(2022-04-22). Turkey Says Some NATO Members Want Longer Ukraine War to Hurt Russia. news.antiwar.com In an interview on Wednesday, "There are countries within NATO who want the war to continue," Cavusoglu told CNN Turk. "They want Russia to become weaker." | According to Iran's
(2022-04-22). Wednesday 4/20: Global Geopolitics from Ukraine to the Middle East. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: sjeccd-edu.zoom.us/j/5088214551 | Zoom meeting ID: 508 821 4551 | International dial-in numbers available: zoom.us/u/aM3amGqtL…
(2022-04-22). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-04-22). Países centroasiáticos y Rusia evalúan situación en Afganistán. telesurtv.net La solución de las contradicciones derivadas por la situación en Afganistán resulta vital para la estabilidad regional.
(2022-04-22). Cambodia arrests Laotian man with 5 kg of illicit drugs. xinhuanet.com Cambodian police arrested a Laotian man on Saturday for allegedly smuggling nearly 5 kilos of crystal methamphetamine from Laos into Cambodia, an anti-drug police officer said.
(2022-04-22). Who are the War Criminals? The Nightmare: The Iraq Invasion's Atrocities, Unearthing the Unthinkable. globalresearch.ca They promised that the invasion of Iraq would be without a bloodbath…
(2022-04-22). US Crimes against the People of Iraq, Vietnam, Nicaragua, … : Denial, Selective Perception and Military Atrocities. globalresearch.ca It was under the watch of his father, George Bush, Snr., that in 1991, thousands of Iraqi conscripts were buried alive in southern Iraq…
(2022-04-22). Typhoon Lan lashes central Japan, killing 2 and disrupting transport systems. xinhuanet.com Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday.
(2022-04-22). Malaysia says to release body of Kim Jong Nam to DPRK. news.xinhuanet.com Malaysia will release the body of Kim Jong Nam to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and allow its nationals to leave, after the nine stranded Malaysian citizens in DPRK were freed, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement on Thursday.
(2022-04-22). Stop the execution of Melissa Lucio, an innocent woman and survivor. liberationnews.org 
Texas officials have set Melissa Lucio to be executed on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
(2022-04-22). Mi primera vida: Presentan autobiografía del Comandante Hugo Chávez Frías (+ Video). cubadebate.cu El libro Mi primera vida, texto autobiográfico del Comandante Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías escrito por el periodista español Ignacio Ramonet, fue presentado en el contexto de la 30 Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana. Realizado entre 2008 y 2013, esta obra contó con la revisión minuciosa del propio Chávez.
(2022-04-22). Manila Int'l Auto Show kicks off. news.xinhuanet.com Visitors attend the Manila International Auto Show at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, the Philippines.
(2022-04-22). S.Korean court ends longest-ever hearing on warrant to arrest ex-president Park. news.xinhuanet.com A South Korean court on Thursday ended the longest-ever hearing here on a warrant to arrest former President Park Geun-hye, who was impeached earlier this month.
(2022-04-22). S. Korea's ex-president Park arrested following impeachment over corruption scandal. news.xinhuanet.com Former President Park Geun-hye of South Korea was arrested early Friday as a Seoul court approved the request from prosecutors following her impeachment earlier this month over a corruption scandal embroiling her.
(2022-04-22). Sri Lankan government deploys military, defends police shooting of protesters. wsws.org False government and police allegations that violent protesters are blocking transport are being used to justify the mobilisation of the Sri Lankan military.
(2022-04-22). Sunday 5/1: Bay Area Labor May Day Parade & Rally. indybay.org Parade will begin at Market Street and the Embarcadero in San Francisco and will march up to the Civic Center, where the rally will be held.
