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On May 23, President Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social that a peace agreement with Iran had been “largely negotiated.” Within 24 hours, Iranian officials were calling that claim a lie. Washington is trying to […]

On May 19, Bolivia’s government charged the head of the country’s main labor federation with terrorism. The charge is aimed not only at one leader. It is aimed at workers, Indigenous Peoples and poor communities […]

Robert Kagan does not write pieces like this. Kagan helped found the Project for the New American Century, the think tank that laid the ideological groundwork for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He is married […]

On April 19 and 20, the Philippine army’s 79th Infantry Battalion killed 19 people in Toboso, on Negros Island. The killings came as Washington and Manila launched Balikatan 2026, their largest war games yet. The […]

Three passengers are dead after an outbreak of Andes hantavirus on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, the first known hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship. Eight cases have been reported so far: six […]

May 3 — People rallied outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, to demand freedom for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Combatant Cilia Flores. They were kidnapped in Caracas by Trump C […]

China has directly challenged the U.S. sanctions campaign against Iran, ordering all Chinese firms and individuals to ignore U.S. penalties targeting five oil refineries accused of buying Iranian crude. China’s Ministry of Commerce invoked its […]