(2023-06-12). Report: Saudi Crown Prince Threatened US With 'Major Economic Consequences'. news.antiwar.com Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warned the US would suffer economic consequences if President Biden retaliated for OPEC oil cuts that were announced last fall, The Washington Post reported.
(2023-06-11). House Democrat Says China Can't Stop US Warships From Transiting Taiwan Strait. news.antiwar.com The top Democrat on the House's new China committee has warned that China's actions will not stop the US from sending warships into the Taiwan Strait. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi's (D-IL) comments come after the US military accused a Chinese naval vessel of making an "unsafe" maneuver in the Taiwan Strait by passing 150 yards in …
(2023-06-11). Iran's Khamenei Says 'Nothing Wrong' With Reaching a Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday that there was "nothing wrong" with Iran reaching an agreement related to its civilian nuclear program as long as its infrastructure remains intact. Khamenei's comments come after Middle East Eye reported the US and Iran were close to an interim nuclear deal that would see Iran reduce …
(2023-06-11). US Ambassador Says Ukraine Unlikely to Get Invite to Join NATO. news.antiwar.com US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith has said that Ukraine is unlikely to receive an invitation to join NATO at the alliance's July summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. "I think the allies now are in agreement that a proper invitation is unlikely while they're engaged in a full-scale war," Smith told POLITICO. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has …
(2023-06-11). Zelensky Confirms Ukrainian Counteroffensive Has Started. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that Ukrainian forces have started their long-awaited counteroffensive. Throughout last week, Russia reported large Ukrainian attacks in the eastern Donbas region and in the southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, but Ukrainian officials stayed quiet about the assaults. On Saturday, Zelensky said that "relevant counteroffensive defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine." …
(2023-06-12). Australia's pseudo-left Socialist Alternative holds fraudulent "anti-war" meeting. wsws.org The starkest aspect of the meeting was that at an event ostensibly opposing war, not a word was said about the war that is underway in Ukraine.
(2023-06-12). Stop the Campaign of Smears and Censorship Targeting Anti-War Meetings on Canadian University Campuses! strategic-culture.org By James CLAYTON | Are you a student at a Canadian university? Help defeat the attempts to censor anti-war actions on university campuses by contacting the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) and joining its struggle to build an international anti-war movement led by the working class. Email iyssecanada@gmail.com and
(2023-06-12). Djibouti hosts IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government. plenglish.com Djibouti, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) The Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) will hold the fourteenth regular meeting of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in order to discuss critical issues for peace, security and regional development.
(2023-06-12). Security Risks Rise as Geopolitical Relations Deteriorate: SIPRI. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published a report showing that global geopolitical relations have deteriorated in the past year and security risks have continued to rise. | RELATED: | Global security and stability are facing increasing risks as geopolitical tensions are heightened, and mistrust and division are growing. | The impact of the Ukrainian crisis is reflected in almost al…
(2023-06-12). UN Chief Condemns Attack on Peacekeepers in Mali. telesurenglish.net Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for António Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, said Guterres condemned the attack on a patrol of UN mission task in Mali; the attack killed a UN peacekeeper representative. | Related: | "The secretary-general recalls that attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law," Dujarric said in a statement. | Dujarric also said tha…
(2023-06-12). African Union Advances Peace Plan for Sudan after the Failure of U.S.-Saudi Mediation. transcend.org 6 Jun 2023 – Fighting Reportedly Has Intensified after the Armed Forces Withdrew from Talks in Jeddah…
(2023-06-12). In China, German Lawmaker Calls for End to Sanctions, an 'Instrument of War' (That Backfires on Europe). transcend.org The following is a speech that Sevim Dağdelen, a member of the German Bundestag, delivered at the Shanghai International Studies University in China on 5 Jun 2023. Dağdelen is the coordinator for the Left Party parliamentary group on the Bundestag's Committee on Foreign Affairs and spokeswoman for international politics. She visited China to promote peace and cooperation.
