Facebook Is a Global Mafia
Jacob Silverman The tech giant’s war on the Australian government shows that Mark Zuckerberg thinks he’s not only above the law, but powerful enough to bend it to his will. SAMUEL CORUM/GETTY IMAGES Facebook and […]
Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court’s new chief prosecutor
He is a controversial choice Boris johnson’s government was cock-a-hoop. The election on February 12th of Karim Khan, a British barrister, as chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (icc) in The Hague was surely a […]
Does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad want to be president of Iran again?
As the election approaches, he is mulling a run. But the clerics might stand in his way. As members of the Iranian regime marched through the capital, Tehran, to mark Revolution Day on February 10th, Mahmoud […]
Delayed Covid vaccines for poor countries ‘will leave Europe vulnerable for years’
Wealthier countries will be dealing with coronavirus in 2022 and beyond, says UN humanitarian agency chief. Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Poorer countries are unlikely to gain substantial access to Covid-19 vaccines until the latter half of […]
Turkey’s “Deep State” Surfaces in Former President’s Words, Deeds in Kurdish Town
By Jon Gorvett When a former president and seven-time prime minister of Turkey says that the country has not one state but two, many naturally sit up and take notice. When he says this a […]
Working to Erase the Scars of the Past in Beirut
DR. MAI ABDUL RAHMAN Abouna Touk’s volunteers making tabouleh to serve Muslim and Christian port blast survivors in Beirut’s Karantina neighborhood. (PHOTO COURTESY M. ABDUL RAHMAN) Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March/April 2021, p. 43 […]
Biden Puts (Most of) the Wheels back on the U.N. Wagon
IAN WILLIAMS Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Jan. 27, 2021. […]
Palestinian Children Under Attack
ASYA ABDUL-HADI, WALTER L. HIXSON A Palestinian man checks damage caused by an overnight Israeli air strike on Gaza City, on Dec. 26, 2020. (PHOTO BY MAHMUD HAMS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) Washington Report on Middle […]
Oxford research suggests risk of rare blood clotting HIGHER for Covid-19 than for VACCINES
By VT Editors RT/Moscow: Researchers at the University of Oxford say Covid-19 leads to a risk of rare blood clots that’s several-times higher than that of current vaccines, amid concerns that the jabs may be to […]
Iran says it could enrich uranium to 90% purity if it wanted to, but is ‘not seeking weapon’ as nuclear deal talks restart
By VT Editors RT/Moscow: The enrichment of weapons-grade uranium is within Iran’s reach, but it chose to stick to a lower purity level because it does not want to make a bomb, President Hassan Rouhani has […]