1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (183+ words) With the US midterm elections just weeks away, Donald Trump’s administration is trying to put a positive spin on a war with Iran that shows no sign of letting up. Climbing fuel and grocery prices, the president’s provocative social media…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (413+ words) The ruling says the Energy Department exceeded its authority by extending the plant’s operation. A federal appeals court has ruled that the United States Energy Department exceeded its authority when it ordered a coal-fired power plant in the US state…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (526+ words) FIFA Legal Committee accused of evading questions on controversial World Cup proposal put forward by Gianni Infantino. Denmark’s football chief has alleged that ‌‌FIFA declined to answer “critical questions” at a Legal Committee meeting about its proposal to sell commercial…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (892+ words) The CIA have declassified documents showing US presidents were warned about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda before 9/11. Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the CIA has released a series of presidential briefing documents showing what United States leaders had been…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (258+ words) The ‘War on Terror’ gave far-right Islamophobia legitimacy, reach and electoral force. Before September 11, far right parties in Europe had been largely marginalised within the continent’s multi-party systems. Even where some won significant electoral support, many remained politically stigmatised or…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (372+ words) Luis Pacheco and three other Indigenous ex-leaders cleared of charges over 2023 Guatemala protests. A Guatemalan court has cleared a deputy minister and three other Indigenous leaders of terrorism charges, brought over their role in leading protests against a prosecutor accused…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1416+ words) The events of September 11, 2001 spawned a new lexicon which effectively sanitised the erosion of human rights. In the years after the September 11 attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center, a whole new vocabulary of war, laced with the language…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (132+ words) Protesters and police have clashed in Chile, as the country marked 53 years of the military coup. Chileans clash over 9/11 military coup legacy Protesters and police have clashed in Chile, as the country marked 53 years since Augusto Pinochet overthrew President Salvador…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (139+ words) Former US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad says Washington wants to prevent Afghanistan becoming a hub for anti-US groups. A stable Afghanistan post 9/11 is in US interests says former US diplomat Former US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad says Washington has a ‘principal interest…...