Dark plots in the Middle East?
A quiet meeting this past March in Saudi Arabia, and a recent anonymous leak from the Israeli military, set the stage for what may be a new and wider war in the Middle East.
Kenya’s sorrow: the U.S. connection
Absent from most of the mainstream American media was an examination of exactly what role the U.S. has played in Somalia over the past decade.
Nigeria elections approach amid economic distress and terror attacks
Nigeria is in the news again because of vicious attacks by the extremist jihadi group Boko Haram in the country's Northeastern state of Borno.
Tragedy and crime in Paris: the Charlie Hebdo attack
The attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo cannot be condoned. The persons responsible must suffer the full consequences for their actions.
Pakistan declares three-day mourning for school terror victims
The attack drew condemnation from around the world, with even Taliban militants in neighbouring Afghanistan decrying the killing as "un-Islamic."
Rethinking social antitheses: ISIS and the Islamic State
The previous notion that all forms of social resistance to capitalist hegemony are a good thing is no longer acceptable for the 21st century.
Iraq’s Communist Party condemns ISIS
The Communist Party of Iraq has issued a statement, dated September 2014, regarding the recent barbaric attacks launched in that country by ISIS.
War talk re Syria ratchets up
But it is spurring worries of another misguided U.S. military undertaking, escalating war and chaos, with the people of the region bearing the brunt.
Chiquita loses legal battle to keep documents secret
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. has lost a case in which it attempted to block the SEC from releasing documents relating to its payments to a Colombian terrorist group.
Kenya carnage will beef up African anti-terror efforts
Before the Westgate attack, Kenya had successfully thwarted a number of terrorist plots. The coming days and weeks are likely to see more beefed up, continent-wide efforts to counter terrorism.
