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The Covid-19 pandemic has been dominating the global news for months now. Almost half of the world’s population is under social or economic corona lockdown. People are afraid. In the background, an unprecedented global crisis that could lead to a dramatic international systematic transition from a Pax Americana to a …

The world is so focussed on the latest figures of Covid-19 deaths and infection statistics, only few people realize what is pending in the background; a new global systematic war. Dutch political scientist Ingo Piepers (PhD) expects a new systematic war to erupt in the nearby future: “It has not …

When America has recovered from the coronavirus crisis and people are back to work, Rep. Adam B. Schiff thinks Congress should consider a 9/11-style independent commission to examine why the nation was so unprepared for the pandemic. By David Ignatius Schiff, a California Democrat, told me in an interview Monday that his …

The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) revealed the winning logo from the design competition held for the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2020. IAC, which will be hosted in Dubai for the first time in the Arab world, is a global event that brings together leading space specialists and decision-makers …

Cesar Sayoc’s political inclinations were passionately displayed for everyone to see. His social media accounts and the windows of his white van were plastered with messages supporting the President, and provocative photos and memes attacking liberals. Facebook video showed him in a MAGA hat at Trump rally in 2016. He …

A capsule carrying the two crew members of a Russian Soyuz rocket that malfunctioned on lift-off has landed safely in Kazakhstan. Russian Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague are reported to be “in good condition”, both Nasa and Russian media said. Search and rescue teams are now en …

China told the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday it wanted to impose $7 billion a year in sanctions on the United States in retaliation for Washington’s non-compliance with a ruling in a dispute over U.S. dumping duties. The request for authorization from the WTO to introduce the sanctions is …

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the release of an illegal immigrant who was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in June when he delivered pizza to a military base in New York. Pablo Villavicencio must be immediately released from his holding facility in New Jersey, Judge Paul …

The plans of the US administration to tap into its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to prevent further rises in oil prices is expected to have a minimal impact on oil markets amid a host of supply disruptions, as well as rising demand in certain emerging markets, according to analysts. The Strategic …

The Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees’ Americans’ privacy.  However, it’s been clear for years that what the Constitution guarantees and what the National Security Agency (NSA) does are two different things. It is unconstitutional and illegal for the NSA to spy on communications that are completely within the …

An explosion that injured two men Sunday night could’ve been triggered by a tripwire, said Austin Police Chief Brian Manley, after a fourth blast in the Texas city in little over two weeks. Authorities are working under the belief that the latest incident is connected to the previous three explosions …

By Gary A. Grappo — First published in Fair Observer — Visiting Senior Scholar at Center for Global & Area Studies, University of Wyoming Globalization has become bad word of late. It has been the punch line for the “Leave” supporters of Brexit, a campaign platform—if indeed he has such …

By Tim Hains — Hillary Clinton says that it is “long past time” for the leaders of countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia to make sure that their citizens are not allowed to provide money and support to terrorist groups. HILLARY CLINTON: The third area that demands attention is preventing …

THE LEVANT NEWS — By Gary Sick — The BBC has done a rather breathless account of some documents from nearly 40 years ago that have just been released. At the time of these contacts between the US Government and Khomeini’s forces, I was the point man in the White …

THE LEVANT NEWS – By Graham E. Fuller* — The FBI and Apple are wrestling over the rights of police access to private phones. Well and good. But there is a much more urgent issue: why are our intelligence and security organizations being hindered from taking national security to a …

THE LEVANT NEWS — MUNICH: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said all powers must sit at the negotiating table to forge an end to the war in Syria “instead of unleashing a new world war”. “The Americans and our Arab partners must think well: do they want a permanent war?” …

The Levant News — If Russia and the United States were able to agree on ways of solving the Syrian crisis, this might help towards the two powers finding common ground on Ukraine, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on Monday. The United States and its NATO allies denounced Russia for violating …

The Levant News — “Following my speech at the United Nations this afternoon, here’s a piece Bono and I wrote for The New York Times outlining why we must connect the world.”,  Zuckerberg wrote on his Fecabook’s page. SEVENTY years ago, the United Nations was formed as the expression of a …

The Levant News — U.S. and other Western officials said that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will try to launch a new initiative for a political solution in Syria during meetings in New York in the next week, starting with talks with his Iranian counterpart on Saturday.   After backing …

The Levant News – – The self-governing Kurds can’t sell Iraqi crude oil in the U.S. under a court decision that puts a fresh hurdle in the path of Kurdish efforts to achieve financial independence from the central government in Baghdad. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in …

