the clan won contracts for supplying catering and other services to the centre, allowing it to syphon of millions of euros of EU funding destined for the migrants’ care. It also […]
North Korea Tests New Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, the Hwasong-12: First Takeaways…
On Monday, North Korea released images of the new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) it tested on Sunday, May 14, near the town of Kusong in North Pyongan province. As I noted over the weekend, that missile, based on data released by South Korean and Japanese authorities, was likely the longest-range capable ballistic missile North Korea […]
Chinese State Media: Belt and Road Forum All About Xi Jinping…
China will host the two-day One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Forum, also known as the Belt and Road Forum (BRF), in Beijing from May 14 to May 15. As usual, China’s state media are releasing a big wave of articles and videos to promote the highest-level event. What’s unusual this time is that the focus […]
‘Centrist’ Macron? Yes, a Dead-Center Insider for Global Capitalism…
Everything about France’s newly elected president Emmanuel Macron suggests a theatrical production of hype and illusion. He is being “sold” to the masses as an “outsider” and “centrist”, a benign liberal. In reality, enter the economic hitman who will blow French society apart in the service of the oligarchy. At age 39, Macron has been […]
What Was the Liberal International Order?…
There are sound critiques of Trump’s policies, then judgments marred by ignorance. Laments for the coming collapse of the “liberal international order” belong in the latter category. Articles on this system’s decay run through what Steven Bannon derides as “elite media”: The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, Washington Post and others. They suggest […]
Stalin ‘planned to send a million troops to stop Hitler if Britain and France agreed pact’…
Papers which were kept secret for almost 70 years show that the Soviet Union proposed sending a powerful military force in an effort to entice Britain and France into an anti-Nazi alliance. Such an agreement could have changed the course of 20th century history, preventing Hitler’s pact with Stalin which gave him free rein to […]
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Philippines Moves Troops, Supplies to Disputed S. China Sea Island Claimed by Beijing…
The Philippines has begun moving troops and equipment to a disputed island in the South China Sea which is claimed by both Manila and Beijing, a Philippines general said. It comes ahead of construction, including lengthening an airstrip on the island. The troops and initial supplies arrived at Pag-asa Island last week, Lt. Gen. Raul […]
Everyone On Earth Has Been Irradiated by Fukushima–“Scientists Are Only Now Confirming Far-Reaching Effects”…
Fukushima accident gave everyone an X-ray’s worth of radiation — “We don’t need to worry,” says Nikolaos Evangeliou at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, whose team has conducted the first global survey of radiation exposure caused by the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant… Evangeliou’s team has calculated the approximate […]
Congressional Expert: North Korea Prepping EMP Catastrophe Aimed At U.S. Homefront…
While the international community and news media focus on North Korean missile tests and the country’s nuclear program, one expert warned on Sunday that North Korea may be secretly assembling the capability to take out significant parts of the U.S. homeland via an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. Dr. Peter Vincent Pry is executive director of […]
North Korea Is Building Islands Too…
Over the past five years, North Korea has constructed several military facilities on small islands surrounding the city of Sohae, a leading missile development and testing site. In some cases, the islands themselves were constructed; what amounted to little more than a pile of sand 20 years ago is a burgeoning military facility today. Sohae, […]
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