Trump, Netanyahu, Pence and Bolton: The Four Horsemen of the Nuclear Apocalypse
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-16
These are the demented Gang of Four who are determined to destroy 74 years of international cooperation for peace by waging a completely unwarranted war against Iran in a bid for global supremacy, and oil, that will provoke nuclear war …
globalresearch.ca/trump-netanyahu-pence-bolton-4-horsemen-nuclear-apocalypse/5683687

Nukes For Peace?
Nicky Reid | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-16
Surrounded by trigger happy Tonkinesque gunboats and drowning in debt, the Islamic Republic of Iran has made the risky decision to play the last card left in their deck; to defy the P5+1 Deal in order to save the P5+1 Deal. It's a hell of a gambit but it already has those pussies in the…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/16/nukes-for-peace/

US Jeopardizes Peace Talks With North Korea Over New Drills
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
The U.S. may have hurt its chances at convincing North Korea to abandon their nuclear program following Washington's decision to break a promise not to hold military exercises with South Korea. | RELATED: | Australian Student Expelled From North Korea For 'Spying Acts' | According to North Korea's official news agency, U.S. President Donald Trump revitalized efforts to persuade them to give up their nuclear weapons last month when he arranged a spur-of-the-moment meeting with No…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Jeopardizes-Peace-Talks-With-North-Korea-Over-New-Drills-20190716-0003.html

Everybody Must Get Stoned
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-16
I recently wrote on these pages about the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee. Reading an article that the committee references on the Pentagon's past commemoration of the war, I was not surprised to find pure and unabashed vitriol hurled at the peace movement of the 1960s and early 1970s. Yogi Berra might have observed that…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/16/everybody-must-get-stoned/

What Right Has Britain to Seize an Iranian Tanker Off Spain?
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-16
"We have reason to believe that the Grace 1 was carrying its shipment of crude oil to the Banyas Refinery in Syria. That refinery is the property of an entity that is subject to European Union sanctions against Syria." — Fabian Picardo, chief minister of Gibraltar…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/16/what-right-has-britain-to-seize-an-iranian-tanker-off-spain/

Iran's Supreme Leader Threatens to Respond to UK's 'Piracy'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic would respond to Great Britain's 'piracy' over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar. | RELATED: | Unlike US, UK Foreign Secretary Wants To Save Iran Nuclear Deal | The religious leader called on Great Britain to immediately release the Iranian oil tanker and end their hostilities towards the Islamic Republic. | "Evil Britain commits piracy and steals our ship … an…
telesurenglish.net/news/Irans-Supreme-Leader-Threatens-to-Respond-to-UKs-Piracy-20190716-0004.html

How Israeli-Designed Drones Became Russia's Eyes in the Sky for Defending Bashar al-Assad
Patrick Hilsman | theintercept.com | 2019-07-16
Last summer, Israel shot down yet another military drone near the line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. The confrontation would have been business as usual, if not for a twist: Images of the destroyed drone showed Cyrillic tail markings and other identifiable components of a Forpost belonging to Russia. The findings presented an awkward geopolitical moment: Syria and Russia are allies, and Syria and Israel are bitter enemies — but the Russ…
theintercept.com/2019/07/16/syria-war-israel-russia-drones/

The World Needs a Water Treaty
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-16
During the face-off earlier this year between India and Pakistan over a terrorist attack that killed more than 40 Indian paramilitaries in Kashmir, New Delhi made an existential threat to Islamabad. The weapon was not India's considerable nuclear arsenal, but one still capable of inflicting ruinous destruction: water.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/16/the-world-needs-a-water-treaty/

How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade
Katy Fox-Hodess | thenation.com | 2019-07-16
How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade…
thenation.com/article/dockworkers-saudi-yemen-strike/

Ruthless Philippine President's High Popularity Is the Result of Failed Democracy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-16
As the death toll in President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs keeps climbing, so does his popularity. How can this be? Walden Bello says it is the result of a failed liberal democracy in the Philippines…
therealnews.com/stories/ruthless-philippine-presidents-high-popularity-is-the-result-of-failed-democracy

Hong Kong protests continue amid clashes with police
wsws.org | 2019-07-16
The Hong Kong and central governments are incapable of addressing the real concerns for democratic rights and social equality that are driving the protests.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/16/hong-j16.html

