Category: World
US looking for ‘new creative’ ways to fight a war it’s already ‘won’
The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission.When you run out of munitions, start launching…
Maria Machado hiring DC lobbyists for access to Venezuela’s future
Opposition leader-in-exile Maria Corina Machado has hired veteran Republican lobbyists in Washington DC in what experts say is an effort to gain the…
Pentagon says it killed at least 150 Yemeni civilians last year
The Pentagon acknowledged for the first time that U.S. military operations killed Yemeni civilians last year, in an annual report on civilian casualties…
The Houthis could be first big test for Mecca mutual defense pact
When Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed their joint defense agreement in Mecca on August 7, the alliance’s first test was already taking…
Nicaragua: End of the Electoral Illusion
On 19 July, the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution that first brought him to power, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega declared that his…
UN Special Rapporteur Urges the Protection of Children’s Rights Amid Deepening Conflict and Digital Threats
On July 7, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres presented a report from the Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation, and…
Malawi Bets on Battery Storage to Climate-Proof Its Fragile Power Grid
For years, Malawi’s electricity supply has been at the mercy of droughts, floods and cyclones that have repeatedly exposed the vulnerability of a…
Frankenstein in Charge: Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s Gaza Plan
Should anyone be surprised that Israel has rebuffed Donald Trump? The unconditional support of the US and its Western allies for Israel has…
How the Egypt-Ethiopia feud could upend Trump’s plans in Africa
On July 19, President Donald Trump’s top Africa adviser, Massad Boulos, held a series of talks in Cairo with the foreign ministers of…
When US left Afghanistan, China moved in. So how’s it going?
When the Taliban reclaimed power five years ago, China appeared poised to capitalize on Afghanistan’s new realities. Beijing quickly took important steps to…
