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    Israeli-Palestinian struggle returns to the soccer pitch
    Sep26

    Israeli-Palestinian struggle returns to the soccer pitch

    By James M. Dorsey Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused world soccer body FIFA of allowing FIFA-sanctioned matches to be played on occupied land in the West Bank in violation of FIFA rules and has demanded that the group ensure that future games be staged within the borders of Israel prior to the 1967 Middle East war. The HRW allegations bring to...

    Who is Playing Whom?
    Sep25

    Who is Playing Whom?

    “Republika Srpska is a state and Russia is its ally”. Milorad Dodik, the president of the predominantly Serb entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, is not someone known for mincing his words. The referendum on whether RS should celebrate January 9 as a “state holiday” being held today proves he does not shrink from a good political fight either....

    This Ex-UFC Fighter Is 1st U.S. ‘Citizen’ of Rebel State
    Sep25

    This Ex-UFC Fighter Is 1st U.S. ‘Citizen’ of Rebel State

    How Jeff Monson — an MMA fighter nicknamed “The Snowman” — became the first American to gain citizenship to the Ukrainian rebel state of Luhansk. …read more Source:...

    Our Eternal Enemy: We Must Stop the New Cold War
    Sep24

    Our Eternal Enemy: We Must Stop the New Cold War

    By David Wemer When nineteen-year-old American swimmer Lilly King emerged from the pool after winning the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the Rio Olympics, she became not only a gold-medalist, but also a heroine for the anti-steroid movement. Her victory over Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova, came amid King’s outspoken criticism of the...

    Clinton And Trump, Call Your Office: America’s Bipartisan Policy Of Perpetual War Has Failed To Deliver Peace
    Sep24

    Clinton And Trump, Call Your Office: America’s Bipartisan Policy Of Perpetual War Has Failed To Deliver Peace

    The last three administrations have followed a bipartisan policy of constant war. Unfortunately, the consequences have been ugly: every intervention has laid the groundwork for more conflict. Yet the architects of this failure claim that all would be well if only Washington had acted more often and more decisively. In their view, the problem is...

    PHILIPPE REINES to play Trump — NO Fortune 100 CEOs have endorsed TRUMP — PLAYBOOK event with The Skimm next week — CRUZ backs Trump — B’DAY: Ash Carter
    Sep24

    PHILIPPE REINES to play Trump — NO Fortune 100 CEOs have endorsed TRUMP — PLAYBOOK event with The Skimm next week — CRUZ backs Trump — B’DAY: Ash Carter

    IT’S THE WEEKEND. It’s going to be 77 degrees in Washington today. Enjoy it. The National Museum of African American History and Culture has its opening festivities today. Living Colour, Public Enemy, and The Roots are all performing. And Hillary Clinton has postponed a trip to Charlotte at the mayor’s behest. She cited “very...

    Moscow Opens Forum on Texan, Scottish and Catalan Independence
    Sep24

    Moscow Opens Forum on Texan, Scottish and Catalan Independence

    Behind the crimson walls of central Moscow’s imposing ‘President Hotel’ high rise, delegates from around the world are expected to sit down and talk about “national liberation.” Groups from the Sahara to Texas are invited to attend the forum, only 20 minutes from the walls of the Kremlin, though officially this is not a state...

    Ukraine’s Tough T-84 Oplot-M Tank Won’t Fight Russia (And Is Being Sold to Thailand?)
    Sep24

    Ukraine’s Tough T-84 Oplot-M Tank Won’t Fight Russia (And Is Being Sold to Thailand?)

    Sebastien Roblin Security, Eurasia Why? Tank warfare is periodically declared obsolete in the face of the latest portable anti-tank weapons and the difficulty of transporting heavy vehicles to the battlefront. Just don’t tell that to Ukraine. The intervention of Russian tanks in August 2014 into Kiev’s conflict with separatists in...

    The Mystery of Trump’s Man in Moscow
    Sep24

    The Mystery of Trump’s Man in Moscow

    In March, in a bold “Oh yeah?” moment during an interview with the Washington Post’s editorial board, Donald Trump took the paper’s dare and revealed, then and there, his very short list of foreign policy advisors. There were just five, though he said, “I have quite a few more.” The list was a head-scratcher, a random assortment of...

    Watch Ukrainian Politicians Fight After TV Debate
    Sep24

    Watch Ukrainian Politicians Fight After TV Debate

    Lawmaker Volodymyr Parasyuk attacked former deputy PM Oleksandr Vilkul and then vandalized his car for good measure. …read more Source:...