China's PLA Political-Military Strategy for the Past 30 & Next 30 Years
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-07-16
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/15/18824761.php

Have 'Russian bots' tricked Americans into thinking their country has problems? RT investigates
rt.com | 2019-07-16
Americans concerned about political friction in the US will be relieved to know that, according to the media, most of these issues have been manufactured by Russian bots. RT took a closer look at this scary conspiracy. | …
rt.com/usa/464272-russian-bots-us-manipulation/

S-400, Sudan, Hong Kong protests, Somali attack
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-15
S-400 On July 14, the seventh aircraft carrying Russian S-400 air defense system components arrived in Turkey at the Myrted airbase. Turkey has now become the first NATO country to purchase the S-400. The purchase caused months of disagreements with the United States, who argued that the F-35 fighter jets Turkey had purchased were incompatible …
uwidata.com/4303-s-400-sudan-hong-kong-protests-somali-attack/

Remnants of War
Kathy Kelly | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-15
Intense fighting and hideous attacks battered Afghans throughout their country last week as negotiators in Qatar weighed the benefits and costs of a peace agreement that might stop the bloodshed. In Kabul at least 40 people, including one child, were killed in a complex Taliban attack. Dozens of children whose school was partially collapsed by a massive…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/15/remnants-of-war/

Pressley, AOC, Tlaib and Omar Hit Back at Trump's Bigotry
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-15
After President Donald Trump on Sunday directed a series of racist tweets at Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley, the group of freshman congresswomen known as the "the Squad" rebuked the president for his bigoted remarks and vowed to continue fighting his cruel attacks on immigrants and other vulnerable communities. | "This is what racism looks like," tweeted Pressley, a Massachusetts congresswoman, after Trump said the freshman Democrats should "go back" to the countries "from which they came." | Trump's attack was met with a flood of outrage. By Monday morning, the…
truthout.org/articles/pressley-aoc-tlaib-and-omar-hit-back-at-trumps-bigotry/

Two Congressional Resolutions That Won't Advance Israeli-Palestinian Peace
James Zogby | commondreams.org | 2019-07-15
The U.S. Capitol building (Martin Falbisoner via Wikimedia Commons) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/capitol.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/15/two-congressional-resolutions-wont-advance-israeli-palestinian-peace?cd-origin=rss

I Know What It's Like to Be Told to 'Go Back' to My Own Country
Natasha Hakimi Zapata | truthdig.com | 2019-07-15
As the daughter of Iranian and Mexican immigrants, the president's racist attacks on four congresswomen of color have struck me to my core.
truthdig.com/articles/i-know-what-its-like-to-be-told-to-go-back-to-my-own-country/

Trump murdered the Iran Deal–and Europe isn't too happy about it
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-07-15
During the July 14, 2019 meeting between France, Germany, and the UK to discuss their response to the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal, President Hassan Rouhani remarked that Iran is "always ready for negotiation." Iran, he said, urges the U.S. to "abandon bullying." | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/15/trump-murdered-the-iran-deal-and-europe-isnt-too-happy-about-it/

Turkey's Purchase of Russian S-400 Air Defense System: A Blow to the US War Machine
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Turkey's purchase of state-of-the-art Russian S-400 air defense equipment at the expense of less capable US Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missiles is of much greater significance than has been reported. More on this below. | The White | …
globalresearch.ca/turkeys-purchase-russian-s-400s-blow-us-war-machine/5683541

Revanchist Israel Bent on Territorial Expansion. Towards "Greater Israel"?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Israel is the only nation without official borders. From its inception it was planned this way to extrajudicially annex more territory. | A territorial expansion plan was drawn up in the 1980s as part of the US/Israel plan to redraw the …
globalresearch.ca/revanchist-israel-bent-on-territorial-expansion-towards-greater-israel/5683600

Italy Seizes Air-To-Air Missile, Guns in Raids on Neo-Nazis
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Italian police have seized Monday a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathizers. | RELATED: | Italy Shuts Down Europe's Once Biggest Migrant Center | "During the operation, an air-to-air missile in perfect working order and used by the Qatari army was seized," police said of the 245-kilogram (540-pound) Matra missile. They also found automatic assault rifles that they described as "latest generation" among the cache. | Three men were arre…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italy-Seizes-Missile-Guns-in-Raids-on-Neo-Nazis-20190715-0021.html

