War
US approves plan to bomb Iraq and Syria

The country approved plans to widen the scope of the regional war originating in Israel’s genocide in Gaza

Biden admits airstrikes against Yemen aren’t working, US continues bombing anyway

Instead of responding to call to pressure Israel for a ceasefire, the US continues to escalate the regional conflict

Deadly diseases stalk millions in war-torn Sudan

Rawia Kamal, a health activist displaced after the paramilitary attacked her home, recounts the travails of being in war-torn Sudan with looming threat of diseases

APEC summit in San Francisco met with mass protests against imperialism and in support of Palestine

Ten thousand take to the streets in protest of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meetings taking place in San Francisco this week

Affirmative action is upheld in military academies. Why might “diversity” matter to the US military?

The US Supreme Court struck down race-based admissions in civilian universities but left military academies alone. The military’s relentless recruitment of the poor and dispossessed could be to blame

Obsolete Cold War attitudes are holding Europe back

Europe desperately needs an independent foreign policy, and this notion is gaining support as the economic crisis across the region deepens

US and NATO allies were responsible for nearly 65% of global arms exports in 2018-22

The US share in global arms exports increased from 33% to 40% in 2018-22, and its ally France, the third-largest exporter of weapons, was also a significant beneficiary, with its share increasing from roughly 7.1% to 11%

The French are going, but the war in the Sahel continues

Understand the historical roots of the ongoing war in the Sahel and what lies ahead with the departure of French troops

“War is an enemy of the poor”: US activists honor the anti-war legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Although seldom recognized, Martin Luther King Jr. was anti-war. His politics should be applied to demand an end to NATO and the war in Ukraine, say activists

EU policies on refugees Europe’s treatment of refugees is racist and murderous 

The recent incident of refugees being stranded in the Mediterranean without assistance from coastal forces exemplifies a larger pattern of cruelty by European nations towards those fleeing conflict zones

Israeli occupation killed 78 Palestinian children last year and maimed another 982

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has been criticized for leaving Israel out of his “list of shame” despite expressing shock over its crimes against Palestinian children

Stop the war posturing – Ukraine is a tinderbox

Military brinkmanship is extremely risky – and the Donbass is crawling with neonazis, mercenaries and trigger-happy adventurers. The only sane approach is de-escalation, writes Morning Star editor Ben Chacko