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May 23, 2024

United States
The President’s Inbox Recap: America’s New Cold Wars

The post-Cold War era is over and a dangerous new era of great power competition has begun.

Xi and Putin as viewed walking on a red carpet.

September 13, 2016

Middle East and North Africa
The Crime of Writing to The New York Times

You might think that publishing a letter to the editor in The New York Times cannot possibly be a crime. But you probably don’t live in Bahrain. Nabeel Rajab has been in prison since June in Bahra…

April 16, 2019

Republic of Congo
The Daughter of Republic of Congo's President and a $7 Million Apartment in New York

Globa1 Witness, a non-profit corruption watchdog, is reporting that the daughter of Denis Sassou-Nguesso, president of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), purchased an apartment for $7 million i…

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November 7, 2015

Middle East and North Africa
Accuracy, Settlements, and The New York Times

In an editorial on November 6th about Israeli-US. relations, The New York Times states as fact something that is simply false: "new settlements have been pursued so aggressively by Mr. Netanyahu that…

December 29, 2017

Iran
The Iran Protests -- and The New York Times

In the last few days there have been anti-government protests all over Iran. The BBC reports this as of Friday night, in a story entitled “Iranian cities hit by anti-government protests.” Anti-g…