Should We Fall Again for ‘Trust Me’?

NOVANEWS by Ray McGovern US Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confer ahead of giving their testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday. (Photo: Reuters)In a dazzling display of chutzpah, […]

Calling Off America's Bombs

NOVANEWS by Jeffrey D. Sachs President Barack Obama meets with Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham in the Oval Office to discuss Syria, Sept. 2, 2013. (Photo: White House/Peter Souza)NEW YORK – As the US Congress […]

Syria: What Happened To Diplomacy?

NOVANEWS by Trita Parsi President Barack Obama makes remarks on the situation in Syria, at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington August 31, 2013. (Photo: Reuters/Mike Theiler)There is a bizarre quality to the […]

Unrest In Egypt Squeezes Gaza

NOVANEWS Turmoil and unrest in Egypt harming Gazans who are relient on the Rafah crossing as the lone way to circumvent Israeli blockade Yousef Alhelou, Palestinian freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Gaza, talks […]