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News
Updated June 1, 2014 - 11:20 PM EDT
Jewish Museum Suspect Is From al-Qaeda-in-Iraq
NSA Collecting Millions of Faces From Web
 
  NSA Contractors Use Linkedin Profiles to Cash in on National Security
Taliban Frees US POW in Trade for Detainees
 
  GOP Hawks Blast 'Illegal' Prisoner Swap for US POW
  Timeline: Making a Deal With Taliban to Win US Soldier's Freedom
  Pakistan-Taliban Clash Spills Into Afghanistan
Israeli Air Force to Increase Capabilities 400%
 
  Israeli Counterterror Chief's Son Blames US for His 1988 Assassination
  Abbas to Announce Unity Government Monday
New Offensive Launched in Anbar; 46 Killed Across Iraq
Viewpoints
Snowden Would Not Get a Fair Trial – and Kerry Is Wrong  by Daniel Ellsberg
Trivial Dispute: Obama Versus the Interventionists  by Sheldon Richman
Haftar Leads a Coup: A General's Odd War on Muslim Brotherhood  by Ramzy Baroud
Ukraine: New President, Old Violence  by Vladimir Golstein
Baiting Dragons, Bears, and Lions  by Philip Giraldi
Obama's Foolish Foreign Policy: Doing Too Much and Doing It Badly  by Doug Bandow

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Frontline
Brit Taxpayers Pay £20m to Iraqis Injured by UK Troops
Baby in Coma After Police 'Grenade' Dropped in Crib During Drug Raid
As Ties With China Unravel, US Firms Head to Mexico
US Deploys First Advanced Drones to Japan
 
The War at Home
US to Miss Deadline for Removing Nuclear Waste From Los Alamos
'Conflict Minerals' Deadline Looms for US Technology Firms
First Gay Commander Takes Over at National Air, Space Intel Center
Military Sex Assault Survivor Gets $405,000 in Back Benefits, and an Apology
Ukraine
Six Ukrainian Separatists Killed Around Donetsk Airport
Some Kiev Barricades Come Down; Protesters Balky
Tires Set on Fire in Center of Kiev in Protest Against Calls to Leave Maidan
China
US and China Square Off at Asia Security Forum
Xi Says China Won't Stir Trouble in South China Sea
China to Try Eight People Over Deadly Tiananmen Attack
Afghanistan
Roadside Bombing Kills 12 Afghan Civilians
Four Afghan Civilians Killed in Pakistani Border Strike, Say Afghan Officials
Thailand
Thai Forces Out to Stifle Unrest After Army Chief Sets Election Plan
In Junta-Ruled Thailand, Reading Is Now Resistance
Thai Oil Tanker May Have Been Hijacked: Authorities
Australia Cuts Ties With Thailand Over Military Coup
Pakistan/India
Eyeing Pakistan and China, India's Modi Bolsters Security Team
Sister of Slain Pakistani Woman Says Her Husband Killed Her
Mexico
An Oil-Rich Area South of Texas Is Mexico's Newest Drug-War Crisis Zone
Mexico Claims It's Beaten Michoacan Gang, but New Ones Are Forming
Venzuela
Jailed Venezuela Police Chief Ending Hunger Strike
Weekend Reviews
Glenn Greenwald Invokes Frank Church
Judge Napolitano Reviews No Place To Hide
Glenn Greenwald's Compelling Account of NSA/GCHQ Surveillance
A Documentary With a Cathartic Difference About the Palestinian Nakba
The Battle for Justice in Palestine
Americans Still Dying
New Jersey Soldier Who Served in Iraq, Afghanistan Found Dead in Barracks
Soldier From Thornton (CO) Killed in Aircraft Accident in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
 
Syria
Syrian Rebels Kill 20 Troops in Tunnel Blast
Iran Guards Commander 'Killed in Syria'
'Syria-Related' Terror Arrest at Heathrow Airport
Amr Moussa Reportedly Considered for Syria Envoy Role
In Damascus, Assad's Reelection a Foregone Conclusion
Cable Fees Leave Soccer-Crazed Syrians Scrambling Before World Cup
Lebanon
US Denies Making Deal to End Lebanese Presidential Void
Lebanon Asks Refugees to Refrain From Entering Syria
Fire Destroys Syrian Refugee Tents in East Lebanon
Hezbollah Blasts Lebanese Cardinal for Meeting 'Israeli Agents'
Lebanon Sentences Late Hezbollah Member to Life
Israel/Palestine
Israeli Military Hiding Targeted Killing Investigative Panel
Steinitz Denies Report Israel Wiretapped Clinton
US Congressmen Vow to Work to Keep Jerusalem Undivided
Hamas Vows to End West Bank Security Cooperation With Israel
Palestinian Boys' Killings in Nakba Demonstrations Spark Outcry and Grief
Turkey
Turkey's Police Fire Tear Gas at Hundreds of Protesters
Facing 25,000 Police Officers, Turkey Activists Mark Gezi Protest Anniversary
'Allah' Handle Gets Turkish Twitterer Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison
Middle East
New Offensive Launched in Anbar; 46 Killed, 36 Wounded Across Iraq
Yemeni Intelligence Officer Shot Dead by Suspected al-Qaeda Gunmen
Amnesty Says Iranian Dissident Faces Imminent Execution
Egypt
Egypt Criminalizes Dishonoring Anthem, Flag
Low Voter Turnout a Surprising Twist to the Presidential Election
UAE to Continue Aid to Egypt, Sees More Stability After Sisi Win
Africa
Sudan Denies Mother Sentenced to Hang to Be Freed Soon
Tunisia Abruptly Cancels Meeting on Libya
Nigeria Traditional Leader Shot Dead by Gunmen
UN Backlash as Uganda's 'Anti-Gay' Minister Heads for Human Rights Top Job
Malawi Election: Peter Mutharika Sworn in as President
 
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Columnists

Justin Raimondo
5/30/2014
Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Dilemma

Lucy Steigerwald
5/29/2014
Our Pathological Fear of Cutting Federal Budgets and Agencies

Ivan Eland
5/28/2014
US Alliances Lead Asian Allies to Be More Antagonistic Toward China

Nebojsa Malic
5/23/2014
Deluge in Serbia and Bosnia

David R. Henderson
4/28/2014
An Economist’s Case for a Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy

Philip Giraldi
4/01/2014
Targeting Iran

Kelley B. Vlahos
3/11/2014
Brother Karzai Leaves Election, Joins Another Ticket

Ran HaCohen
3/04/2013
Purim and Genocidal Phantasies

Charles V. Peña
6/15/2012
Cyberwar for Me but Not for Thee
Additional Contributors
Ehsan Ahrari
Doug Bandow
Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Alan Bock
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
Jonathan Cook
Tom Engelhardt
Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Jeff Huber
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
Sascha Matuszak
Ray McGovern
Thomas Gale Moore
Brendan O'Neill
Rep. Ron Paul
Murray Polner
Gareth Porter
Gordon Prather
Charley Reese
Paul Craig Roberts
Mark Rothschild
Michael Scheuer
Norman Solomon
Paul Sperry
Joseph Stromberg
Jon Basil Utley
Jude Wanniski
Teresa Whitehurst
Andy Worthington

 
 
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