"Fossil Fuel Stooges" Pence & Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana & South Asia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-15
Ongoing heavy rain has killed at least 67 people in Nepal, 25 in India and 14 in Bangladesh as flooding from monsoons has displaced 1 million people in South Asia. This year's flooding in the region has been worse than ever before and is likely fueled by rising global temperatures, which have led to more extreme weather. Scientists warn that the risk of deadly floods is not over. In the United States, New Orleans residents managed to avoid the worst of Tropical Storm Barry, but 11 million people continued to be on flash flood warning as the storm slowly made its way through Louisiana over the weekend. President T…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/15/nepal_india_bangladesh_flooding_climate_crisis

Pence and Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana and Asia
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-15
Ongoing heavy rain has killed at least 67 people in Nepal, 25 in India and 14 in Bangladesh as flooding from monsoons has displaced 1 million people in South Asia. This year's flooding in the region has been worse than ever before and is likely fueled by rising global temperatures, which have led to more extreme weather. Scientists warn that the risk of deadly floods is not over. In the United States, New Orleans residents managed to avoid the worst of Tropical Storm Barry, but 11 million people continued to be on flash flood warning as the storm slowly made its way through Louisiana over the weekend. Presiden…
truthout.org/video/pence-and-trump-deny-climate-crisis-as-deadly-rains-slam-louisiana-and-asia/

Some Iranian women taking off hijabs as hardliners push back on dress code
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-15
A few daring women in Iran's capital have been taking off their headscarves in public, risking arrest and drawing the ire of hardliners.The simple act of walking has become a display of defiance for one young Iranian woman who often moves in Tehran's streets without a hijab.With every step, she risks harassment or even arrest by Iran's morality police, whose job is to enforce the strict dress code imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.Women spend an afternoon around the Persian Gulf Martyrs' Lake in Tehran (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)"I have to confess it is really, really scary," the 30-year-old fire safety consulta…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/07/15/some-iranian-women-taking-off-hijabs-as-hardliners-push-back-on-dress-code/

Unlike US, UK Foreign Secretary Wants To Save Iran Nuclear Deal
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Britain said Monday there was a "small window" of time to save the Iran nuclear deal, as Tehran signaled it would ramp up its nuclear program if Europe failed to do more to salvage the pact. | RELATED: | Leaks Reveal Trump Left Pact With Iran to Erase Obama's Legacy | "Iran is still a good year away from developing a nuclear bomb. There is still some closi…
telesurenglish.net/news/iran-nuclear-deal-uk-jeremy-hunt-brussels-us-donald-trump-20190715-0010.html

"Radiating Insecurity": Will Europe Stand with "US Hooliganism", or Stand by Its Treaty Obligations to Iran?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Since the Iranian revolution took power in 1979, the world stood against Iran because it is an "Islamic Republic", unwilling to acknowledge and bow to US dominance of the Middle East and the entire world. I say the world because …
globalresearch.ca/will-europe-stand-us-hooliganism-stand-its-treaty-obligations-iran/5683527

UK Says They Will Release Iranian Oil Tanker After Guarantees of Destination
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-15
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt spoke with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, over the phone on Saturday.

UK Says They Will Release Iranian Oil Tanker After Guarantees of Destination

America Pours "Oil into Fire" in Persian Gulf. Strategic Waterways. Control of Strait of Hormuz
M. K. Bhadrakumar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
The illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibralter by the British Navy last Friday is fast acquiring farcical character. Britain acted at the behest of the US; in turn, the US probably acted at the behest of the …
globalresearch.ca/america-pours-oil-into-fire-in-persian-gulf-strategic-waterways-control-of-strait-of-hormuz/5683658

Trump's Fixation on Intellectual Property Rights Serves the Rich
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-15
Between making threats of actual war with North Korea and Iran, Donald Trump has also gotten us into a trade war with China. Trump's ostensible reason for this trade war — the large US trade deficit with China — actually did have some basis in reality, but in practice the trade war is straying into turf that is likely to offer few gains for US workers and could actually lead to sizable losses. | A major theme in Trump's campaign was that China is a world-class currency manipulator that deliberately keeps down the value of its currency to give its products an advantage in international trade. The ba…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-fixation-on-intellectual-property-rights-serves-the-rich/

