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Why Does The UAE Want to Wind Down its Presence in Yemen?
ArchivesWar

Why Does The UAE Want to Wind Down its Presence in Yemen?

July 9, 2019April 16, 2025

Emirati officials have announced that troop levels in the UAE will be wound down as the UAE moves from…

War

How Does The War On Terror Stack Up To Some Of History’s Most Infamous Genocides?

June 30, 2019

PICTURED: The eternal flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day 2014. Photo credit…

Foreign Policy

House Committee Wants To Finance Europe’s Militaries

June 27, 2019

Washington, June 17th 2019. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs released a statement explaining that Committee Chair Eliot Engel…

Foreign Policy

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Produces 22 Joint Resolutions Prohibiting Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia And UAE

June 20, 2019

PICTURED: Taiz City, Yemen, November 2nd, 2018. Water crisis caused by the war in the city of Taiz South…

World News

Examining The Case For Iranian (Or American) Foul Play In The Strait Of Hormuz

June 16, 2019

PICTURED: A crew member of Kokuka Courage receiving treatment from U.S. Naval members of the USS Bainbridge, one of…

World News

Tehran Plays David As Europe Rushes To Relieve Pressure From Goliath’s Crippling Sanctions

June 11, 2019

PICTURED: Mohammad Javad Zarif during the Munich Security Conference 2019. Photo credit Wikimedia Commons, CC license, Germany. Monday, Jun…

World News

Only 18% Of Germans Feel They Can Exercise Free Speech In Public – 34% Among Friends

May 30, 2019

A survey conducted by the Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach and published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, demonstrated that only…

Foreign Policy

Pompeo’s Irregular Executive Arms Sale Suggests Dual Motives And Questionable Legality

May 28, 2019

May 25th, 2019. President Trump and Sec. of State Mike Pompeo bypassed Congress to approve the sale of $8…

World News

UPDATE: French Journalists Questioned Over Classified Military Leak Could Face Jail Time And Fines

May 23, 2019

On Monday, World at Large reported on the story of three French journalists who, after managing to get a…

Iran Wants EU Protection From U.S. Sanctions, Declares “Surgery” On Nuclear Deal
ArchivesForeign Policy

Iran Wants EU Protection From U.S. Sanctions, Declares “Surgery” On Nuclear Deal

May 9, 2019July 17, 2025

Iran has warned major signatories of the 2015 Nuclear Treaty that it will resume high-level enrichment of uranium if…

According To UN, US Sanctions Responsible For Thousands Of Venezuelan Dead
ArchivesForeign Policy

According To UN, US Sanctions Responsible For Thousands Of Venezuelan Dead

May 9, 2019July 26, 2024

According to the United States’ Office of Foreign Asset Control, (OFAC) the United States will “not stand by and…

Foreign Policy

As Venezuela Rages, Brazil’s President Commemorates Another U.S. Backed Coup D’état

May 7, 2019

Minas Gerais, Brazil, March 31st 1964. Authorities from the civilian government and military personnel are in a state of…

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Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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Putin Proposes an Extension to the New START Nuclear Deal Through to 2027

Julien Torres October 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will adhere to the NEW START treaty with the US…

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July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase

Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…

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