(2022-04-21). Ukraine: A New Consensus On Whiteness? popularresistance.org In 1999 US and NATO forces bombed Serbia for 78 days, ushering a new century further characterized by war and militarism. With no negative consequences of military overreach, especially after the dismantling of the Soviet Union, the U.S. unleashed war in its various forms (from direct attacks to sanctions, drones, and subversion) with a wanton disregard for its human and political consequences. Yet, even when massive numbers of U.S. troops were deployed in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, and other ancient cities whose names are in the great religious texts of the world, and reduced them to rubble, the awful rea…
(2022-04-21). Ben Norton on the US-Backed Coup in Pakistan, Neverending War in Ukraine, and a Multipolar World. mintpressnews.com "Anyone who knows the basic history of the U.S. knows that it has organized coups and impeachments and color revolutions around the world for many decades, but [Khan's ouster] was pretty much done in broad daylight!" — Ben Norton…
(2022-04-21). Now is the Time for Non-Alignment and Peace. orinocotribune.com By Roger McKenzie and Vijay Prashad — Apr 16, 2022 | "And maps can really point to places | Where life is evil now" | — WH Auden, In Time of War, 1939 | War is an ugly part of the human experience. Everything about it is hideous. War is most obviously the act of invasion and the brutality that goes along with its operations. No war is precise; every war hurts civilians. Each act of bombardment sends a neurological shudder through a society. | World War II demonstrated this ugliness in the Holocaust and in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | From Hiroshima and the Holocaust rose two mighty m…
(2022-04-21). Saakashvili: We are not a war party, but "Ukraine and world are defeating Georgia's century-old enemy" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2April 21, 2022 We are not a war party, but a party that protects and saves the country — Mikheil Saakashvili We are not a war party, but a party that protects and saves the country. Such a statement made today the former president of Georgia. "Great changes await the whole region and the world. …
(2022-04-21). "A lot" of heavy mortars delivered to Ukraine through Lithuania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 21, 2022 Lithuania Transfers Heavy Mortars To Ukraine Lithuania transferred heavy mortars to Ukraine….The number of weapons is not specified. It is reported by European Pravda with reference to the statement of the Minister of Defense of Lithuania Arvydas Anusauskas. "We transferred heavy mortars to Ukraine. I won't name numbers, but we …
(2022-04-21). Treasury's Yellen, Ukraine's PM meet: weapons, finances, sanctions. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 21, 2022 PM Shmyhal, U.S. Treasury Secretary discuss weapons, finances, sanctions Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed increasing financial support for Ukraine and stepping up sanctions pressure on Russia with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. "Weapons, finances, and sanctions. These are the main talking points of our visit to Washington. I discussed the …
(2022-04-21). "We want this war to end with victory of Ukraine": Spain ships more arms to prolong war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 21, 2022 Spain sends new military aid batch to Ukraine Spain has sent a new batch of military aid to Ukraine, containing 200 tonnes of ammunition, military supplies, trucks, and armored vehicles. "I want to announce that a new batch of weapons has been sent to Ukraine. The Spanish ship Isabel, which today departed …
(2022-04-21). Ukraine taps Portugal for tanks, APCs, anti-ship missiles. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 21, 2022 Zelensky turns to Portugal requesting to hand over Leopard tanks, armored personnel carriers, anti-ship weapons President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed the parliament and people of Portugal with a request to transfer Leopard tanks, armored personnel carriers and Harpoon anti-ship missiles to Ukraine…. "When we address the peoples of the free …
(2022-04-21). Karabakh II: Azerbaijan, Ukraine tout high-level strategic partnership. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The final paragraph, coming from an official of the nation that not long ago invaded Nagorno-Karabakh, killing as many as 5,000 of its 145,000 citizens and displacing 50,000, is grotesque in its unconscionable duplicity.And Russia's response to that 44-day war — in fact its non-response (to say no worse) — inevitably invited Ukraine's scrapping of …
(2022-04-21). U.S. viceroy shepherding Georgia into war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 21, 2022 Georgian PM, US Ambassador discuss ongoing war in Ukraine, partnership Also see: U.S. ambassador to Georgia blasts "revanchist" Russia for 220 years of barbaric atrocities The ongoing war in Ukraine, the security situation in the Black Sea region, and the strengthening of partnership between Georgia and the United States were discussed by …
(2022-04-21). Poland says it's funneled billions in military aid for "biggest armored battle since Second World War" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 21, 2022 Poland sends billions in military aid to Ukraine: spokesman Poland has sent billions worth of military assistance to war-torn Ukraine, the government spokesman said on Thursday. On Wednesday, Poland's President Andrzej Duda and senior government ministers agreed "to continue military supplies to Ukraine" amid Russia's invasion, Màºller said. "And this is …
(2022-04-21). Trudeau: Canada to provide heavy artillery to Ukrainian military. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Canadian PressApril 20, 2022 Canada will send heavy artillery to Ukraine, Trudeau pledges Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed plans Tuesday to send heavy artillery to embattled Ukraine…. Trudeau mentioned the plan to provide artillery…during a news conference in Dalhousie, N.B., saying the decision followed a specific request to Canada from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government. …
(2022-04-21). Workers and youth in Sri Lanka support International Online May Day Rally. wsws.org SEP and IYSSE campaigners encountered strong support for the international event, with many people voicing their concerns about the escalating Ukraine war and worsening social conditions in Sri Lanka.
(2022-04-21). Ukraine border: NATO holds missile interception drill in Slovakia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandApril 21, 2022 Allies integrate PATRIOT missile defence system during NATO exercise in Slovakia During an Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) exercise in Sliaƒç, Slovakia, from April, 19 to 21, 2022, Allies will train with the deployed PATRIOT missile defence system to enhance Alliance cohesion and interoperability. The exercise will involve increasingly …
(2022-04-21). 4 ISIL terrorists detained by Iraqi army in Diyala. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — Iraqi army forces managed to identify and arrest 4 members of the ISIL terrorist group in Diyala province.
(2022-04-21). Iraq demands halt to Turkish attacks in Kurdistan region, denies cooperating with offensive. peoplesdispatch.org Turkey, a NATO member, began its land and air invasion inside northern Iraq on April 17. It is targeting the forces of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Syrian YPG militia…
(2022-04-21). Japanese PM Kishida sends offering to notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine. ecns.cn Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine on the occasion of its spring festival.
