Scott Ritter EXPOSES: U.S. and Turkey's Big Trap in Syria for Putin & Iran! WARN Israel's Reckless Move Scott Ritter exposes a bold strategy as the U.S. and Turkey allegedly set a trap in Syria targeting Putin and Iran, aiming to shift the regional power balance. Meanwhile, concerns grow over Israel's reckless actions, potentially escalating the conflict further. Is the Middle East on the brin [...]

The Wall Street Journal recently reported: “Both of the leading Democratic presidential candidates made the case [during the last debate] that the financial services industry wants to keep them out of the White House, fearing the tough regulatory measures they would impose if elected.” Vox reports: “According to [Bernie] Sanders, a bank that is too big to fail is too big to exist … [...]

The Afghanistan war cannot be won militarily and peace will only be achieved through a political resolution with the Taliban, the newly-appointed American general in charge of US and NATO operations has conceded. [...]

"What Has America Become" was the title of a letter to the editor written by Ken Huber of Tawas City, Michigan. It contains a series of comparisons and contrasts which causes one to think about the double-standards and conditions under which we now live here in America. Sadly America is in decline. [...]

Retired Colonel Douglas Macgregor analyzes President-elect Donald Trump's proposed foreign policy shifts, particularly regarding Ukraine and NATO. Macgregor suggests that Trump's inclination to reassess U.S. commitments to NATO and potentially reduce military aid to Ukraine could lead to significant changes in the geopolitical landscape. He also examines Russian President Vladimir Putin's strate [...]

The Pentagon’s claims that Russia and China are among the top challenges for the US is a justification to continue the flow of taxpayer’s money into major weapon systems and their corporate sponsors, Karen Kwiatkowski, retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel told RT. US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced Tuesday that the Pentagon will request a $582.7 billion defense budget in o [...]

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” When the outright fascist Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidency in October, it wasn’t just the poor, people of colour, LGBTQ, or indigenous peoples that [...]

ZELENSKY’S URGENT WARNING - Turkey’s SHOCKING Decision as US & Russia CLASH at the Table! Documentary Welcome to Tan Globe, your source for deep dives into global conflicts, politics, and travel documentaries that uncover the truth behind world events. Today, we bring you an explosive update on the Turkey-Russia war, a conflict shaping the fate of nations. Right now, as the Ukraine war ne [...]

Cohen is director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, founder of media watch group FAIR and co-founder of the online activism organization RootsAction.org, which just released the statement “Thousands Ask Clinton to ‘Stop Lying’ About Iraq Vote.” At last night’s debate in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton again described herself as a “progressive who gets things [...]

The widening trade conflict between the world’s two largest economies, China and the US, is senseless, according to Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma. The purpose of trade should be to promote peace and communication rather than conflict, he said at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. [...]

Gulf states including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait have reportedly refused to let U.S. planes use their airspace for operations near Iran, signaling a united regional stance against escalating tensions. This comes after U.S. President Trump threatened military action against Iran. The ban covers spy planes, warplanes, refueling, and rescue ops. Despite recent U.S. arms deals with Gulf all [...]

Kiev risks returning the country to an uncontrolled economic crisis if reforms and tight fiscal policy are not continued, Ukraine’s Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said on Wednesday. Last year Ukraine's GDP contracted 10.5 percent while inflation hit more than 45 percent, the second-worst after Venezuela. [...]

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States and Ukraine will cooperate on halting the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin in Washington, DC. "We will keep working together to stop the Nord Stream 2 project that undermines Ukraine's economic and strategic security," Pompeo stated on Friday. [...]

In a landmark press conference from the Kremlin, Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin unveiled a bold new era of China-Russia ties. Commemorating the 80th anniversary of WWII victory, the two leaders attacked Western hegemony, hailed military and economic unity, and called for a new global order. From gas deals to shared history, China and Russia together delivered a thunderous message to the [...]

American society is morally bankrupt and politically broken, and its vision of the future appears utterly dystopian. As the United States descends into the dark abyss of an updated form of totalitarianism, the unimaginable has become imaginable in that it has become possible not only to foresee the death of the essential principles of constitutional democracy, but also the birth of what Hannah Are [...]

Earlier, Reuters reported that certain members of the Saudi royal family are considering changing the line of succession to prevent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from becoming the next king amid the Khgashoggi scandal. [...]

Jordan’s King Abdullah II delivered a searing rebuke of the international community during a formal address to the European Parliament on Tuesday, condemning global inaction over the Gaza war and warning of escalating tensions following Israeli strikes on Iran. Calling the humanitarian crisis in Gaza a “shameful version of our humanity,” the monarch accused world powers of desensitization a [...]

Libya should be called a ‘destroyed state’ instead of a ‘failed state’ because it didn’t fail on its own but was destroyed by US and NATO bombing, says Sara Flounders, Co-Director of the International Action Center.  John Kerry has warned that Libya is on the way to becoming a failed state. What prompted him to say this now, do you think? [...]

Russian classical literature, from Gogol, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky is full of references, sometimes sardonic, sometimes extraordinary, but never banal about the Russian soul. How important is the Russian soul today, and how easy it is for foreigners to understand what this is? [...]

Jean Bricmont, the author of 'Humanitarian Imperialism', a study of how the idea of human rights has been used to justify Western imperialism, finds it troubling that the Western powers engaged in 'humanitarian interventions' abroad have the gall to tell their own populations to 'welcome the refugees' when things go awry. [...]

Vladimir Putin’s simple-minded nature is to blame for the growing tensions between the US and Russia, Defense Secretary James Mattis has claimed, flexing his elite Marine Corps analytical skills. [...]

Loyalty to political parties that stand for something, or that stood for something once upon a time, something worth caring about, would be understandable. But Democrats and Republicans stand for nothing except getting in each other’s way. If they ever stood for anything loftier than that, no one still living remembers. [...]