(2021-08-24). Biden, European powers in crisis talks over Afghan evacuation policy. wsws.org A G-7 virtual summit opens amid mounting demands from right-wing circles in the US for a more aggressive deployment of US military forces at the Kabul airport.
(2021-08-24). Pakistan's dangerous 'Great Game' in Afghanistan comes full circle. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From today's La Prensa Latina, originally from Spain's EFE. Pakistan's dangerous 'Great Game' in Afghanistan comes full circleBy Jaime León Islamabad — After the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, internet users in Pakistan celebrated the occasion by sharing a video of the late Hamid Gul, who headed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the country's premier …
(2021-08-24). Will Ukraine Face The Same Abandonment After US Exit From Afghanistan? southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageAmerica is good at making promises but not so good at keeping them. | Written by Johanna Ross is a journalist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. | Ukraine is '
(2021-08-24). Afghan Holocaust — The Awful Truth Versus US Alliance Lies. orinocotribune.com By Dr Gideon Polya — Aug 22, 2021 | The 20 year Afghan War has ended and the war criminal US, UK, NATO and Australian invaders have all but left a devastated land. The Indigenous Afghan Taliban rapidly and peacefully took over all of formerly Occupied Afghanistan as the collaborator government collapsed and the US-trained Afghan forces offered no resistance. A peaceful, liberated Afghanistan hopefully faces a brighter future with the help of its Muslim neighbours, China, Russia and the rest of the civilized world. | The utterly mendacious and racist US and US-dominated Western Mainstream media trumpet a dish…
(2021-08-24). U.S. Soldier Shot Belgian Civilian At Kabul Airport (Photos). southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | During the evacuation in Kabul, a Belgian citizen of Afghan origin was shot by a U.S. soldier after entering the territory of the airport. | The incident took place on August 20th, when Belgium's first planes were scheduled to evacuate people. | According to the reports by the brother of the victim, Hotak Jahanshir from Antwerp was shot at Kabul International Airport in the afternoon. | Brothers were reportedly waiting to enter the airport in a crowd at the northern gate that is mainly under control of U.S. forces. A Belgian soldier approached the crowd asking if there were any Belgian citize…
(2021-08-24). Russia's western frontier: NATO fighter jets on duty around the clock. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO air patrols over Bulgaria and Romania Across Europe, NATO fighter jets are on duty around the clock….NATO calls this activity Air Policing, which has been an integral part of NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence for 60 years. **** To enhance Air Policing along NATO's eastern borders, NATO Allies provide assets that supplement existing …
(2021-08-24). High North: U.S. B-2s arrive in Iceland for flights across Europe, Africa. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber aircraft arrive in Iceland for ally, partner training Three U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber aircraft from 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, arrived at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, for a long-planned Bomber Task Force mission where the aircraft will conduct theater and flight training …
(2021-08-24). 750 US Military Bases Remain Around the Planet. libya360.wordpress.com Patterson Deppen It was the spring of 2003 during the American-led invasion of Iraq. I was in second grade, living on a U.S. military base in Germany, attending one of the Pentagon's many schools for families of servicemen stationed abroad. One Friday morning, my class was on the verge of an uproar. Gathered around our homeroom lunch…
(2021-08-24). A New Medico-Legal Question. jamanetwork.com The highest criminal court of the city and district of Magdeburg, Germany, in May last, decided a case that is entirely new in medical jurisprudence.
(2021-08-24). Germany and Australia to work together on China. indybay.org As part of the Indo-Pacific strategy, Germany is deepening political and military engagement with Australia as its main partner in the region. In recent months, Berlin's more active vector in the Indo-Pacific region has been presented as fully meeting the current and promising challenges from the PRC.
(2021-08-24). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Breaking down the booster terminology for COVID-19 vaccines. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 vaccine boosters are being recommended eight months after a person's second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. "A vaccine booster dose is generally an additional dose above and beyond the primary series needed to achieve protective immunity," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "So the dose that was approved this past week would be better classified as an 'additional dose' for those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised." Dr….
(2021-08-24). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: It's like a Code Red hospital alert. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases is underway in the U.S. The delta variant continues to spread, the lambda variant is showing up, and some people are refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or wear face masks. "My message today is a hospital term and that's Code Red," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "It is Code Red in the U.S. and for the globe regarding…
(2021-08-24). Russia, China And Iran To Hold Joint Military Drills In The Coming Months. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Russia said it will hold joint maritime exercises with China and Iran in the coming months, in an announcement timed to show support from Moscow and Beijing to Tehran. | Russia's ambassador to Tehran, Levan Dzhagaryan, said the drills would be held in the Persian Gulf in late 2021 or early 2022."The annual joint naval exercises CHIRU will be held in the Persian Gulf region," Dzhagaryan was quoted by Russian Sputnik news agency as saying. "Russian, Iranian and Chinese warships are taking part…
(2021-08-24). American Wearing Russian T-Shirt Arrested In Ukraine, Calls Police "Racists" southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | In Odessa, the police detained an American who was walking around the city in a T-shirt in the colors of the Russian flag and the inscription "Russia", according to the website of the National Police of Ukraine in the Odessa region. | The man was detained during the ceremony of the ceremonial deployment of the flag of Ukraine at the Potemkin Stairs. At the same time, the American allegedly behaved "defiantly and provoked a conflict with citizens," and also tried to escape from the police.
