(2019-09-25). FBI arrests US soldier with far-right ties. wsws.org A US Army specialist was arrested on Saturday by the FBI and charged with one count of distributing information over social media related to explosives and weapons of mass destruction.
(2019-09-25). Congress Should Immediately Pass the Assault Weapons Ban. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-09-24). More Than a Wall: A History of the Border-Industrial Complex (1/2). therealnews.com 
Todd Miller, author of a new report on the border-industrial complex, discusses the history of US border policy and the involvement of military and surveillance corporations.
(2019-09-24). More Than a Wall: How the Border-Industrial Complex Drives Policy (2/2). therealnews.com 
Todd Miller, the author of a new report on the border-industrial complex discusses how corporations drive border policy and the effect this policy has on immigrants.
(2019-09-24). New York Times magazine blames pilots for Boeing crashes. wsws.org The article is an attempt to whitewash the profit-driven negligence of Boeing and complicity of the industry-dominated Federal Aviation Administration that led to two crashes of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft and the deaths of 346 people.
(2019-09-24). Kazakhstan continues to push for a nuclear-free world. un.org Kazakhstan, the Central Asian country which has renounced nuclear weapons, continued on Tuesday to urge the international community to make a nuclear-free world reality.
(2019-09-24). Time to step up: UN summit to push for development finance breakthrough. un.org A sustainable global economy — one that preserves the planet and improves lives everywhere — is also a huge opportunity to create new jobs and market opportunities worth trillions of dollars, says the UN. But to make it happen, the international community needs to rapidly scale up investment.
(2019-09-24). Time to pay up: UN summit to push for development finance breakthrough. un.org A sustainable global economy — one that preserves the planet and improves lives everywhere — is also a huge opportunity to create new jobs and market opportunities worth trillions of dollars, says the UN. But to make it happen, the international community needs to rapidly scale up investment.
(2019-09-24). Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil Fields: a False Flag? dissidentvoice.org On Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, a few drones — were they drones or long-range missiles? — hit the Saudis most important two oil fields, set them ablaze, apparently knocking out half of the Saudi crude production but measured in terms of world production it is a mere 5%. Could be made up in no …
(2019-09-24). Saudis Blame Iran for Aramco Strikes But Retaliate by Bombing Yemeni Civilians. mintpressnews.com The Saudi-led Coalition has used systematic economic strangulation as a weapon of war. This, to the many in Yemen who celebrated the Aramco attack, is sufficient justification for targeting the heart of Saudi Arabia's economy.
(2019-09-24). The Drone Strikes on the Saudi Oil Facilities Have Changed Global Warfare. counterpunch.org 
The devastating attack on Saudi oil facilities by drones and missiles not only transforms the balance of military power in the Middle East, but marks a change in the nature of warfare globally. On the morning of 14 September, 18 drones and seven cruise missiles — all cheap and unsophisticated compared to modern military aircraft — disabled half of Saudi Arabia's crude oil production and raised the world price of oil by 20 per cent. More
(2019-09-23). How Holes in the Burning Saudi Oil Fields Narrative Could Draw the US Into a War With Iran. mintpressnews.com 
It is inconceivable to the United States that a "rag-tag" force like Yemen's Houthis might, with home-made weapons, outdo the hundred-billion-dollar might and sophistication of the state-of-the-art systems Washington has lavished upon the Saudis.
(2019-09-23). Saudis Pound Yemen After Houthis' Truce Offer. theantimedia.com Days after the Houthis' truce offer, at least 27 Saudi airstrikes were reported against targets in northern Yemen in just the last 24 hours.
(2019-09-22). Didn't he learn what deterrence is? Cruz insists Iran wants to nuke American cities, puzzles Twitter. rt.com 
Ted Cruz insists Tehran's dream is to nuke American cities and that the Iran nuclear deal is to blame for the attack on Saudi oil facilities. The argument was mocked for making no sense, but the hawkish senator doubled down. | The Texas legislator, one of the most vocal cheerleaders of Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran, took to the pages of the New York Post on Friday to warn the public of the imminent danger. More international sanctions against Iran may soon be dropped under the 2015 nuclear deal, which means Tehran is drawing closer to obtaining nuclear weapons which "could incinerat…
(2019-09-20). Yemen's Houthi Halt All Attacks on Saudi Arabia With Ballistic Missiles and Drones. theantimedia.com Yemen's Houthi have announced at the end of a dramatic week following the early Saturday aerial attacks on two Saudi oil facilities.
(2019-09-20). Media Omit Context Behind Latest North Korean Missile Tests. fair.org 
by Joshua Cho | In his 2004 book North Korea: Another Country, historian Bruce Cumings described the irony of corporate media's perpetual narrative of North Korea as an unhinged or devious adversary of the US with hostile nuclear ambitions: Almost always, media discussion of North Korea assumes that Washington is in a position of original innocence, and the North is assiduously trying to obtain and then to use "weapons of mass destruction"—the ubiquitous media trope for the arsenals of American enemies since the Cold War ended. Yet the American record in Northeast Asia since the 1940s is one of consistent us…