By Stephen Lendman on February 07, 2016
North Korean military related activities are solely for self-defense – given longstanding US-led Western hostility and forced isolation.
Throughout its history, North Korea never attacked another nation. It remains justifiably concerned since Harry Truman launched naked aggression in June 1950. A shaky, unprecedented in length, July 1953 armistice excluded a peace treaty. (more…)
By Budour Youssef Hassan on February 3, 2016
Fadi Shaludi, 14, has not left his house since November. Every day, he sees the children from his neighborhood go off to school. He especially misses playing football with his friends and walking around Jerusalem’s Old City. (more…)
By Joe Lauria on February 6, 2016
Exclusive: After Saudi-backed Syrian rebels balked at peace talks and the Russian-backed Syrian army cut off Turkish supply lines to jihadists and other Syrian rebels, the U.S. and its Mideast Sunni “allies” appear poised to invade Syria and force “regime change” even at the risk of fighting Russia, a gamble with nuclear war, writes Joe Lauria. (more…)
By Leonard Peltier on February 5, 2016
Photo: Bill Hackwell
What can I say that I have not said before? I guess I can start by saying see you later to all of those who have passed in the last year. We Natives don’t like to mention their names. We believe that if we speak their names it disrupts their journey. (more…)
By Steve Kolowich on February 2, 2016
When Marc Edwards opens his mouth, dangerous things come out.
Marc Edwards, a professor of civil engineering at Virginia Tech, has been investigating dangerously high lead levels in the Flint, Mich., water supply. “The agencies paid to protect these people weren’t solving the problem,” he says. “They were the problem. What faculty person out there is going to take on” the government? (more…)
By Netfa Freeman on February 2, 2016
“This UN presence marks another important step forward to obtaining true independent oversight and justice for many who have lost their families to anti-Black police terrorism.” (more…)
February 6, 2016
Haiti’s leader signed an official agreement outlining his plan to leave power on Sunday.
Haitian President Michel Martelly signed an agreement Saturday which includes plans to transfer authority over to a transitional government. (more…)
By Orfilio Peláez on February 4, 2016
Cuba currently has a total of 28 drugs registered, or in various stages of investigation, for the treatment of cancer, which include therapeutic vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, interferons and peptides, developed in different scientific institutions linked to the country’s biotechnology sector. (more…)