(2021-08-23). Why Regionalism Is Important for Afghanistan. towardfreedom.org As the Taliban retakes control of Afghanistan, China and Russia won't make timid pleas to Washington to | place forces on the ground in the country. The militarist path has been deemed a flawed move by both sides. In the coming days, the Sino-Russian bloc will likely prioritize political solutions, thereby promoting a more proactive position for the SCO and emphasizing the importance of regional frameworks.
(2021-08-23). Moscow: NATO Destroyed All Cooperation Formats With Russia. telesurenglish.net NATO has destroyed all possible formats of cooperation with Russia, including on Afghanistan, and will most likely only increase its anti-Russian rhetoric after the Afghan disaster, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said Sunday. | RELATED: | "Yes, the alliance has destroyed all formats of cooperation, including on Afghanistan. The price for this geopolitical game, which has nothing to do with security interests, ultimately had to be paid by…
(2021-08-23). Austrian left mobilizes in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org Progressive sections in Austria demanded safe passage and protection for the people of Afghanistan, and sought an end to the deportation of asylum seekers by the government…
(2021-08-23). Russia Will Not Intervene in Afghanistan. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov assured Russia will not intervene militarily or diplomatically in Afghanistan. | RELATED: | "No one has any intention of intervening," he stressed, explaining that an intervention would "evidently create an additional risk factor regarding a new civil war in Afghanistan." | These statements come just days before the complete withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan, which is p…
(2021-08-23). The imperialist farce of women's rights in Afghanistan. greenleft.org.au The belief by liberal feminists in the ostensibly feminist nature of the imperialist interventionist project headed by the United States and its European allies is false, writes Yanis Iqbal.
(2021-08-23). Afghanistan and the new Cold War. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpted from Strategic withdrawal: an Afghan tragedy by Professor Nursin Atesoglu Guney on the Anadolu Agency website today. Afghanistan in the new Cold War The geopolitical rivalry between Russia, China, and the United States had begun in the Eastern Mediterranean, and a second front had been established in the Black Sea and the Caucasus. It …
(2021-08-23). Afghan civilians face uncertainty as G7 to discuss evacuations and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the latest in Afghanistan, Israeli attacks on Gaza, workers strikes in Denmark and Seoul, and the situation of women amid the pandemic…
(2021-08-23). Military Situation In Syria On August 23, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 23, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 24 times: 9 — in Idlib province, 8 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On August 23, a car bomb explosion was reported in the city of Azaz. seven people were wounded | On August 23, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in al-Barah | On August 22, US F-15E warplane reportedly shot down a drone flyin…
(2021-08-23). Turkish airstrike kills U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish airstrike kills members of US-backed Kurdish force in SyriaA Turkish airstrike has killed four members of a US-backed Syrian Kurdish force. Top SDF [Syrian Democratic Forces] commander Mazlum Kobane has repeatedly said he wants peaceful relations with Turkey. However Turkey calls Kobane a "terrorist" and has placed a bounty on his head. **** Just …
(2021-08-23). Russian Warplanes Tirelessly Hit Militants In Syria's Idlib (Video, Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | For the fifth day in a row, militants in Greater Idlib were waken up by airstrikes of Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS). | On August 23, warplanes of the Russian VKS carried out a series of airstrikes targeting militant positions in the outskirts of the town of al-Bara in the al-Zawiya Mount region in the southern countryside of Idlib. | Al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Greater Idlib, and the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation maintain a large presence…
(2021-08-23). Putin's strategic partner Azerbaijan praises strategic partnership with Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijani president congratulates Ukrainian counterpart President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulations to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. **** It is gratifying that our interstate relations, built on solid foundations, have risen to the level of strategic partnership. ==== Armenian ombudsman held at gunpoint by Azeri soldier An Azerbaijani serviceman held …
(2021-08-23). NATO's Baltic, Polish members denounce Belarus over "hybrid attack" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish, Baltic PMs denounce 'hybrid attack' by Belarus amid border crisis An ongoing migration crisis on the European Union's border with Belarus "has been planned and systemically organized by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko," the prime ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have said in a joint statement. The four leaders said Belarus was …
(2021-08-23). Red lamb, black falcon: Balkanization and the capitalization of Croatia. peoplesworld.org 
It is today one of the jewels of global tourism. The Dalmatian Coast of the still newly formed country of Croatia is back again with tourist figures this summer starting to attain pre-COVID levels in a paradise that boasts the gleaming turquoise waters of the Adriatic, the medieval walls of Dubrovnik and Zadar, the Roman …
(2021-08-23). Denmark and the Case for Optimism on the Pandemic. cepr.net The explosion of coronavirus infections across the country, and especially in the low vaccination states in the South, is really bad news. While it appeared that the pandemic was coming under control and no longer posed a major health risk in early July, we are now seeing rates of infections of close to 150,000 a …
