13+ hour, 45+ min ago   (337+ words) It also tells me that Trump is in deep trouble with his electorate over diesel prices, which affect commodity prices generally, and that he is desperate. According to a late August Reuters/ Ipsos opinion poll, nearly half of respondents say…...

16+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1614+ words) Human Rights Watch 09/14/2026 Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities are unlawfully executing protesters and political dissidents on a weekly basis, a relentless attack on the right to life, Human Rights Watch and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (335+ words) Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 19th century American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan stressed that a great maritime empire needn’t control the seas but rather must establish dominance over what he called “the narrows.” We would now say “chokepoints.” The United…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (951+ words) ( Middle East Monitor ) – The US government continues to double down, even as its stubbornness costs it dearly—not only in material terms, but also in geopolitical influence. Washington is rapidly losing power and status in the Middle East, a decline…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (860+ words) By Bamo Nouri, City St George’s, University of London and Inderjeet Parmar, City St George’s, University of London Tehran has also announced it is preparing to sign an agreement with Oman which would establish a new corridor through the Strait…...

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1+ week, 1+ day ago   (298+ words) The US Central Command released video of the strikes: CENTCOM Destroys 3 IRGC Oil Tankers After Iran Targets 2 U.S. Navy Warships The US sinking of an unarmed Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman appears to be a war crime. The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (242+ words) ( Truthdig ) – We are in the seventh month of a war Donald Trump began on a whim, waged incoherently and lost decisively. But in the demented, steadily shrinking Trump World, he is a hero. Last week, he proudly declared “Mission Accomplished…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (930+ words) By Amin Saikal, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University (The Conversation) – President Donald Trump has entangled the United States in a war of choice with Iran that he cannot easily win or quit. The war was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) Still, none of that was broadcast publicly to the entire world. It simply came out later. Donald Trump, however, represents a first when it comes to so many things and that includes a recent violent form of presidential cursing in…...