May 16, 2020 | Astute News

India Is Intensifying Its American-Backed Hybrid War on China

May 16, 2020

Whether it's India's latest clashes with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), its selective embrace of "economic nationalism" to "poach" foreign companies from the People's Republic, or its f…

France’s Earlier Detection of COVID-19 Raises Questions on Global Origin

May 16, 2020

Opinion

The emergence of Covid-19 was first reported by the authorities in China on December 31, as acknowledged by the World Health Organization. But that emergence does not necessarily mean the pandemic ori…

US Muscle-Flexing Threatens to Open Arctic Front in New Cold War with Russia

May 16, 2020

Opinion

The US Navy is on the cusp of conducting confrontational freedom of navigation operations in the Arctic that threaten Russian economic and national security interests. The recent resumption by the US …

How a British-Backed Media Operation Tried to Turn Alawites against Assad

May 16, 2020

Opinion

A web-based protest movement that claimed to be a grassroots campaign by members of Syria’s Alawite community was actually created on behalf of the British government, official documents seen by Middl…

Why U.S. Must Be Prosecuted for Its War Crimes Against Iraq

May 16, 2020

Opinion

The reason why the U.S. Government must be prosecuted for its war-crimes against Iraq is that they are so horrific and there are so many of them, and international law crumbles until they become prose…

Attacks Against China over SARS-COV-2 are Intensifying

May 16, 2020

Opinion

Unfortunately, the author’s hopes that attempts to seek monetary compensation from China for its alleged role in the SARS-COV-2 pandemic would involve individuals rather than countries (and their nati…

Obamagate Shows Biden Is Inadequate in Challenging Trump

May 16, 2020

Opinion

Former U.S. President Barack Obama is coming under increasing pressure, led by what President Donald Trump is calling “Obamagate.” This comes as Mexico has requested to finally clarify the affair with…

How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine

May 16, 2020

History

Starting on March 27, 1948, a beautiful, small Palestinian village called Beit Daras, came under Zionist militias attacks. With little means – a few old rifles and kitchen knives – the Badrasawis foug…