July 31, 2017 | Astute News

North Korea Launches ICBM: Major Conflict on Cards

July 31, 2017

On July 28, North Korea conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the test proved that the entire United States was within striking range.…

As Saudi King’s Health Wanes, War Architect Bin Salman Set to Become King

July 31, 2017

Opinion

While his health and even sanity have been in doubt for years, fresh rumors are spreading that King Salman of Saudi Arabia’s physical condition has further deteriorated. According to Saudi sources cit…

Palestine: Apartheid, Stolen Lives and Land, History Erased, United Nations Deaf Mute

July 31, 2017

Opinion

The Washington Post reports that: “All 100 U.S. Senators signed a letter Thursday asking U.N. Secretary General António Guterres to address what the lawmakers call entrenched bias against Israel at th…

Al-Qaeda “Mysteriously” Metastasizing in Northwest Syria

July 31, 2017

Opinion

The Washington Post in an article titled, “Al-Qaida in Syria snuffs out competition in northwest,” clumsily reveals what many following the Syrian conflict have known all along – that the so-called up…

US Plotting to Topple Venezuela’s Government

July 31, 2017

Opinion

Since Hugo Chavez’s February 1999 ascension to power, Washington wanted Bolivarian democracy replaced by fascist tyranny. Earlier coup attempts failed, another likely planned, months of US-orchestrate…

Political Aspects of the Joint Russian-Chinese Naval Exercise in the Black Sea

July 31, 2017

Opinion

The join naval exercise that was held by the Russian and Chinese navies at the end of July has undoubtedly become one of the most important events in the modern international politics. Even though the…

Trump: The Anti-Gorbachev

July 31, 2017

Opinion

Like Mikhail Gorbachev, Trump helms a fading empire. But while the former Soviet leader supported democratization in his wake, Trump's sowing the seeds of autocracy all over the globe. Back in the lat…

Putin: 755 US Diplomats to Depart Russia, Time to Show We Won’t Leave Anything Unanswered

July 31, 2017

Diplomacy

More than 750 American diplomats will have to leave Russia as a result of Washington's own policies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in an exclusive interview with the Rossiya 1 TV channel. …