On December 16, Japan unveiled its new defence strategy aimed at giving a massive boost to the country’s defence and offence capability. This is arguably the largest defence upgrade that Japan has unveiled since the Second World War when it became a ‘pacifist’ state. As the new documents show, Japan is now shunning its ‘pacifism’ […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator This is part two of an examination of the current state of Lebanon. In part one, we looked at the Soldiers of God, an extremist Christian militia that pose a threat to the security of Lebanon and could ignite a new civil war. Lebanon needs up to $15 billion […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator In Ashrafieh, the wealthy Christian neighborhood in east Beirut, there is a group of 300 young, muscular, and bearded men patrolling the streets from 6 pm. to 6 am. as part of Neighborhood Watch, but they have an extremist Christian ideology which many have termed neo-fascist. They call […]
Depuis les années 1990, aucun gouvernement n’a été en mesure de contrôler l’ensemble du territoire somalien. Des reportages larmoyants sur la piraterie et le terrorisme occultent le fait que de grandes puissances comme les États-Unis sont intervenues à plusieurs reprises dans les affaires du pays et ont aggravé sa situation. Source : Jacobin Mag, Daniel […]
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Henrik cover some of the latest in No-Go Zone this December 28, 2022.
US appears to be in the process of transferring its Patriot air defense missile system to Ukraine. CNN in its article, “Exclusive: US finalizing plans to send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine,” claims the US will approve and then quickly ship the system or systems into Ukraine in just days after the decision is […]
On December 13-15, Washington hosted the US-Africa Leaders Summit – a pompous event full of very lucrative offers with the participation of African heads of state. The initiatives put forward by the United States in the political and economic sphere are initially aimed at impressing and even blinding African leaders: there is an offer of […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Yesterday’s deadly attack in Paris laid open the wound of rampant racism in France. An attacker shot dead three people at a Kurdish cultural center and wounded another three persons. The attacker was arrested and had a history of immigrant attacks. France has a problem with racism and […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator King Abdullah II of Jordan vowed on December 16 that “anyone who raises a weapon against the state will be dealt with firmly”. Yesterday, three more policemen were killed in the same area that saw the murder of the deputy police chief on Thursday and the wounding of two […]
Une fois par an, Cuba lève la tête au-dessus de la clôture qui entoure l’arrière-cour de l’Amérique et appelle le monde à condamner son emprisonnement. Et, une fois par an, les États-Unis, malgré tous leurs grands discours sur l’ordre international et la démocratie, ignorent la parole de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies et continuent à […]