The Levant News — Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners are preparing for a major offensive to take Yemen’s capital. If the battle becomes a house-to-house urban clash, it will have disastrous humanitarian consequences, Bruce Riedel wrote for AlMonitor. Riedel is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and counter-terrorism expert, …

The Levant – – Almost half of the US population 49 percent – regards the government as a threat to their lives and liberty, according to a new Gallup poll. Distrust in the federal government has been on the rise since 2006, when it stood at 46 percent. The poll …

The Levant News –Russia has started flying drone aircraft on surveillance missions in Syria, U.S. officials said on Monday, in what appeared to be Moscow’s first military air operations there since staging a rapid buildup at a Syrian air base.   The beginning of Russian drone flights underscored the risks …

The Levant – – A former US congressional staffer says the the United States never expected that Russia would deploy tactical military equipment to Syria to help resolve the years-long crisis that was created for the benefit of Israel.    “The original policy was to destabilize nations in the Middle …

The Levant- -Twenty-five winners were selected from among 591 museums worldwide, TripAdvisor said. The Metropolitan Museum in New York City took first place. Other museums in the top 10 are the Orsay in Paris, Art Institute of Chicago, the Prado of Madrid, the Louvre in Paris, the State Hermitage Museum …

The Levant – – Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook told employees in an internal message on Friday, that Apple Inc is stepping up aid to the thousands of migrants that are streaming into Europe from war-torn countries. Cook wrote in a message on the company’s intranet site that the Macbook …

The Levant – – Seventy five Syrian rebels trained by the United States and its allies to fight ISIS have entered northern Syria since Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Observatory, said the rebels had crossed into Syria from Turkey with 12 …

The Levant- – For the first time in more than 30 years, on September 27 you’ll be able to witness a supermoon in combination with a lunar eclipse. Late on September 27, 2015, in the U.S. and much of the world, a total lunar eclipsewill mask the moon’s larger-than-life face for …

The Levant News — U.S. President Barack Obama believes that holding military talks with Russia on Syria is an important next step and hopes they will take place very shortly, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday. Russia, which is building up a military presence in Syria, was quick …

THE LEVANT NEWS — By George Friedman for Stratfor — In my “Net Assessment of the World,” I argued that four major segments of the European and Asian landmass were in crisis: Europe, Russia, the Middle East (from the Levant to Iran) and China. Each crisis was different; each was …

by Ali Hashem for Al-Monitor — THE LEVANT NEWS — VIENNA: On the famous balcony in Palais Coburg, Al-Monitor spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif a few hours after he, along with EU special representative Federica Mogherini, had announced the historic deal concluding a 13-year standoff over Iran’s …

THE LEVANT NEWS –The recent test of the US В61-12 nuclear bomb confirms Washington’s plans to maintain nuclear weapons in Europe that are capable of reaching Russia, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said on Monday. Antonov slammed the US nuclear bomb test as “irresponsible” and “openly provocative.” “It turns out …

Monarch’s decision signals that the Arab states aren’t on board with nuclear accord  By JAY SOLOMON and CAROL E. LEE in Washington and AHMED AL OMRAN in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for The Wall Street Journal — WASHINGTON—Saudi Arabia’s monarch pulled out of a summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama on Thursday, in …

By Sharmine Narwani* for RT– There is media confusion about what is going on in Yemen and the broader Middle East. Pundits are pointing out that the US is looking schizophrenic with policies that back opposite sides of the fight against al-Qaeda-style extremism in Iraq and in Yemen. But it …

Reuters – The United States rolled out a sweeping set of measures on Thursday to significantly ease sanctions on Cuba, opening up the country to expanded U.S. travel, trade and financial activities. Defying hardline critics in Congress, President Barack Obama made good on his commitment last month to loosen restrictions …

By Alex Nussbaum, Alex Morales and Ewa Krukowska for Bloomberg- A plan to limit fossil-fuel pollution in all nations for the first time came a step closer as envoys from more than 190 countries agreed on the key parts of a deal they plan to adopt next year to fight …

Reuters – A brief meeting between India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart appears to have salvaged a summit of South Asian leaders, with all eight countries clinching a last-minute deal to create a regional electricity grid. Thursday’s pact, to be signed at the summit’s closing ceremony, will …

Source: Mic – A doctor who had recently returned to the U.S. from treating Ebola patients in Guineatested positive for the virus on Thursday, becoming the city’s first diagnosed case. A second test will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to confirm the initial test. The doctor, Craig Spencer, was rushed to Bellevue …

By Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Maha Hosain Aziz is a professor of politics (adjunct) in NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a senior analyst at geopolitical consultancy Wikistrat. The views expressed are her own. Ask most Americans which country is the world’s largest oil producer is, and …