Decoding Iran’s Missile, Drone Strikes
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Decoding Iran’s Missile, Drone Strikes

The stunning missile and drone strikes on three countries — Syria, Iraq and Pakistan — over a period of 24 hours and Tehran announcing its responsibility for the attacks conveyed a very big message to Washington that its stratagem to create a coalition of terror groups in the region surrounding Iran will be resolutely countered.

Yemen: An Indomitable People
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Yemen: An Indomitable People

In 2015, Yemen began a war in defense of its sovereignty that was being threatened by an interventionist alliance led by Saudi Arabia. 400,000 Yemini people died in the country’s struggle to maintain its independence. A country considered the poorest in Western Asia successfully defeated a coalition made up of some of the richest countries on the planet.

Wealth of Five Richest Men Doubles Since 2020 as Five Billion People Made Poorer in “Decade of Division”
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Wealth of Five Richest Men Doubles Since 2020 as Five Billion People Made Poorer in “Decade of Division”

The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes from $405 billion to $869 billion since 2020 – at a rate of $14 million per hour – while nearly five billion people have been made poorer, reveals a new Oxfam report on inequality and global corporate power.

South Africa’s Case Before the International Court of Justice on Genocide in Gaza – 3 Articles
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South Africa’s Case Before the International Court of Justice on Genocide in Gaza – 3 Articles

‘Genocide in Gaza’; ‘International Court of Justice Hears Devastating Presentation of Israeli Genocide in Gaza’; ‘Why We Have to Make the Jewish Ghetto Comparison’.

Upsurge of Neo-Fascism and ‘Dollarisation’
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Upsurge of Neo-Fascism and ‘Dollarisation’

Argentina’s new president Javier Milei proposes to use U.S. dollars as the currency of his country, while abolishing its central bank altogether. This means not just maintaining a fixed exchange rate between the dollar and the domestic currency, but an abolition of the domestic currency altogether.

Nowhere to Run: Where Will the World Find Refuge in 2024?
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Nowhere to Run: Where Will the World Find Refuge in 2024?

By mid-year 2023, the UNHCR put the number of refugees at 36.4 million worldwide. This figure doesn’t include the people fleeing war and other systemic and climate violence, called “internally displaced persons” – UNHCR puts their number at 62.2 million in its mid-2023 report.

An Ex-CIA Agent Looks Back at 22 Years of Torture at Guantánamo Bay
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An Ex-CIA Agent Looks Back at 22 Years of Torture at Guantánamo Bay

January 11 marks the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the prison component of the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Cuba. Guantánamo has been universally condemned by every human rights group in the world, as well as by the United Nations, and most countries in the world.