World Bank's New Rules Condemned for Disregarding People and Planet

New policies threaten human rights and the environment, groups say.

Black lives matter: The backlash against US police

NYPD may have curtailed aggressive policing but the sense of resentment and mistrust it engendered remains strong.

US to give Argentina declassified papers on America's role in military dictatorship

John Kerry will deliver material on US’s role in period in which thousands of leftwing activists were murdered, as relations between the two countries warm.

UK Government “Loses” File On Its Involvement With Helping Israel Amass Nukes

Labour's Tristram Hunt describes missing National Archive files as 'worrying loss.'

In Diraz, Bahrainis once again protest against Al Khalifa

In Bahrain, residents of the village of Diraz on Friday once again protested against the Al Khalifah regime for its persecution of the Shia community.

Syria gains in Aleppo ‘turning point’ in resolving crisis: Iran MP

A senior Iranian lawmaker says the recent advances of the Syrian army and its allies in the northwestern city of Aleppo are a “turning point” in the settlement of the crisis in the Arab country.

New Chemical Weapons Claims Pose Threat of US Escalation of Syrian War

On Tuesday, US and British media published new claims of Syrian government use of chemical weapons in the rebel-held northern city of Saraqeb, in Idlib province. The story, put forward by the antigovernment Idlib Civil Defense or “White Helmets” group, alleges that 30 civilians experienced breathing troubles after chlorine gas canisters were dropped from a helicopter in a residential part of the city. No deaths were reported.

China Should Push for American-Style Hegemony

On July 12, China lost the UNCLOS decision regarding its territorial claims in the South China Sea. These were categorically rejected, as could well have been anticipated years ago. For example, China’s base at Fiery Cross Reef is 630 miles from Hainan Island and nearly at the southern tip of Vietnam. In addition, China’s mooted base at Scarborough Shoal is a mere 150 miles from Manila, while it is 530 miles from China proper. That China would lose this ruling could be foreseen from a very long distance.

Global Ballistic Missile Threats Beginning to Outpace US Defense Capability

The United States should upgrade missile defense capabilities to be able to counter growing threats, Republican Senator Jim Inhofe said in a press release following the launch of two medium-range ballistic missiles by North Korea.

Police Phones Secretly Tapped for Over Dozen Years in Germany’s Thuringia

German police have been recording the telephone conversations of law enforcement in the Thuringia central state without informing them since 1999, Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk reports.