(2021-08-23). NATO's Eastern Flank: troops from over 20 nations confront Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts from a feature on NATO's Multinational Corps Northeast (in Poland) website. NATO's eastern flank: From Estonia to Hungary servicemen and women from more than 20 countries fulfil their duties every day…. I was deployed three times to abroad, I served for one year in Egypt with the Multinational Force and Observers, then I had …
(2021-08-23). New joint NATO, U.S. Navy commander sworn in. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Joint Force Command Norfolk, U.S. 2nd Fleet Change of Command Joint Force Command Norfolk and U.S. 2nd Fleet held a change of command ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Aug. 20. **** Gen. Tod Wolters, the commander of U.S. European Command and NATO's Supreme Allied Command Europe exercises operational …
(2021-08-23). Global Warming's Walking Dead. counterpunch.org Once again, the recently issued Sixth Report of the IPCC on global warming paints a rather grim picture of our common global future. The report, written by 200 scientists and approved by 195 countries, came at a time when sections of Turkey, Italy, Siberia, and Greece were still burning with some areas suffering from temperatures
(2021-08-23). LGBTQ activists hold Pride marches in Poland, defying right-wing attacks. peoplesworld.org 
Pride marches in Poland took place under heavy police presence over the weekend, with homophobic counter-demonstrations threatening violence. Marches for LGBTQ rights were held at the foot of Czestochowa's Jasna Gora Catholic monastery in southern Poland as well as in Gdansk on the Baltic coast. The demonstrators were surrounded by officers, including on horseback, while …
(2021-08-23). Poland to intervene in Ukraine-Russia conflict — president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Polish head of state leaves no inflammatory meme unused. Tatar genocide/human tragedy (the best bet on NATO's justification for military intervention in Crimea), Stalin, the Iron Curtain and more. President says Poland 'won't stand by' as Ukraine's territorial integrity violated Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday vowed his country would not be indifferent to …
(2021-08-23). Major funding boost for White City-based startup Arborea. imperial.ac.uk Agri food tech startup Arborea expands from Imperial's White City Campus to Portugal, after securing €3.6m of investment to scale up its technology.
(2021-08-23). Lesser Evil Politics Assure Greater Evil Economics. dissidentvoice.org A new American president is presenting a program for renewal of human values in the marketplace unheard of since the 1930s but still projecting American military domination and environmental destruction far beyond the awareness of most Americans. Continued insistence that Russia and China are major global threats to everyone and not just American monopoly capitalists …
(2021-08-23). How Russia-China are stage-managing the Taliban. zcomm.org What matters is that Russia-China are way ahead of the curve, cultivating parallel inside tracks of diplomatic dialogue with the Taliban…
(2021-08-23). Putin ally Turkey won't recognize "illegal annexation of Crimea" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey won't recognize Crimea's annexation by Russia: FM Turkey has not and will not recognize the illegal occupation of Crimea by Russia and will support Ukraine's territorial integrity, the Turkish foreign minister has said while attending the annual Crimean Platform meeting held by Ukraine in Kyiv. "We have not recognized, and we keep underlining that …
(2021-08-23). "Threat to world order based on rules and principles": NATO demands Russia leave Crimea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deputy Secretary General: NATO will never recognize annexation of Crimea "Ukrainians chose the path of freedom, democracy, and Euro-Atlantic integration, and NATO is completely on Ukraine's side. NATO condemns and will never recognize Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea. Crimea is the territory of Ukraine, and we call on Russia to return control over the peninsula …
(2021-08-23). Turkey Expected To Order Another S-400 Missile Defense System. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | A new contract with Turkey on the delivery of Russian-made S-400 medium-to-long-range anti-aircraft missile systems may be signed soon. | This was claimed by the CEO of the state arms exporter Rosoboronexport (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) Alexander Mikheyev at the Army-2021 international military-technical forum on August 23rd."The consultations continue and are at the final stage. We will start formalizing a contract with our partners soon," the chief executive said. | Certain…
(2021-08-23). Violence Against Civilians In Ukraine Seen As Genocide. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageIt is time for the international law courts to admit this fact. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Investigative Committee of Russia considers the mass murder of civilians in eastern Ukraine a real genocide. Russian authorities are investigating the case, collecting information about the actions of Kiev's forces. Indeed, considering what is known so far, the existence of a genocide in the region is practically undeniable, however, a…
(2021-08-23). Energy Secretary: U.S. to back Ukrainian armed forces "against Russian aggression" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Secretary of Energy: We hope Crimea Platform to convey idea that Crimea is Ukraine, Russia should be held accountable for its aggression U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm expressed hope that the Crimea Platform will convey to everyone the idea that Crimea is Ukraine and that Russia should be held accountable for its …
(2021-08-23). What is happening in Turkey? mronline.org 
Despite the announcements from the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan that "everything is under control", Turkey is experiencing one of the deepest crises in recent years. A conversation with Hasan Durkal.