US Waterboards Iran and Then Asks for Talks: Former IAEA Head
The Iran Project | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Washington is waterboarding Iran then asks for talks, said former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei, adding that no country will cooperate under such 'humiliating conditions'. | "They are applying a waterboarding method to Iran, drowning Iran | …
globalresearch.ca/us-waterboards-iran-then-asks-talks-former-iaea-head/5683528

Iran's Not the Aggressor. The U.S. Is
Khury Petersen-Smith | commondreams.org | 2019-07-15
The U.S. is brutalizing ordinary Iranians, even as its actions and rhetoric are driving toward a more serious military confrontation. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bullets.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/15/irans-not-aggressor-us?cd-origin=rss

Survivors of ISIL terror in Iraq want justice, not revenge, says head of UN investigation team
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-15
The scale and barbarity of the crimes committed by ISIL have ultimately served not to divide but to unify, Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, head of the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD), told the Security Council on Monday.
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Strained US-Iraq Relations: Pompeo Considers Baghdad Embassy Pullout "Permanent": Officials
Bas News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not willing to send back the diplomats to the country's embassy in Baghdad after they were evacuated earlier this year in May, according to several State Department officials. | The evacuation came after tensions …
globalresearch.ca/strained-us-iraq-relations-pompeo-considers-baghdad-embassy-pullout-permanent-officials/5683622

De-Dollarizing the American Financial Empire
Michael Hudson — Bonnie Faulkner | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-15
Imperialism is getting something for nothing. It is a strategy to obtain other countries' surplus without playing a productive role, but by creating an extractive rentier system. An imperialist power obliges other countries to pay tribute. Of course, America doesn't come right out and tell other countries, "You have to pay us tribute," like Roman…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/15/de-dollarizing-the-american-financial-empire/

Federal magistrate judge recommends $14 million in damages to Jewish woman targeted in neo-Nazi harassment campaign
splcenter.org | 2019-07-15
Federal Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch issued a ruling today recommending that Andrew Anglin, publisher of a major neo-Nazi website, should pay more than $14 million in damages to Tanya Gersh, the Whitefish, Montana, woman who received a relentless barrage of antisemitic threats and messages from Anglin and his followers.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/15/federal-magistrate-judge-recommends-14-million-damages-jewish-woman-targeted-neo-nazi

Founder of African American Museum Found Dead in Car Trunk
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-15
BATON ROUGE, La. — A 75-year-old Louisiana woman who founded an African American history museum was discovered dead in the trunk of a car, and police said Saturday that investigators were working diligently to find those responsible. | Baton Rouge police Sgt. L'Jean McKneely said investigators were still waiting for a coroner to determine a cause of death for Sadie Roberts-Joseph after her body was found Friday afternoon. | The Advocate reported Roberts-Joseph was the founder and curator of the Baton Rouge African American Museum, which she started in 2001. The museum sits on the campus of New St. Luke Bapt…
truthdig.com/articles/founder-of-african-american-museum-found-dead-in-car-trunk/

Spectre of British Colonialism Is Haunting Hong Kong?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Five years after the "umbrella revolution", Hong Kong residents took to the streets with the new force. This time they are struggling against the law on the extradition to mainland China. | As in 2014, the Chinese authorities blame the West …
globalresearch.ca/spectre-british-colonialism-haunting-hong-kong/5683592

On Trump's "Misguided Trade War" with China
Allen Yu | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Trump started his trade war with China over a year ago. After a year of escalations, two high-profile G20 meetings and months of on-off-on again negotiations, the trade war has the world tittering on the edge of a global recession….
globalresearch.ca/trumps-misguided-trade-war-china/5683641

China Reports High Economic Growth of 6.3%
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Despite the US trade war, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday that the country has met its growth targets after recording a 6.3 percent rise in GDP and an 8.8 percent rise in average disposable incomes. | RELATED: | Chinese VP Says World Cannot Shut China Out | Analysts awaited the publication of growth figures to see if U.S. sanctions and tariff war would hinder China's ability to reach the government's official growth targets, which were a 6 percent rise in GDP for the f…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Reports-High-Economic-Growth-of-6.3—20190715-0014.html

