The 60-day deadline for an Iran peace deal is expiring – here’s where things...
Joseph Krauss
AP / August 18, 2026
The deal that U.S. President Donald Trump signed at Versailles in June set an ambitious 60-day deadline for ending...
Trump threatens Oman as it works with Iran on a Strait of Hormuz deal
AP / August 17, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has again threatened Oman as Iran says it is working with the Gulf Arab country on...
WSJ unmasks Trump’s desperate move to hide latest major embarrassment
Matthew Rozsa
Alternet / August 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s recent decision to pull back American military support for South Korea may just be an attempt...
Palestine Action lawyer Rajiv Menon breaks silence on facing contempt charges in UK
Democracy Now ! / August 17, 2026
Guest: Rajiv Menon – leading human rights and criminal defense lawyer in the United Kingdom
Link: Free the Filton...
Trump’s loose grip on reality could sink the navy’s ships
Jeet Heer
The Nation / August 17, 2026
The dire conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln are due to a president’s being dangerously detached from what’s...
‘The ball is in Israel’s court’: what happened in the Kushner-Hamas meeting
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / August 17, 2026
Palestinian sources say Hamas rejected reopening the Gaza agreement during talks with Jared Kushner, with Washington now...
‘Nuclear Holocaust’: Marjorie Taylor Greene says US discussing nuclear weapons use against Iran
TPC Staff
The Palestine Chronicle / August 17, 2026
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says US officials are discussing nuclear weapons against Iran, warning of catastrophic...
The Iran war flushed $1.3 billion of Reaper drones down the drain
Stavroula Pabst
Responsible Statecraft / August 17, 2026
The military has lost 25% of its fleet over the past five months.
The U.S. has lost 45 MQ-9...
Netanyahu and Kushner talks make no breakthrough on stalled Gaza deal
Peter Beaumont
The Guardian / August 17, 2026
Israeli PM again insists troops will not withdraw from strip until Hamas first disarms, but calls meeting constructive.
Benjamin...
From the CIA Iran coup to Trump’s war: it was always about oil
Fariba Amini
Informed Comment / August 17, 2026
Newark, Del. – In the 1975 film Three Days of the Condor, the late Robert Redford played Joe...
