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Updated June 6, 2017 - 11:24 PM EDT
Leaked NSA Doc Says Russia Hacks US Voter Role
 
  US Charges Contractor for Leaking Top-Secret NSA Document
  How The Intercept Outed NSA Leaker
US Blames 'Russian Hackers' for Qatar-Saudi Split
 
  Trump Takes Credit for Gulf Split With Qatar
  Pentagon Praises Qatar as US Tries to Stay Out of Split With Saudis
  Arms Makers' Contributions Loom Over Vote on Saudi Arms Sales
  What's Happening in the Persian Gulf
  Qatar's Tensions With GCC Took Root During the Arab Spring
Attacker Shot Outside Paris's Notre-Dame
Netanyahu: Israel Must Keep Control of Jordan Valley
Police Chief: UK Attacks Have 'Domestic Center of Gravity'
Montenegro Joins NATO, First New Member in a Decade
Australia PM Declares Melbourne Siege an 'Act of Terrorism'
Viewpoints
Why Saudi Arabia and Its Allies Have Suddenly Cut Ties to Qatar  by Patrick Cockburn
What's Happening in the Persian Gulf  by Derek Davison
The Unwanted 'Bride': Can the 1967 War Offer Opportunity for Peace?  by Ramzy Baroud
Will the Neocons' Long War Ever End?  by Nicolas JS Davies
CIA Torture Report: Where's Our Next Heroic Whistleblower?  by Thomas Knapp
The Problem With Taking Sides in Syria  by Daniel L. Davis

More Viewpoints
Frontline
US Poised to Warn UN Rights Forum of Possible Withdrawal
Supreme Court to Decide if Fourth Amendment Applies to Cellphone Records
 
Iraq/Syria
Attacks Increasing in East Iraq; 116 Killed in Iraq
US-Backed Anti-ISIS Forces to Announce Raqqa Assault Start Date on Tuesday
Turkey
Turkey Says Journalists Being Used as Spies in Turkey
German Troops at Incerlik, Turkey 'Ready for a Transfer'
Turkey Says Germans Can Visit Konya Base Rather Than Incirlik
Palestine/Israel
50 Years: Israeli Occupation Longest in Modern History
Government Source: Israel Not Limiting Settlement Construction to Large Blocs
US Senate Unanimously Passes Bill Marking 50 Years Since Jerusalem Reunification
Banned Play on Palestinian Prisoners, Occupation Throws Israeli Theater Festival Into Turmoil
Afghanistan
Weary Afghan Army Fights on as US Weighs Troop Increase
Aftermath of Bloody Afghan Blasts Stokes Government Tensions
Koreas
As China Pulls Trade From North Korea, Russia Gets Cozy With Kim Jong Un
South Korea Will Return Four North Koreans 'if They Want to Go Back'
Asia
Militants in Philippines City Dug in for Long Siege
US Army Pacific Chief in Bangkok Amid Regional Security Concerns
Colombia
Colombia to Provide Some Initial Funding for Rebels' Political Party
Colombia's ELN Rebels Propose Ceasefire for Pope's Visit
Americas
Venezuela Opposition Sit-In Blocked, Lawmaker Says Pushed in Manhole
Mexico Ruling Party Narrowly Fends Off Leftist in Major State Election
Peru Asks Ecuador to Halt Construction of Border Wall
Cyprus
UN Breaks Cyprus Impasse, Talks to Resume in Geneva This Month
 
Qatar

Qatar Split Raises Problems for US With Iran, ISIS
US Military Lauds Qatar, Says Flights Unaffected by Gulf Rift
Lieberman Hails Qatar Schism as Opportunity for Israel
Iran Blames Donald Trump for Escalating Qatar Diplomatic Crisis
Iran Says Severing Ties With Qatar Not a Solution for Regional Crisis
Hamas Commander Involved in Kidnap of Israeli Teens Expelled From Qatar
Business Impact of Qatar-Gulf Rift
Qatar Diplomatic Crisis: How It Affects Air Travel
Saudi Arabia
US State Department Approves $1.4 Billion in Military Sales to Saudi Arabia
US State Department Approves $750 Million Saudi Training Program Sale: Pentagon
Middle East
Houthis Rejects UN Special Envoy From Yemen for Alleged Bias
Isolation by the West Fuels a Tech Startup Boom in Iran
Asian Stocks Stumble, Oil Creeps Up as Markets Ponder Fallout of Mideast Tension
Africa
Al Shabaab Claims Bomb Attack on Somali Police Station
38 Killed in Tribal Clashes in South Sudan
EU Commits 50 Million Euros to Combat Militants in West Africa
Bodies of Seven African Migrants Recovered From Truck in Libya
US Embassy in Egypt Bans Personnel From Visiting Religious Sites Outside Cairo
US Urges UN Chief to Look Into Who Killed Investigators in Congo
Britain
UK Police Reveal Names of London Attackers, Say One Investigated Before
Man Featured in a Documentary Called 'The Jihadis Next Door' Was One of London Attackers
Authorities Begin to Unravel Deadly London Plot, Carry Out New Raids
Imams Refuse Funeral Prayers to 'Indefensible' London Bridge Attackers
 
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Columnists

Justin Raimondo
6/05/2017
Beyond 'Blowback': Islam and Terror

Sheldon Richman
5/27/2017
Trump's Mideast Mission Impossible

Lucy Steigerwald
5/27/2017
Corbyn and Kelly: Two Very Different Responses to Terrorism

Ivan Eland
5/05/2017
An Answer to Trump: Could the Civil War Have Been Avoided?

Dan Sanchez
5/02/2017
Trump Surrenders to the Iron Law of Oligarchy

Ran HaCohen
3/03/2017
Israel: Neither Democratic or Jewish

David R. Henderson
1/10/2017
Robert Gates, Pro and Con

Nebojsa Malic
8/23/2016
Biden in Belgrade: A Trip Down NATO-Invasion Memory Lane
Additional Contributors
Ehsan Ahrari
Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Alan Bock
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
Jonathan Cook
Tom Engelhardt
Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Jeff Huber
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
Sascha Matuszak
Ray McGovern
Thomas Gale Moore
Brendan O'Neill
Rep. Ron Paul
Murray Polner
Gareth Porter
Gordon Prather
Charley Reese
Paul Craig Roberts
Mark Rothschild
Michael Scheuer
Norman Solomon
Paul Sperry
Joseph Stromberg
Jon Basil Utley
Jude Wanniski
Teresa Whitehurst
Andy Worthington
 
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