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The attacks tested a US-Iran ceasefire that has helped almost halve oil prices from their peak in April.

The alliance “has the wrong technology” and its “doctrine is outmoded,” analysts told the Financial Times.

Paul Rogers OpenDemocracy.net )  The US/Iran Memorandum of Understanding remains just about intact despite several exchanges of fire. Oman’s recent decision to release $6bn in frozen Iranian assets has helped to ease tensions, but it is also a reminder that the Strait of Hormuz issue is only one of the problems ahead. Another is the vexed […]

Washington’s retrenchment and Russia’s growing aggression are pushing a rapid realignment of the defense alliance.

Rev. Frederick Morris, Popular Resistance. On January 1, 1959, I was in Kankakee, Illinois, spending New Year’s Day with my brother and his family. I was home for the Christmas holidays from Drew University, where I would graduate in June and continue my career as a Methodist preacher. We had planned to watch a football […]

Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. That Could Rattle Venezuela Long After The Earthquakes. The U.S. has attacked Venezuela through various means for decades and kidnapped President Maduro but is now claiming to assist with earthquake relief. If it’s role in Haiti is any guide, that so-called aid from the U.S. is a Trojan Horse bringing more […]

Not every World War II story was good triumphing against evil. The post The Dark Side of the Good War appeared first on The American Prospect.

Mehdi asks who’s really telling the truth about Gaza in his latest 60-second rant. Benjamin Netanyahu or dozens and dozens of UN officials, legal scholars, historians, and human rights groups?

It’s the latest development in a closely-watched case with implications for the countries’ technological rivalry.