Cuba should be removed from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism
The designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism by the United States deeply harms the ability of the Cuban government and its people from carrying on with the basic functions of life. Joe Biden can remove this designation with a stroke of his pen
Fresh US sanctions on Iran despite claims of wanting to revive nuclear deal
The current round of sanctions add to the numerous rounds of similar coercive measures imposed by the US on Iran after the Donald Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the multi-party JCPOA in May 2018
EU economies are down on their knees
Welcome to the European Union’s “sanctions from hell.” Won’t Europeans have the common intelligence to realize they have been had?
The United States contests the Chinese Belt and Road with a private corporation
The US has launched another private initiative in an attempt to counter China’s rapidly growing infrastructure development and investment project, Belt and Road
Death toll of migrant tragedy in Texas reaches 53
President Joe Biden’s immigration policies, which are largely the same as those of former President Donald Trump, have been pushing people to take increasingly dangerous routes to reach the US
The era of Northern hegemony over Mexico is coming to an end
The general mood in Latin America is that the US should not waste its time interfering south of its border but should, instead, spend its energy trying to resolve its cascading internal crises
G7: cracks in Western unity on Russia
The summit exposed that the existing sanctions against Russia have gone beyond most Western policy makers’ pain threshold. The European leaders are discovering now that there is a price to be paid for further sanctions
A pivotal moment in eastern Ukraine
The Russian forces are now almost in total control over the Luhansk region. However, peace is a long way off — several months away, perhaps
Why India must decouple from I2U2
A subaltern role to serve US and Israeli interests cannot enhance India’s prestige in West Asia where, as it is, Modi government is perceived as an Islamophobic regime backed by religious fanatics
Mapping Faultlines: How the West’s attempt to crush Russia’s economy is failing
NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha describes the latest developments in the energy wars as the west’s strategy of ruining Russia’s economy flounders
China doubles down on vision with Russia
The West’s “information war” and its distorted projection of the China-Russia relationship in the context of the Ukraine crisis, is fraught with consequences for the emerging world order
US imposes fresh sanctions on companies involved in oil trade with Iran
After a recent visit to Iran, UN special rapporteur for human rights Alena Douhan claimed that US sanctions have gravely affected the lives of common Iranians and were even responsible for a significant number of deaths in the country
- UN Security Council agrees to extend aid to rebel-held regions of Syria for six months
- Bolsonaro supporter murders Workers’ Party member at birthday party
- Uncertainty prevails in Sri Lanka as protesters wait for president, PM to quit
- Saudi forces violate ceasefire in Yemen, killing 17
- Bid to ‘normalize’ relations with Bulgaria sparks protest in North Macedonia
