Date set for election of Venezuela’s constituent assembly: Constitutinal coup under left cover?
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : After the Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the drafting of a new constitution, a date was set for the elections to the National Constituent Assembly. he opposition MUD, holding a majority in the suspended parliament, denounce the development as attempt to change election laws prior to the 2018 elections. Attorney general More...
US Air Strike in al-Shahima, Syria: Regressing into lawlesness under UN cover?
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Syrian military sources reported that the U.S.-led coalition carried out an attack on Syrian military forces near the Al-Tanf road in al-Shahima on Tuesday. The term de-conflicting zones More...
The post-Christian West and post-Western World
Anis H. Bajrektarevic (nsnbc) : While the Western world is increasingly post-Christian and cosmopolitan, its Eastern sibling is trapped in a post-ideological bubble: strikingly entrenched and enveloped in its neo-religionism. More...
Israel’s victory in the Six-Day War was a model of wartime media strategy
James Rodgers (TC) : Reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the ultimate challenge in international news. It demands a thick skin. In no other field of international diplomacy are journalists’ words More...
Norwegian special forces in Syria for “Self Defense”: Defense Ministry
Fahwad Al-Khadoumi (nsnbc) : After being contacted about the presence of Norwegian special forces in Southern Syria last week, the Norwegian Defense Ministry stated that it cannot disclose operational details about More...
Murderous mayhem in Mosul as the final curtain is falling for ISIS
ISIS makes final stand in 9 square kilometers of Mosul. 130,000 civilians caught in the crossfire. nsnbc : Iraqi military, police and counterterrorism units are confident that the final curtain for ISIS in Mosul More...
Venezuelan Attorney General rejects National Constituent Assembly as corporative, lacking representation
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz, in a leaked letter to Elias Jaua, the head of the Presidential Commission for the Constituent Assembly, warned that the proposed approach More...
Egypt to “regulate” its nuclear Russian roulette
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : The Egyptian parliament’s Energy and Environment Committee is discussing a proposed law aimed to regulate the construction of nuclear power plants. Omitted from the discourse is More...
U.S. ignores Colombia’s peace process, pushes militarist line against Venezuela instead
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump at the White House, pleading for support for Colombia’s peace process. Trump, for his part, ignored More...
Pakistani media and social media activists targeted for criticizing military’s involvement in terrorism
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Pakistani authorities intensified their crackdown against media and social media activists accused of criticizing or ridiculing the military in online postings. This includes criticism More...
