Why should Iran want nuclear weapons when without them it has become more powerful year after year in the past 34 years, stymying Western efforts to bring about the collapse of the regime?

What is happening to the Kurdish population in Syria? Analysis from the Kurdish Federation UK.

>So essentially, it's the entire planet on one side, versus the US, its new right-wing poodle Canada, Israel, and three tiny, bribed islands on the other side.

Netanyahu's new settlements would cut the West Bank in half, creating facts on the ground that would make the two-state solution dead: it's not only a game changer, it's a game ender.

The last time the US had 10,000 "trainers" and "advisors" in a war zone was 1962 and the country was Vietnam: before long those advisors became 500,000 US troops fighting a war.

Israel used advanced US military equipment for the slaughter and destruction, and relied on US diplomatic support, including the usual US intervention to block a UN call for a cease-fire.

Barack Obama not only defended Manning's treatment but also, as commander-in-chief of the court martial judges, improperly decreed Manning's guilt when he asserted that he "broke the law".

The oddly named 'Site 911' project costing up to $100m, can only be built by workers from specific countries with proper security clearances: Palestinians need not apply.

Apparently, the president spends a good deal of time being prosecutor, judge, jury, executioner and concealer. But he does so quietly; this is no dramatic “thumbs-down” emperor.

Leading footballers across the world condemn the Israeli assault on Gaza, describing it as yet another stain on the world's conscience and express solidarity with the people of Gaza.