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As the World Pushes to End the Nuclear Age, Major Nuclear Powers Say No
Foreign Policy

As the World Pushes to End the Nuclear Age, Major Nuclear Powers Say No

October 24, 2020

UNITED NATIONS, New York City, U.S.A. October 22nd, 2020. The United States is issuing letters to nations telling them…

State Department Green Lights Another Arms Sale to Taiwan Hoping China Will Respond
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State Department Green Lights Another Arms Sale to Taiwan Hoping China Will Respond

October 22, 2020

PICTURED: A CATM-84K Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER), being mounted on an aircraft in an American airbase on…

Trump Allegedly Wants Troops Out of Somalia — America’s Forgotten Terror Battleground
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Trump Allegedly Wants Troops Out of Somalia — America’s Forgotten Terror Battleground

October 15, 2020

 JOWHAR, Somalia. September 22nd, 2012. PICTURED: A Ugandan soldier of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) looks on…

Prosecutors of the Syrian War Just Blocked UN Sec. Council Testimony of Chemical Weapons Cover-up in Syria
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Prosecutors of the Syrian War Just Blocked UN Sec. Council Testimony of Chemical Weapons Cover-up in Syria

October 7, 2020

A former director of the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Jose Bustani, who had been invited…

Leaked Documents Show Non-Profit Funded by Western Governments Built Syrian War Court Cases with ISIS/al-Qaeda Help
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Leaked Documents Show Non-Profit Funded by Western Governments Built Syrian War Court Cases with ISIS/al-Qaeda Help

October 6, 2020

Reporting from the Grayzone and World at Large detailed the sponsoring of several western governments including the UK, U.S.,…

New START Treaty Extension Remains Unsigned – US Weighs Nuclear Escalation
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New START Treaty Extension Remains Unsigned – US Weighs Nuclear Escalation

October 2, 2020

PICTURED: Marshall Billingslea, the current arms control negotiator for the United States, speaking at a press conference in Latvia,…

Stunning Leaked Documents Expose Depth of UK/US Propaganda Campaign in Syria
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Stunning Leaked Documents Expose Depth of UK/US Propaganda Campaign in Syria

September 28, 2020December 3, 2024

A group calling itself “Anonymous” uploaded dozens of PDFs containing records, financial statements, bills of sale, progress reports, project…

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Dutch Parliamentarians Accuse U.S. Ambassador of Election Interference

September 24, 2020

AMSTERDAM, Holland. January 10th, 2018. PICTURED: U.S. Ambassador Peter Hoekstra presented his credentials to King Willem-Alexander Peter Hoekstra, the…

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Reagan-Era Cables on Taiwan Show How the U.S. Continues to ‘Lose’ China

September 1, 2020

August 31st, 2020. A batch of declassified Ronald Reagan-era cables show how America’s policy towards selling arms to Taiwan…

U.S. Attempts to Utilize a Clause in the Iranian Nuclear Deal They Withdrew From 2 Years Ago
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U.S. Attempts to Utilize a Clause in the Iranian Nuclear Deal They Withdrew From 2 Years Ago

August 20, 2020

NEW YORK CITY, U.S. September 2018. PICTURED: Sec. of State Mike Pompeo attends a meeting in the United Nations…

Switzerland Assures First Shipment of Humanitarian Aid Arrives in Iran 3 Years After Sanctions
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Switzerland Assures First Shipment of Humanitarian Aid Arrives in Iran 3 Years After Sanctions

August 2, 2020

PICTURED: Tehran Waterfall Park and a new Tehran district. Photo credit: Ninara. CC 2.0. July 27th, 2020. An unnamed…

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Sec. Call Bounty Story “Uncorroborated”
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Sec. Call Bounty Story “Uncorroborated”

July 11, 2020

Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. PICTURED: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is joined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left,…

Russia and U.S. Must Reduce Nuclear Arms to Chinese Levels for Beijing to Join Arms Control Agreements
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Russia and U.S. Must Reduce Nuclear Arms to Chinese Levels for Beijing to Join Arms Control Agreements

July 9, 2020

PICTURED: Fu Cong, Director‐General of the Department of Arms Control of Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People’s Republic…

Tehran Still Willing to Make a New Deal – Asks Washington to “Apologize” First
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Tehran Still Willing to Make a New Deal – Asks Washington to “Apologize” First

June 25, 2020July 17, 2025

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that all of Washington’s wishes of Iranian nuclear arms control could come true…

Why are Congressmen Moving to Try and Stop Trump’s Troop Withdrawals from Germany?
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Why are Congressmen Moving to Try and Stop Trump’s Troop Withdrawals from Germany?

June 22, 2020

PICTURED: The grand scale of Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany captured from helicopter. WASHINGTON. June 18th, 2020. Congressman Eliot…

Does Trump’s Surprise Troop Withdrawals from Germany Contribute to European Security or Diminish it?
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Does Trump’s Surprise Troop Withdrawals from Germany Contribute to European Security or Diminish it?

June 8, 2020

PICTURED: The grand scale of Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany captured from helicopter. President Trump’s administration announced on June…

Trump Administration Continues to Erode Structures of Nuclear Non-Proliferation After Withdrawing from Open Skies Treaty
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Trump Administration Continues to Erode Structures of Nuclear Non-Proliferation After Withdrawing from Open Skies Treaty

May 22, 2020

PICTURED: Boeing OC-135B Open Skies reconnaissance aircraft, used by the U.S. for Open Skies Treaty Flights. WASHINGTON, May 21st,…

Armed Coup in Venezuela Looks Like Bay of Pigs 2020–Who Was Involved?
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Armed Coup in Venezuela Looks Like Bay of Pigs 2020–Who Was Involved?

May 8, 2020October 24, 2023

Two American citizens have been arrested by authorities in Venezuela along with a dozen others in a failed paramilitary…

The Effects of Sanctions on Venezuela and Iran During COVID-19
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The Effects of Sanctions on Venezuela and Iran During COVID-19

May 4, 2020

PICTURED: President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office, with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to his right. Mnuchin is…

The Bipartisan Foreign Policy Consensus in the U.S. Continually Calls for Intervention
Foreign Policy

The Bipartisan Foreign Policy Consensus in the U.S. Continually Calls for Intervention

May 1, 2020

Over the last 12 months, there have been several large calls for renewed or continued interventionist foreign policy across…

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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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