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At long last, this may be the year Washington puts the brakes on Israeli settlement expansion into Palestinian lands. 

The anti-Russia bill violates the rule of law, contradicts American values and undermines US national security.

The US military’s aggressive Asia-Pacific strategy is escalating tensions with China and prompting local resistance throughout the region.

Why are US taxpayers still forced to pay billions of dollars for US military bases?

Morsi's latest power play has sparked the largest uprisings in Egypt since Mubarak was ousted.

What remains of the initial Obama drive to reach out to Iran with an “engagement that is honed and grounded in mutual respect”?

The tangled diplomacy over UN recognition seemed to affirm that Hamas’s defiance pays greater dividends than the Palestinian Authority’s conciliation.

The recent World Energy Outlook report that has many cheering U.S. oil supremacy—when it should be setting off alarm bells on the climate crisis. 

Testimonies from Israeli Defense Force veterans reveal the truth about the ongoing occupation.

As with Operation Cast Lead, Washington is directly complicit—and this time, Israel can argue it’s merely channeling US drone assassination policy.