Haftar Leads A Coup: A General’s Odd War on the Muslim Brotherhood | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 28, 2014 On 16 May, Libya’s rogue general Khalifa Haftar staged several bloody attacks against other Libyan militias in the name of eradicating terrorism by leadi ...

Washington Drives the World Toward War | Paul Craig Roberts

Paul Craig RobertsDec. 14, 2014 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- Washington has had the United States at war for 12 years: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Yemen, and almost Syria, which could s ...

Memories of South Africa | Joel S. Hirschhorn

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Dec. 17, 2013 Earlier this year I had the great pleasure to visit South Africa. Compared with most Americans, the passing of Nelson Mandela brought tears to my ...

The Un-Revolution: Yemen’s Mediocre Transition | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 13, 2013 Considering the off-putting reality, one fails to imagine a future scenario in which Yemen could avoid a full-fledged conflict or a civil war. It is tru ...

Washington Thinks You Are Stupid | Paul Craig Roberts

Aug. 6, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- There’s the old saying that if the government fears the people, there is liberty, but if the people fear the government there is tyranny. The criminals in Washi ...

End to Fed stimulus, China slowdown spark world sell-off | Richard Hubbard

LONDON (Reuters) - Clear signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it will soon stop pumping money into the global economy and data pointing to slower growth in China sparked sharp falls in bonds, s ...

Paths of Folly | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust June 17, 2013 Societies periodically go insane. Fallacious memes sweep through a frightened and confused populace and bad things happen, bad choices get made ...

African Safari Trip of a Lifetime | Joel S. Hirschhorn

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust May 22, 2013 The most amazing thing I learned on my first safari trip in South Africa is that elephants have the most incredible, very long black eyelashes. Sec ...

Gorilla Warfare: The Animal-Prison/Industrial Complex | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 13, 2013 “I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign.” - Carl Sagan The role of ...

Obama’s Expanding Kill List | Paul Craig Roberts

Feb. 11, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Prosecutors always expand laws far beyond their intent. Attorneys in civil cases do the same. For example, the 1970 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ...

No Security Firms for African Refugees | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 31, 2013 The British security firm G4S is set to rake in massive profits thanks to crises in Mali, Libya and Algeria. Recognized as the world’s biggest security ...