Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Marginalize Mideast; End-Stage Childlessness
The metastasizing Mideast chaos and violence have shown yet again the limitations of American power there. We’re backing and opposing groups in a fluctuating toxic religious, ethnic, tribal and national stew and frequently contradicting ourselves as we do. Some neo-cons want us to go in with massive military intervention. We tried that. Now...
Highest Death Toll In Eastern Ukraine Since February
SHYROKYNE, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting raged overnight and in the early hours on Tuesday on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite an agreement reached by the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers a day earlier. The yearlong military conflict between Russian-backed rebels and government forces has claimed more...
U.S. Double Standards in Ukraine and Yemen
We read in the news that a revolution in a foreign country has gained control of its capital and most of its territory. The country’s president is forced to flee, while his supporters fight on from their regional base, insisting that the new rulers have no legitimacy. How should the U.S. respond? The U.S. government frames its recognition...
Russian Designer Debuts Collection That Alludes To Annexation Of Crimea
A Russian fashion designer, in collaboration with the country’s defense ministry, presented a collection at Moscow Fashion Week last month that winked at Russia’s annexation of Crimea. “I do not sew army uniforms, but I can help make the army attractive to people,” designer Leonid Alexeev, now art director for the Russian...
South African University Removes Statue Honoring British Imperialist Following Student Protests
South Africa’s University of Cape Town removed a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on Thursday to cheers from students, a symbolic move that exposes persistent racial divides two decades after the end of apartheid. The statue at the university, one of Africa’s top academic institutions, has been covered up for the past few...
How to Keep the Financial Pressure on Iran and Its Proxies
“…Our concerns will remain with respect to Iranian behavior so long as Iran continues its sponsorship of terrorism, its support for proxies who destabilize the Middle East, its threats against America’s friends and allies — like Israel,” President Barack Obama said, immediately after lauding Washington’s new...
Hawkish U.S. Foreign Policy At Heart Of Marco Rubio’s Presidential Bid
By Steve Holland and Alistair Bell MIAMI/WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio will make a muscular foreign policy a focal point when he announces his presidential candidacy on Monday, portraying himself as the Republican most ready to handle threats to America in a chaotic world. Advisers say a key part of the...
Ukraine Violence On The Rise Despite Ceasefire In War-Torn East
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting has picked up in eastern Ukraine, after more than a month of relative calm, as diplomats gather in Berlin to discuss the Ukraine crisis. The military conflict between Russia-backed rebels and government forces has killed more than 6,000 but has largely subsided since the cease-fire was announced in February and at...
U.S. Protests Intercept Of Reconnaissance Plane By Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is protesting an intercept of a U.S. reconnaissance plane by a Russian fighter jet last week, calling it “unsafe and unprofessional” amid what it views as increasingly aggressive air operations by Moscow. Pentagon spokesman Mark Wright on Sunday said the U.S. was filing a complaint to Russia “through...
History Now Made, The U.S. And Cuba Face A Bumpy Road Ahead
By Daniel Trotta and Matt Spetalnick PANAMA CITY, April 12 (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States just made history. Now comes the hard part. In the first meeting of its kind in nearly 60 years, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro sat down together for over an hour on Saturday at a regional summit in Panama, moving a...
