Northern California chokes on toxic air as Trump set to visit
AFP | Schools and tourist attractions across the San Francisco Bay Area were shut Friday and residents were urged to stay indoors as smoke from...
Saudi gov recommends death penalty for 5 in Khashoggi case
News Analysis | After weeks of deliberations, the United States of America has finally imposed sanctions on 17 Saudi nationals believed to be directly linked...
America’s Drug War fuels the cartels – Jacob G Hornberger
Jacob G Hornberger | Ludwig von Mises pointed out that one government intervention inevitably leads to more government interventions. The reason is that the first...
Uber loss tops $1 bn as it seeks to diversify
AFP | Ride-share company Uber on Wednesday said that its net loss topped a billion dollars in the recently ended quarter as it pumped money...
Trump lashes Macron as Europe moves on defense without US
AFP | Donald Trump on Tuesday unleashed an extraordinary attack on Emmanuel Macron, mocking the French president's approval rating and lashing him over European defense...
Facebook shuts more accounts aimed at political meddling
AFP | Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down more accounts aimed at influencing the US midterm election and that it is exploring a possible...
As US retreats, China touts its trade deal wares to Asia
AFP | China is touting itself as the new defender of global commerce as it works with Asia-Pacific leaders to hammer out the world's largest...
The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’s fight against terrorism – Book Review
News Desk | Take any important issue in our times; the average person on the street is likely to have a strong opinion about it,...
Iraq gets US sanctions break to buy electricity from Iran
AFP | Iraq has won an exemption allowing it to buy Iranian electricity despite US sanctions, as the country plagued by chronic power shortages walks...
US soldiers died for nothing in WWI – Jacob G Hornberger
Jacob G Hornberger | Let’s be blunt: the 117,466 U.S. soldiers who died in World War I died for nothing. No one can deny that....
USA’s war on terror: bloodiest and longest in history
News Desk | The United States of America's ‘War on Terror' in Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in the wake of September 11, 2001 terror attacks...
California wildfire toll matches deadliest ever with 29 victims
AFP | The death toll in a raging California wildfire has reached 29, matching the deadliest in the state's history as firefighters battling blazes at...