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Schizophrenia: China and Russia Vote New Tough Sanctions against North Korea
China and Russia joined the U.S. in imposing tough new sanctions on North Korea at the U.N., the latest effort to force the North...
Tensions rise again as North Korea tests missile
By Peter Symonds
29 November 2017
North Korea test fired a long-range missile today that appears to have the range to potentially hit most...
The role of sanctions in the destruction of Yugoslavia (excerpt)
By Richard Becker
"The one who chooses this economic, peaceful, quiet, lethal remedy will not have to resort to force. It is not such a...
North Korea says sanctions hurting women, children
GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it was working to uphold women’s rights and gender equality but that sanctions imposed by major...
57 Countries Back Venezuela at UN Human Rights Council
A bloc of fifty-seven countries signed a declaration in support of Venezuelan sovereignty at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on...
US admiral must “imagine the unimagined:” All-out war with North Korea
By Peter Symonds
18 October 2017
Comments Tuesday by Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the US Pacific Command (PACOM), underscore the advanced state of...
How North Korea survives on an oil-drip from Russia
By Roman Goncharenko
14.09.2017
Russia has voted in favor of new sanctions against North Korea in the United Nations Security Council, even though they include...
Israel’s Role in the Cataclysm to Come
By Phil Butler
Finally, the skeleton is out of the Arab Spring closet via an article in Foreign Policy written by Jonathan Spyer. Israel has...
Abe and Netanyahu meet at sidelines of U.N., agree to coordinate...
NEW YORK – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on Monday in New York to work together to fully enforce...
US Military for Restrain
As Trump and North Korea trade threats, the Pentagon’s top general calls for restraint
By Alex Horton
The U.S. military’s top general told lawmakers Tuesday that diplomacy...