Congress is pressing hard for additional harsh sanctions on Iran’s central bank and oil sector, rejecting the Obama administration’s recent requests to ease them. President Obama opposes Senate proposals to intensify sanctions on Iran supposedly because it would undermine current efforts to pressure Iran, as well as potentially having the opposite effect by boosting oil [...]
For a war Americans were told was absolutely necessary for the security of the United States, an official end has come with nothing to show for it. With well over 100,000 people killed and a list of un-prosecuted war crimes, the object now is to leave while things are decent enough to look superficially acceptable. [...]
The Pakistani Taliban announced Saturday that they were in peace negotiations with the Pakistani government and that at least a tentative deal to end hostilities between the two was close. The announcement seemed to directly exploit the disintegrating Pakistani relationship with the U.S., which has gradually dissolved to utter distrust and vitriol over the past [...]
As many as 50,000 people protested in Moscow on Saturday against rampant electoral fraud which benefited Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in recent elections. Protests also took place in 15 other cities from Russia’s Pacific coast to its southwest frontier, contradicting Putin’s public image, promoted by state-controlled media, as an adored and favorable leader. In [...]
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