June 19, 2018 | Astute News

Western Media Whitewash Yemen Genocide

June 19, 2018

With the United Nations warning that millions of civilians could die from violence or starvation from the ongoing military siege of the Yemeni port city of Hodeida, there is no other way to describe w…

Attacking Hodeidah Is Trump’s Deliberate Act of Cruelty

June 19, 2018

Opinion

The Trump administration is guilty of many acts of deliberate cruelty, such as taking away the children of immigrant parents at the US border. But just as the world was watching the lead up to the Tru…

China Retaliates Against US-Imposed Tariffs

June 19, 2018

Opinion

On Friday, the Trump regime announced a 25% duty on $50 billion of Chinese goods, targeting imports “contain(ing) industrially significant technologies.” A White House statement said tariffs will be i…

Mr. Trump Attacks Aluminum, Russia Attacks the Debt

June 19, 2018

Opinion

Looking at the unfolding trade war between Donald Trump and the world the phrase that should come to mind is “One good turn deserves another.” In the case of the insane sanctions on Oleg Deripaska and…

Saudi Arabia Attempts a Political Comeback in Lebanon

June 19, 2018

Opinion

After months of keeping a low profile, following the unexpected resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his ambiguous stay in Riyadh in November, Saudi Arabia is attempting yet again to…

The World Cup has Political Dimensions, and They’re All to Russia’s Benefit

June 19, 2018

Opinion

The act of playing and watching football should always remain apolitical, but it’s impossible not to notice the political dimensions of hosting the World Cup, all of which decisively play to Russia’s …

Real and Fake Threats to U.S. Vital Interests

June 19, 2018

Opinion

There has been considerable chatter inside the Washington Beltway about the meaning of President Donald Trump’s recent forays into international trade at the G-7 meeting in Canada and his nuclear disa…

Mattis: Putin Is Trying to “Undermine America’s Moral Authority”

June 19, 2018

Opinion

At a graduation ceremony for the US Naval War College (barf), US Secretary of Defense James Mattis asserted that Russian President Vladimir Putin “aims to diminish the appeal of the western democratic…