World News & Opinion

So Crimea and Ukraine are a Surprise? Really? By Jim Yardley | March 11, 2014

Democracies do not spring full flower into being overnight

The United Nations Chronicles Libya’s State of Anarchy By Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist | March 10, 2014

In short, Libya is imploding. And at the same time, it remains a major source of weapons for terrorists throughout the Middle East and Africa

Geography, History, and the Crimean Crisis By Dr. Norman Berdichevsky | March 9, 2014

Obama already demonstrated both massive ignorance and lack of will

Palestine – Obama Lacks Understanding and Vision By David Singer | March 9, 2014

President Obama – presently sinking in murky political quicksand – can still be saved by grabbing Netanyahu’s 1984 lifeline with both hands

The withdrawal of Arab ambassadors from Qatar… An important message to Washington By Ali Al Sharnoby | March 9, 2014

The role of Qatar as a gateway to America’s will and as an American puppet must be stopped: Support for the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Jazeera

Venezuela Objects as Aunt of Jailed Opposition Leader Calls for Urgent Human Rights Council Debate By UN Watch | March 8, 2014

Clash at UN Assembly: UN Watch circulates draft resolution for urgent debate and commission of inquiry

The Return of “The Horror of History” By Alexander Maistrovoy | March 8, 2014

The West has left the forefront of History. History is repeating in rapid force and full speed covering entire Eurasia.

UK Business Secretary - Teachers know nothing of the outside world By David C. Jennings | March 8, 2014

Vince Cable, a socialist in centrist clothing and the government’s Business Secretary

The Amazing Coincidences of Iran’s Javad Zarif By Claudia Rosett | March 8, 2014

Iranian ship carrying arms for Gaza, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

Garry Kasparov: Cut off Putin’s money and the oligarchs will get rid of him By Dan Calabrese | March 7, 2014

Cronies.

Terrific: Jimmy Carter wants to go help in Venezuela By Dan Calabrese | March 6, 2014

"Please, desist from your trip: You have absolutely no credibility in Venezuela."

Ukrainian flag being proudly flown on Parliament Hill By News on the Net | March 6, 2014

Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Brits propose Gay role-play for school sex-ed By David C. Jennings | March 6, 2014

UK school teachers should include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual role-plays in their teaching of sexual health

The Lost Spring By Dr. Walid Phares | March 5, 2014

US Policy in the Middle East and Catastrophes to Avoid

UN Envoy Threatened by Unidentified Armed Men in Crimea By Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist | March 5, 2014

United Nations Senior Advisor Robert Serry

Happy Tel Aviv-Yafo By Guest Column Israel21c | March 5, 2014

Pharrell Williams

“Here I come to save the day!” Jimmy Carter invites himself to Venezuela By Humberto Fontova | March 4, 2014

Jimmy Carter’s relationship with Venezuela’s current colonial overlords may explain his solicitude for the welfare of the Maduro regime.

Video: Ukrainian Protesters Pinned Down And Shot By Snipers By News on the Net | March 4, 2014

In what looks like a war zone, protesters are picked off, allegedly by Special Forces snipers

UN Whistleblower: Head of World Intellectual Property Agency Stole Employees’ DNA Samples By UN Watch | March 4, 2014

The charges are being taken seriously in Geneva’s international circles where Brown is held in high regard, say insiders.

Original Thinking: No going back By Barry Shaw | March 4, 2014

Why should Israel give in to international pressure without a guaranteed right to regain land if it is attacked from the territory it gives away?

Putin’s Folly By Alan Caruba | March 4, 2014

In many ways, in today’s world there are options to pressure Russia with regard to its need to sell its natural gas and oil assets

London Mayor proposes taking radicalized Islamic children into care By David C. Jennings | March 4, 2014

The radicalization of young British Muslims has to be addressed and all ideas should at least be on the table

European MPs: “Suspend Russia and other dictators from UN human rights council” By UN Watch | March 3, 2014

Today: Campaign launches to suspend Russia, China, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia from the Human Rights Council as they take their new seats and as Russia increases threats to Ukraine

Japan’s Troublesome Move Back to its More Aggressive Nationalist Past By Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist | March 3, 2014

Japan’s reversion to a nationalist agenda, including its attempts to whitewash its past atrocities, is a worrisome trend

Palestine - Jordan Gets Jittery Again By David Singer | March 2, 2014

Jordan needs a seat at that negotiating table - immediately.

United Nations Calls for De-Escalation of Tensions in Ukraine Go Unheeded By Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist | March 2, 2014

Emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, virtually nothing was accomplished because the Ukraine has become ensnared in a geopolitical struggle between the West and Russia

Farage boldly declares UKIP victory in May elections! By David C. Jennings | March 1, 2014

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage: UKIP will finish in first place in the upcoming Euro elections in May

Ukraine’s deposed leader blames the US for ‘gangster coup’ in defiant presser By News on the Net | February 28, 2014

Declaring Victory in Kiev By News on the Net | February 27, 2014

Ukraine

The End of the World Powers By Daniel Greenfield | February 27, 2014

Post-American America exists to destroy itself. Until that changes, it has nothing to offer the world except membership in a suicide pact.