May 17, 2017 | Astute News

Xi’s Wild Geese Chase the Silk Road Gold

May 17, 2017 Opinion

At the two-day New Silk Road international forum in Beijing, President Xi Jinping set out to establish China as the flagship of a new, benign trade-focussed world order. This was, said Xi, a “new mode…

When the War is Over, Can Syria be Repaired?

May 17, 2017 Opinion

After its titanic civil war, can Syria remain a united state? And if it does – if Syria can be put back together again – how do you repair its people? These are not idle words when, across the border,…

US Revives Discredited Syria “Slaughterhouse” Story

May 17, 2017 Opinion

In February 2017, the US would attempt to leverage an Amnesty International report claiming to detail unfolding atrocities at Sednaya prison in Syria. While painting a picture of torture, neglect, and…

#MosulSOS: Civilians Become Collateral Damage in US Coalition Anti-ISIS Strikes

May 17, 2017 Middle East

Hundreds of thousands of civilians in western Mosul are at risk of becoming casualties as the US-led coalition and Iraqi military wage their operation against Islamic State. RT sheds light on their pl…

America’s Civil War II

May 17, 2017 Opinion

Civil wars are perhaps the most tragic and bitter, when a country goes to war on itself – and it’s brother against brother, homesteads destroyed by other compatriots. Today, the United States of Ameri…

Forty-Five Blows Against Democracy: How U.S. Military Bases Back Dictators, Autocrats, and Military Regimes

May 17, 2017 Opinion

Much outrage has been expressed in recent weeks over President Donald Trump’s invitation for a White House visit to Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, whose “war on drugs” has led to thous…

The Exponential Growth of Insecurity

May 17, 2017 Opinion

There is no such thing as cyber security. The only choice is more security or less security, as the recent hack of the National Security Agency demonstrates. Hackers stole from NSA a cyber weapon, whi…

Israeli Historian Exposes Zionist Lies

May 17, 2017 Books

The historian Ilan Pappe's latest work, Ten Myths About Israel, is a useful primer for people just becoming familiar with the Palestinian liberation struggle - but it is far more than that. It is also…