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Russian Forces Close in on Last Major Donbas Town While Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Garners Little
War

Russian Forces Close in on Last Major Donbas Town While Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Garners Little

January 14, 2025

The new year has seen a renewed effort by the Ukrainian army to advance into Russia’s home oblast of…

Venezuela’s Gonzalez Stands Less of a Chance Than Previous Exiled Opposition Candidate
World News

Venezuela’s Gonzalez Stands Less of a Chance Than Previous Exiled Opposition Candidate

January 8, 2025

Inauguration Day for the President of Venezuela is this Friday, and a somewhat doddering political opponent Edmundo Gonzalez recently…

Leaked Iraqi Intelligence Report Implicates US-Forces in the Survival and Protection of ISIS
War

Leaked Iraqi Intelligence Report Implicates US-Forces in the Survival and Protection of ISIS

January 2, 2025

According to a report from Iraqi intelligence seen by The Cradle, thousands of ISIS fighters emerged from the eastern…

BBC Journalists Reveal Editorial Policy of Whitewashing Israeli War Crimes, Matches New York Times Guidelines
War

BBC Journalists Reveal Editorial Policy of Whitewashing Israeli War Crimes, Matches New York Times Guidelines

December 30, 2024

In a worrying trend for media integrity, another major Western news outlet has been revealed to have strict editorial…

Taliban Government Welcome Reopening of Saudi Arabian Embassy in Kabul
World News

Taliban Government Welcome Reopening of Saudi Arabian Embassy in Kabul

December 26, 2024

The Taliban-controlled government in Kabul has welcomed an announcement by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that it would be…

Sharia Law in Damascus Portrayed as Downfall of a Tyrant While in Kabul it’s a Human Rights Violation
Foreign Policy

Sharia Law in Damascus Portrayed as Downfall of a Tyrant While in Kabul it’s a Human Rights Violation

December 20, 2024

Story at a glance… Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s leader al-Jolani has announced that the new Syria will be governed by…

What Chance Is There That US-North Korea Talks Resume Under Trump?
Foreign Policy

What Chance Is There That US-North Korea Talks Resume Under Trump?

December 16, 2024

Of the many foreign policy challenges facing Donald Trump in his second term, fewer share the stark contrasts of…

Kurdish Commander Says They Have Agreement with HTS on Post-War Relations, Sending Delegation to Damascus
War

Kurdish Commander Says They Have Agreement with HTS on Post-War Relations, Sending Delegation to Damascus

December 13, 2024

Throughout the whole of the conflict in Syria, the population in Kurdistan to the northeast has retained a degree…

Who is Syria’s de Facto leader al-Jolani? — According to WaL
War

Who is Syria’s de Facto leader al-Jolani? — According to WaL

December 10, 2024

Following the remarkably fast collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, the global news media have had to dig…

Trump’s Foreign Policy Failures Encapsulated by Fresh Terrorist Violence in Syria’s Aleppo
War

Trump’s Foreign Policy Failures Encapsulated by Fresh Terrorist Violence in Syria’s Aleppo

December 3, 2024

A major terrorist offensive has been launched at Syria’s battered northwest city of Aleppo, led by a mixture of…

Ultimate Irony Comes as Taliban Asks Russia’s Help to Evade US Sanctions, Closing 50-year Loop of Violence
Foreign Policy

Ultimate Irony Comes as Taliban Asks Russia’s Help to Evade US Sanctions, Closing 50-year Loop of Violence

November 27, 2024

It was said at the time that Operation Cyclone was the most successful covert operation in CIA history. It…

Russia Targets Ukraine with Strange Possibly-Ballistic Missile Following US Escalation
War

Russia Targets Ukraine with Strange Possibly-Ballistic Missile Following US Escalation

November 25, 2024

Ukrainian ballistics experts recently issued a press statement regarding an unknown missile type just fired by Russia at the…

US Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire at UN Security Council Even Though it Included Call for Immediate Hostage Release
War

US Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire at UN Security Council Even Though it Included Call for Immediate Hostage Release

November 21, 2024

On Wednesday, the US used its veto in a UN Security Council Resolution to demand an unconditional ceasefire and…

Leaning Minaret Destroyed by ISIS Fully Repaired as ‘Symbol of Resilience’
World News

Leaning Minaret Destroyed by ISIS Fully Repaired as ‘Symbol of Resilience’

November 15, 2024

Workers in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul have finished building the famous leaning minaret, destroyed in 2017 by ISIS…

Russia, China, Iran Will Wait and See When it Comes to Trump 2.0.
Foreign Policy

Russia, China, Iran Will Wait and See When it Comes to Trump 2.0.

November 6, 2024

Following Donald Trump’s clinching of the presidential office for the next four years, spokesmen in nations for whom US…

Human Rights Rapporteur Urges Expulsion of Israel from United Nation
War

Human Rights Rapporteur Urges Expulsion of Israel from United Nation

November 4, 2024November 7, 2024

In a new report submitted at the recent session of the UN General Assembly, the organization’s Special Rapporteur on…

Israeli Forces Beaten Back in Southern Lebanon Turn to More Airstrikes
War

Israeli Forces Beaten Back in Southern Lebanon Turn to More Airstrikes

October 31, 2024

In the same way that resistance in Afghanistan caused the US to rely more and more on drones and…

Advocates Demand Biden Comply with Congressional Mandate and de-Classify Ukraine Strategy
Foreign Policy

Advocates Demand Biden Comply with Congressional Mandate and de-Classify Ukraine Strategy

October 30, 2024

Last Tuesday, 13 humanitarian, faith-based, and foreign policy advocacy groups sent a letter to the seniormost Biden Administration officials…

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Reform Decrepit North Korea Policy
Foreign Policy

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Reform Decrepit North Korea Policy

October 28, 2024

Of the monumental mass of foreign and war policy decisions awaiting either a Trump or Harris White House come…

Yahya Sinwar’s Death Unlikely to Change Anything
War

Yahya Sinwar’s Death Unlikely to Change Anything

October 21, 2024October 25, 2024

Throughout the assault on Gaza and the strip’s civilian population, Western leaders have been accused of continuing to support…

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Central Bank Gold Purchases Continued Through the Yellow Metal’s Worst Month in 18 Years

Andy Corbley July 11, 2026

It’s been the worst performing month for gold since 2008, yet the world’s central banks continue to add tonnes…

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Iran Defeats the Americans: Text of MoU Confirms Tehran’s Total Victory

Andy Corbley June 18, 2026

There could have been fewer clearer signs that the Trump Administration had accepted major concessions in advance of Thursday’s…

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Iran War Reaches Critical Juncture in May

Suzanne Latre April 28, 2026

Nearly two months after the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran, the conflict is entering a…

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