Foreign Policy and Military

Common Dreams
View In: Afghan HeistA coalition of Afghan-American community organizations on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. federal judge's ruling rejecting a bid by relatives of 9/11 victims to seize billions of dollars in assets belonging to the people of Afghanistan. In a 30-page opinion issued Tuesday, Judge George B. Daniels of the Souther...

Antiwar dot com
View In: SomaliaUS Africa Command (AFRICOM) has announced that its forces launched an airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia on Tuesday, marking the third known US strike in the country this month and the sixth of the year. AFRICOM said the strike was launched at the request of the Mogadishu-based government. The comman...

View In: Possible Nuclear War in Ukraine

Carbon Brief
View In: NigeriaAs part of its series on how key emitters are responding to climate change, Carbon... The post The Carbon Brief Profile: Nigeria appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Counter Punch
View In: MexicoOn the occasion of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s visit recently to Mexico, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) raised the possibility of many nations cooperating to oppose the U.S blockade of Cuba. AMLO has become Cuba’s champion in the international arena, and perhaps not accidentally...

19FortyFive
View In: China\s MilitaryJ-20 Has the Numbers Edge over F-22: Though the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is arguably the world’s most “superior” air superiority fighter, by the end of this year China will likely have more of its Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragons in service. (Subscribe to 19FortyFive‘s New YouTube Channel here.)  Beijin...