20+ hour, 56+ min 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…...

1+ day, 43+ min ago   (378+ words) A briefer wrote to then-President Clinton that bin Laden’s ‘preferred option is to strike the US on its own soil in Washington’, and that al-Qaeda ‘may fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city’. Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (616+ words) TEHRAN (AFP): She had planned to study psychology in Italy, but after US sanctions forced the suspension of an English exam required in order to make her dream come true, Iranian student Nikki cried for days. Nikki had been due…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (199+ words) WASHINGTON (AFP): US President Donald Trump’s name-changing spree found an unlikely new target on Sunday when he suggested the state of New Mexico could become “New America.” His proposal, which was immediately dismissed by the state’s governor, comes days after…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (880+ words) “I wouldn’t call it a war,” Vance said after being asked during a White House press briefing about whether the fighting could be wrapped up before voters cast their ballots in the Nov. 3 congressional elections. “Right now, there is no…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (252+ words) WASHINGTON (AP): The White House website on Thursday unveiled Arcade, a collection of five low-resolution video games that promote different aspects of President Donald Trump’s agenda. “Build the Wall” is a “Tetris” knockoff that transforms the classic game into an…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (307+ words) JERUSALEM (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a diplomatic deal was not possible with the “savages” who rule Iran as he hailed US President Donald Trump’s new campaign of economic pressure. Recounting a recent meeting with Trump, Netanyahu said…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (439+ words) RECENTLY, the efficacy and future relevance of nuclear deterrence have been questioned by some scholars and strategic analysts who argue that...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (526+ words) (Reuters): President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented more than $100,000 fee on new ​H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers that Trump first imposed last year but has been blocked by the courts....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (145+ words) Political scientist Stephen Walt says Trump promised to make US stronger, but many of his policies are making it weaker. Political scientist Stephen Walt says President Donald Trump promised to make the US stronger, but many of his policies are…...