July 18, 2017 | Astute News

The Sun King and The American Friend

July 18, 2017

So what did Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron really talk about throughout their effusive buddy-buddy Parisian act?This being France, let’s start where things matter: gastronomy. Yes, …

Yet Another Incident on the Chinese-Indian Border

July 18, 2017

Opinion

The incident following the relatively shallow and bloodless one that happened in early June of this year in an area located on one of the disputed sections of the Chinese-Indian border has this time…

JERUSALEM: Protests and Anger as Fortress like Security Surrounds Al-Aqsa Mosque

July 18, 2017

Middle East

Israeli authorities have reopened the Noble Sanctuary upon which the al-Aqsa Mosque is situated after closing the area to worshippers and pilgrims for the first time in two decades. The closure came a…

Abraham, Izzy and Bibi

July 18, 2017

Opinion

The whole thing could have been a huge practical joke, if it had not been real. All of Israel was taken in. Left, right and center. All the newspapers and TV networks, without exception. There it was:…

The Logic in North Korean ‘Madness’

July 18, 2017

Opinion

Despite the rhetoric from the Trump administration about military confrontation with North Korea, the common theme of many U.S. experts on North Korea is that the U.S. presidential administration must…

The Myth of the Kurdish YPG’s Moral Excellence

July 18, 2017

Opinion

A barbed criticism aimed at the International Socialist Organization, shown nearby, under the heading “If the ISO Existed in 1865” encompasses a truth about the orientation of large parts of the Weste…

Turkey Begins Bombing US-Backed YPG Positions in Syria

July 18, 2017

Military

It started two weeks ago, when Turkey warned publicly it was preparing for military intervention in Syria, while accusing the US of creating a "terrorist army" (it wasn't referring to ISIS, but US-bac…

US Stumbling into War with Iran

July 18, 2017

Opinion

There are signs that a US military operation against Iran is imminent. The administration is pushing Congress for the authority to build new «temporary» facilities in Iraq and Syria. Its policy statem…