ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan first target of US sanctions

February 8, 2025
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan is the first person from the war crimes tribunal to be hit by US sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump, Reuters reported on 8 February.

The only way to stop the Netanyahu-Trump plan to eliminate Palestine is to begin rebuilding Gaza now

February 8, 2025
Muhannad Ayyash
Under orders from President Donald Trump, unelected tech billionaire Elon Musk and his rogue unit, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have taken a political sledgehammer to federal agencies as part of a top-down personnel and cost-cutting shakeup that has been derided by Democrats and legal experts as unconstitutional.

DOGE Ransacks NOAA, Raising Fears About Privatization of Climate Data

February 8, 2025
Mike Ludwig
Under orders from President Donald Trump, unelected tech billionaire Elon Musk and his rogue unit, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have taken a political sledgehammer to federal agencies as part of a top-down personnel and cost-cutting shakeup that has been derided by Democrats and legal experts as unconstitutional.

 A hurricane specialist works on tracking Hurricane Beryl at the National Hurricane Center on July 1, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle / Getty Images

In Valdai, confronting the “American problem” in West Asia

February 7, 2025
Pepe Escobar
MOSCOW – The 14th Middle East Conference of the Valdai Club in Moscow was hit by a geopolitical bunker buster bomb right in the middle of the proceedings: the announcement, by US President Donald Trump himself, of some sort of future Trump Gaza Riviera Resort and Casino in Palestine.