(2023-06-12). Security Risks Rise as Geopolitical Relations Deteriorate: SIPRI. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published a report showing that global geopolitical relations have deteriorated in the past year and security risks have continued to rise. | RELATED: | Global security and stability are facing increasing risks as geopolitical tensions are heightened, and mistrust and division are growing. | The impact of the Ukrainian crisis is reflected in almost al…
(2023-06-12). UN Chief Condemns Attack on Peacekeepers in Mali. telesurenglish.net Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for António Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, said Guterres condemned the attack on a patrol of UN mission task in Mali; the attack killed a UN peacekeeper representative. | Related: | "The secretary-general recalls that attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law," Dujarric said in a statement. | Dujarric also said tha…
(2023-06-12). African Union Advances Peace Plan for Sudan after the Failure of U.S.-Saudi Mediation. transcend.org 6 Jun 2023 – Fighting Reportedly Has Intensified after the Armed Forces Withdrew from Talks in Jeddah…
(2023-06-12). In China, German Lawmaker Calls for End to Sanctions, an 'Instrument of War' (That Backfires on Europe). transcend.org The following is a speech that Sevim Dağdelen, a member of the German Bundestag, delivered at the Shanghai International Studies University in China on 5 Jun 2023. Dağdelen is the coordinator for the Left Party parliamentary group on the Bundestag's Committee on Foreign Affairs and spokeswoman for international politics. She visited China to promote peace and cooperation.
(2023-06-12). Summer Fundraising — Please Pitch In. transcend.org Dear reader, please partner with TMS by contributing financially to our Peace Journalism. A troubled world needs our solutions as most leaders have gone berserk with their warmongering, fear-inducing militarism, and war-dependent economies. Our heartfelt thanks.
(2023-06-11). The Problem of Peaceful Societies for the Belief in the Necessity of War. davidswanson.org
(2023-06-11). Venezuela ratified its support to dialogue process in Colombia. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ratified his unrestricted support to the peace talks that are advancing today in Colombia, after the agreements reached in Cuba between the Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN).
(2023-06-12). Antigua y Barbuda rechaza dichos de Trump sobre Venezuela. telesurtv.net El expresidente de Estados Unidos (EE.UU.), Donald Trump, confensó querer apoderarse del petróleo de Venezuela durante su mandato.
(2023-06-12). Meeting of Cubans residing in Latin America will advocate unity. plenglish.com Panama City, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) The 6th Meeting of Cuban Residents in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Venezuela between June 16th and 18th, and will advocate the unity of the movement in its condemnation of the United States blockade aginst Cuba, one of the organizers declared.
(2023-06-12). Presidente iraní comienza en Venezuela su gira por Latinoamérica. telesurtv.net Antes de iniciar su visita a América Latina, Ebrahim Raisí, afirmó que esta gira supondrá "un punto de inflexión" en la profundización de sus lazos.
(2023-06-12). Iranian President Raisi Begins Latin American Tour in Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi left for Venezuela to begin his first tour of Latin America, which also includes visits to Cuba and Nicaragua. | RELATED: | Before boarding the plane to Venezuela, he revealed that his administration advocates cementing ties with the Latin American nations. | Raisi considered relations with Latin American countries "strategic" and stated that this visit will mean "a turnin…
(2023-06-11). Erdogan: a ship that could continue to sail in a sea of contradictions. iacenter.org By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein June 10, 2023 The author of this article, published June 2 on lapluma.net, is a former Venezuelan military officer and diplomat and current international analyst. Twitter: @sergioro0701. Translation: John Catalinotto. The coalition that supported President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the presidential elections of Türkiye held on May 28. Although Erdogan's victory in this second round was expected, the broad support his coalition received in the parliamentary elections that accompanied the first round on May 14 came as a surprise. Despite the devastation and death caused by the Feb…
(2023-06-11). US Economic War on Venezuela Has Rewarded Corruption and Undermined Democracy. truthout.org This spring, the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó delivered a solemn address to the international press in Miami, Florida. Claiming his life was in danger, Guaidó announced that he fled Venezuela to escape persecution and rally the world against the government of President Nicolás Maduro. In bold strokes, he argued that Maduro constitutes a threat to "the entire world… |
(2023-06-11). June 18 Webinar: ALBA-TCP, First Fair Trade Agreement In The World. popularresistance.org The Chicago ALBA Solidarity Committee is inviting everyone to a webinar organized by the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, with the participation of high-level officials from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, to expose the attacks that successive US administrations have unsuccessfully launched over the years to destroy the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas — Peoples Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP). | The speakers will be: from Cuba, Héctor Igarza Cabrera, ambassador to Canada; from Venezuela, Carlos Ron, Venezuela's deputy foreign affairs minister for North America; and from Nicaragua, Minister of Commerce Jesús B…
(2023-06-11). Yván Gil told Donald Trump US will not be able to beat Venezuela. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) Today in Caracas, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, assured that the United States could not and will not be able to beat Venezuela.
