July 31, 2017 – Astute News

July 31, 2017

North Korea Launches ICBM: Major Conflict on Cards

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. The missile reportedly flew for 45 minutes, reaching a peak altitude of 3,000 km, and a slightly longer range than the previous test on July 4. If flown on...

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July 31, 2017

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

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 cited by Oil Price, Salman’s health will likely forced him to abdicate the throne in the next few months. Though it was long believed that Mohammed bin Nayef, the...

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July 31, 2017

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

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 the world body.” The letter: “… uses strong language to insist that the United Nations rectify what the Senators said is unequal treatment of Israel on human rights and other grounds....

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July 31, 2017

Al-Qaeda “Mysteriously” Metastasizing in Northwest Syria

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 uprising never existed, and that the US and its allies are directly arming, aiding, and abetting Al Qaeda in Syria. The article admits: Syrian rebels and activists are warning...

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July 31, 2017

US Plotting to Topple Venezuela’s Government

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-orchestrated violence a convenient pretext to act, along with imposing illegal sanctions on Venezuelan officials. On Wednesday, the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 13 current and former Venezuelan officials, along with others,...

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July 31, 2017

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

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 scale of this exercise was significantly smaller that the one conducted by American-Japanese-Indian navies, known as the Malabar, that was held at the same time...

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July 31, 2017

Trump: The Anti-Gorbachev

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 late 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev had a magic touch internationally. Traveling outside the Soviet Union, he often received the adulation that was so frequently lacking at home. When Gorbachev...

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July 31, 2017

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

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. “The American side has made a move which, it is important to note, hasn’t been provoked by anything, to worsen Russian-US relations. [It includes] unlawful restrictions, attempts...

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Daily Archive: July 31, 2017

North Korea Launches ICBM: Major Conflict on Cards

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

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

Al-Qaeda “Mysteriously” Metastasizing in Northwest Syria

US Plotting to Topple Venezuela’s Government

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

Trump: The Anti-Gorbachev

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