The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now

A Hong Kong-based bank is offering new and existing customers an express reservation for a complimentary BioNTech/Pfizer mRNA vaccine if they deposit at least HK$4,000,000, or about $512,200, into an account. The vaccine is being offered as mainland China lifts its cross-border restrictions with Hong Kong and is among a number of "privileges" China CITIC Bank International, which is held by Chinese state-owned CITIC Group, is rolling out until March 31.

EU officials attack Joe Biden over sky-high gas prices, weapons sales and trade as Vladimir Putin’s war threatens to destroy Western unity.

The White House says President Joe Biden has objected to what it says is China's "coercive and increasingly aggressive actions" toward Taiwan.

The U.S. is offering up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of a Singaporean businessman who helped smuggle oil to North Korea, the State Department announced Thursday.

Oil prices steadied on Thursday as indications that OPEC+ might cut output were tempered by a stronger dollar and weak economic outlook. Brent crude futures for November edged up 26 cents, or 0.3%, to $89.58 a barrel by 1354 GMT. The more active December contract eased 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $87.92.

In an address to the Trondheim World Festival in Norway, John Pilger charts the history of power propaganda and describes how it appropriates journalism in a 'profound imperialism' and is likely to entrap us all, if we allow it.


It is more urgent than ever for Europe to become self-sufficient in energy. This is accompanied by major power shifts, both within and outside the EU. What will the energy transition mean for geopolitical relations?

A documentary, looking like a reminder for the CCP, lists 5 lessons to be learned from the fall of the USSR.

This neoliberalism has been a path to becoming a failed economy and indeed, a failed state, obliged to suffer debt deflation

In 2001, the Bush administration was focused on China and tensions had spiked. The 9/11 attacks were a "geopolitical gift to China,“ says one expert.

The long read: In 2008, many of Barack Obama’s supporters hoped he would bring the global war on terror to a close. Instead, he expanded it – and his successors have done nothing to change course

The June 6 edition of the German newsweekly Der Spiegel described Donald Trump as a “fire devil” and a president who “sets fire to his country.” The English edition of Der Spiegel continues with this damningly accurate description of America in the Age of Trump: Should we be worried about the United States?

Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit secretly films officials in Namibia demanding cash in exchange for political favours. It’s a story of how foreign companies plunder Africa’s natural resources. Using confidential documents provided to Al Jazeera by Wikileaks, . “Anatomy of a Bribe” exposes the government ministers and public officials willing to sell off Namibia’s assets in return for millions of dollars in bribes.

Tensions are running high in Europe with a history of paranoia and mistrust. The rhetoric being used raises the concern of a military escalation. And now there are massive war and political games that will only add to the combustible situation.

On the rare occasions the US mainstream media refer to the US shootdown of an Iranian airliner in 1988, they sustain the myth it was simply a "mistake".

Chinese state television is gaining influence in Africa. But while the media outlets involved officially claim their journalism is independent, those who work for the companies tell a different story. By Bartholomäus Grill.

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told NBC that Iran is an active threat to US interests and 'sowing chaos' in the Middle East. It strikes me that exactly the opposite is true. The Islamic Republic of Iran has in recent years, despite its heritage in the 1979 revolution, acted as an Establishment, status quo power. I don't agree with Iranian policy, e.g. its Syria intervention; I'm just acting as a dispassionate analyst and asking if it is really destabilizing. I conclude, not so much.

Some 18 million barrels of oil transit through every day. The economic impact would be catastrophic. By Scott Ritter.

It is a cliché that the United States and Britain are obsessed with Middle East oil, but the reason for the obsession is often misdiagnosed. By Tom Stevenson.