North Korea Missile Test Failed

North Korea attempted to launch a long-range rocket on Friday, but it instead malfunctioned and broke apart before even escaping Earth's atmosphere. "This was supposed to be associated with (Kim Jong Un's) ascension to power. So for this thing to fail ... is...

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An Attack on Iran Would Violate International Law

The U.S. and Israel have long presented their option to attack Iran as one among many policy choices to halt Tehran's nuclear weapons program. The fact that their own intelligence concludes such a program doesn't exist actually effects the legitimacy of a military...

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Judge Allows CIA, FBI Secrecy on Rendition

A judge in Washington, DC has allowed the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency to keep information secret regarding the complicity of British authorities in extraordinary rendition. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition -  an activist group of...

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Pakistan Calls for End to US Interventionism

The Pakistani parliament on Thursday unanimously declared that the U.S. must immediately stop violating its sovereignty, including through drone strikes. The Guidelines for Revised Terms of Engagement with USA/NATO/ISAF states that the "U.S. footprint in Pakistan must...

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US at Center of Chinese-Filipino Naval Dispute

China has sent a third ship into the territorial waters of the Philippines after Filipino warships attempted to arrest the crews of a Chinese fishing fleet and were stopped by the arrival of two Chinese surveillance ships. This latest nautical standoff arises from...

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