August 4, 2019 | Astute News

UAE Withdrawal from Yemen. Turning Point. Did the Ansar Allah Just Win the Yemeni War?

August 4, 2019

The announcement that the UAE is in the process of a large-scale military drawdown in Yemen has been met with rapturous applause by the Ansar Allah’s supporters who believe that this unofficially ackn…

The Western Alliance is Falling Apart

August 4, 2019

Opinion

Ever since Imran Khan became the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2018, the winds have changed. While his predecessors, though generally leaning eastwards, have often wavered between the…

US Killed More Civilians in Afghanistan Than the Taliban – Shocking UN Report

August 4, 2019

Opinion

According to a fresh United Nations Report, the US and its allies in Afghanistan have been responsible for more civilian deaths in the country than the Taliban whom they are supposed to be fighting. W…

US-backed Opposition Prime Suspects in Thai Bombings

August 4, 2019

Opinion

Several small bombs detonated across Bangkok on Friday, August 2, amid a meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) the US, China, and Russia. There were several injuries repor…

It Is in the Russian Interest That the NATO Squabble Over Eastern Med Oil Should Continue

August 4, 2019

Opinion

The cold war brewing in the East Mediterranean over the vast hydrocarbon reserves in the region is already ‘multipolar’. Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Greece, the United States and Turkey figure as the main …

The Citadels of America’s Elites: Fractured and At Odds with Each Other

August 4, 2019

Opinion

Something is ‘up’. When two Financial Times columnists – pillars of the western Establishment – raise a warning flag, we must take note: Martin Wolf was first off, with a piece dramatically headlined:…

US ‘Democracy’ – A Spectacle of War Party

August 4, 2019

Opinion

With over 20 Democratic party candidates vying for the US presidential election in 2020, there appears to be an abundance of choice from a glance at the mere number of contenders. But the superficial …

Just How Safe Are US Made Drugs?

August 4, 2019

Opinion

I was very interested to see Senator Bernie Sanders take a group of American diabetics from Detroit to Windsor, Ontario to buy insulin. I used to own a pharmaceutical company in Windsor. In Canada, th…