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Rejecting US Sanctions
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-15
The draft resolution was approved with 28 votes in favor, 14 against and five abstentions, and was presented by Venezuela and Palestine on behalf of the Movement of Non-aligned Countries.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14585

Syria Calls on Civilized World to Intervene in Turkey Cultural Aggression
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Turkey has a long history of criminal aggression against Syria. Even before the NATO Spring was imposed in March 2011, Turkey had built tent cities for refugees, before they felt the need to flee. It has housed various terrorists, fraudulent …
globalresearch.ca/syria-calls-civilized-world-intervene-turkey-cultural-aggression/5683556

More Families Freed from US Controlled Rukban Concentration Camp in Northern Syria
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
While the partisan, fake faction fight over usage of concentration camp persists domestically, American politicians and US media continue to ignore the US Rukban concentration camp in Syria. US occupation criminals continue as illicit armed guards, dictating which Syrians may …
globalresearch.ca/more-families-freed-us-ss-rukban-concentration-camp/5683558

Three years ago, Turkey nearly went over the edge
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-15
The events of that ill-fated night will live in the memory of the Turkish citizens who survived them. In reviewing the July 15 attempted coup three years later, it is important to take an objective look and not presume any easy answers or explanations. It is clear that what happened would be practically impossible without …
uwidata.com/4277-three-years-ago-turkey-nearly-went-over-the-edge/

Stifling "The Amman Message": Threat to Bomb Islamic Studies Venue in Kuala Lumpur
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
In any civilised society no one will resort to violence, or the threat of violence, to stifle the voices that one does not want to hear. Unfortunately, this is what happened in Malaysia a few days ago when some bigots …
globalresearch.ca/stifling-amman-message/5683570

A Solar-Powered Future Is Finally Upon Us
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-15
The world's solar future continues to brighten, further and faster than seemed possible only a few years ago. | As the price of all types of solar technology goes on falling, it is becoming possible for large parts of the world to replace fossil fuels with cleaner and cheaper solar alternatives. A UN-backed report says much of Asia could meet all its electricity needs and ditch coal completely, by adopting solar power on a large scale. | After an initial drop of 2% in installations of solar equipment in the United States when President Donald Trump put a 30% tariff on overseas-manufactured solar panels, the marke…
truthdig.com/articles/a-solar-powered-future-is-finally-upon-us/

The Forum of Puebla: A New Latin American Progressive Space
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
30 political leaders representing 10 Latin American countries gathered on Saturday in Puebla, capital of the state of Puebla in Mexico, as a part of a project called ProgressiveMind (ProgresivaMente), aimed at uniting progressive forces from the continent. | RELATED: | US Labels Anti-Pakistan Baloch Army a 'Terrorist' Organization | Ex-member of the Mexican Congress and current Governor of Puebla, Luis Miguel Barbosa Huerta hosted the meeting which was attended by prominent lead…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Forum-of-Puebla-A-New-Latin-American-Progressive-Space-20190715-0024.html

Kaepernick anthem-kneeling controversy was the work of 'Russian Bots' — Kamala Harris
rt.com | 2019-07-15
What can't those dastardly Russian bots do? Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has blamed the media commotion surrounding former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's kneeling during the national anthem on the Kremlin's minions. | …
rt.com/usa/464243-kamala-harris-russian-bots/

War by Other Means: Understanding and Challenging U.S. Sanctions Against Russia (3/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-15
2019 Left Forum panel on US economic war against Russia, presented by Prof. Jeremy Kuzmarov…
therealnews.com/stories/war-by-other-means-understanding-and-challenging-u-s-sanctions-against-russia-3-3

PayPal co-founder Thiel says FBI, CIA should probe Google over 'infiltration' by China — media
rt.com | 2019-07-15
Silicon Valley bigwig Peter Thiel believes that Google, which aided China's military, may be infested with Beijing's agents, according to a media report. The FBI and CIA now have to keep an eye on the search giant, he said. | …
rt.com/usa/464194-google-china-intelligence-probe/