(2022-04-21). S.Korea expresses regret over Japanese PM's offering to war-linked shrine. ecns.cn South Korea on Thursday expressed regret over Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sending a ritual offering to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, seen as a symbol of the militaristic and colonial past of Japan.
(2022-04-21). Malaysia says to release body of Kim Jong Nam to DPRK. news.xinhuanet.com Malaysia will release the body of Kim Jong Nam to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and allow its nationals to leave, after the nine stranded Malaysian citizens in DPRK were freed, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement on Thursday.
(2022-04-21). Manila Int'l Auto Show kicks off. news.xinhuanet.com Visitors attend the Manila International Auto Show at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, the Philippines.
(2022-04-21). S.Korean court ends longest-ever hearing on warrant to arrest ex-president Park. news.xinhuanet.com A South Korean court on Thursday ended the longest-ever hearing here on a warrant to arrest former President Park Geun-hye, who was impeached earlier this month.
(2022-04-21). S. Korea's ex-president Park arrested following impeachment over corruption scandal. news.xinhuanet.com Former President Park Geun-hye of South Korea was arrested early Friday as a Seoul court approved the request from prosecutors following her impeachment earlier this month over a corruption scandal embroiling her.
(2022-04-21). Critical political issues facing anti-government protests in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The SEP warns that while the Galle Face Green protest organisers say "no politics," they are smuggling in the politics of the opposition parties, which like the government, are committed to implementing the IMF's austerity measures.
(2022-04-21). US is Among the States that Support Nazism. journal-neo.org 
Syria has sent a formal accusation of US war crimes to UN Secretary General António Guterres and the UN Security Council. The Syrian side believes that the actions of the US-led coalition in Raqqa in 2017 led to the near total destruction of the city and mass civilian deaths. The time has come to shed …
(2022-04-21). Turkish Combat Drones Continue To Target SDF-Held Areas In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org 
Bayrakdar TB2 UCAV, source: ssb.gov.tr | On April 21, a Turkish drone strike hit the Christian town of Tell Damshig in the northern countryside of Syria's al-Hasakah. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the drone strike targeted a position of the Tell Tamer Military Council, a faction of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). According to the London-based monitoring group, three Assyrian personnel of the SDF were wounded as a result of the strike. | Following the drone strike, th…
(2022-04-21). The UN Must Investigate Allegations of Atrocities by US-Led Forces in Syria. libya360.wordpress.com Bradley Blankenship If any 'rules-based world order' is to be preserved, the rules must apply to everyone As we can all admit, the international order is falling into disarray, and a formal inquiry into allegations of atrocities committed by the United States in Syria must be a prerequisite to upholding international law. According to a…
(2022-04-21). Car bomb blast reported in NW Damascus. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — Syrian news sources reported that a car bomb had exploded in northwestern Damascus, the country's capital.
(2022-04-21). Turkey supplied ballistic helmets, vests for Zelensky and his inner circle. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 21, 2022 Turkish firm makes ballistic helmets, vests for Zelenksyy, his team Afirm from central Turkey it turns out has been producing the ballistic protective equipment used by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team since Russia launched its military campaign. The fact emerged after Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank visited the …
(2022-04-21). The Poor at the Crossroads. tomdispatch.com The 54th anniversary of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., just passed. Dr. King was shot down while organizing low-wage sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. At that time, he was building the Poor People's Campaign, an effort to organize America's poor into a force to be reckoned with. In his opposition to the Vietnam War and his promotion of a campaign to lift the load of poverty, he suggested that racism, poverty, and militarism could only be dealt with by uniting millions of poor people to change the very structure of our national life. More than half a century later, his message remai…
(2022-04-21). NATO transformation of Georgian military includes cyber warfare operations. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseApril 21, 2022 Defense attachés got acquainted with the work of the Cyber Security Bureau Foreign military attachés accredited in Georgia visited the Cyber Security Bureau of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia. The visit was part of an annual plan to familiarize the Department of Defense with the NATO standards transformation …
(2022-04-21). Besieged, targeted: ruling party leads first government without war in modern Georgian history. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 21, 2022 Ruling party marks 10th anniversary of foundation as "first Georgian Gov't without war" The ruling Georgian Dream party marked the 10th anniversary of its foundation on Thursday with a statement that said it had formed the first Government in modern Georgian history during which the country did not experience war. The statement …
(2022-04-21). Can we afford a fair global climate transition? nationofchange.org The cost of transformation is not cheap, but consider the alternatives.
(2022-04-21). African leaders opting for nonalignment amidst tensions in Europe. mronline.org 
In addition to today's fuel and energy crises, food insecurity has been a major issue for a number of reasons and, with the current Russian-Ukrainian war, a global food crisis and hunger is a real risk. Unfortunately, this may pave the way for a kind of food diplomacy and food wars.