As a UN cease-fire effort in Syria fails with more killings – and the Syrian Army fires into Turkish territory - an end to the violence will require greater appeals to conscience. Will Russia listen? more ››
The only real surprise about the six-point peace plan for Syria put forward by United Nations envoy Kofi Annan is why it took until yesterday, the eve of its proposed ceasefire, for the world to declare it a failure. more ››
Tehran's goal is to extend the American paralysis while it exploits the opportunities that the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq has created. Simultaneously, it wants to create a coherent sphere of influence that the United States... more ››
One of the convenient excuses that was used by the Allied powers for not bombing the rail lines to Auschwitz at the height of the Nazi Final Solution was that they were unaware of what was going on behind the fences and walls of... more ››