NOVANEWS Defense contractor’s move follows judge’s dismissal of victims’ charges of war crimes; lawyers say counter-suit is form of ‘intimidation and punishment’ By: Sarah Lazare ‘Defense’ contractor CACI International has taken the shocking step of […]
NOVANEWS The US naval station in Bahrain gives the Obama administration leverage to stop the brutal repression of pro-democracy protest by Jeffrey Bachman and Matar Ebrahim Matar A Bahraini protestor stands amidst tear gas fired by riot police […]
NOVANEWS The drone assault on Yemen mocks the vote by a US-supported national unity conference to ban extra-judicial killings. by Pam Bailey and Medea Benjamin People gather at the site of a drone strike in the southern Yemeni […]
NOVANEWS by Robert Fisk U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) makes a statement with Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (L) and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (R) during a press conference on the Middle East […]
NOVANEWS A march on the US Embassy in the small Gulf kingdom was designed as cry for support, but will US policy-makers listen? By: Jon Queally Special forces in Bahrain’s capital of Manama beating up […]
NOVANEWS Scores reported dead as Egyptian military violently clears pro-Morsi sit-ins with tear gas and gun fire By: Jon Queally Egyptian security forces arrest supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi at Nahda Square in Cairo. […]
NOVANEWS Michael Mansfield & Tayab Ali ‘Prosecuting military leaders using the principle of universal jurisdiction can be difficult but let it be a warning to the military leadership in Egypt who might today be contemplating […]
NOVANEWS Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says at least 2,200 people have been killed and 10,000 others injured in the crackdown by the Egyptian security forces on protest sit-ins held by the supporters of ousted President Mohamed […]
NOVANEWS In Yemen the Americans are at war with whom then call “al-Qaida “affiliates” who have mestatacized throughout the Middle East. Drone killing machines, CIA black ops, propping up the repressive government, are the […]
NOVANEWS The military and the counter-revolutionary “interims” of Egypt not only must be held accountable but they must be brought down. Egypt now enters a phase of revolutionary chaos and violence that is likely to […]