In talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Shotaro Yachi, the head of National Security Council secretariat, last US National Security Adviser John Bolton raised the possibility of the fivefold increase Japan's spending on US military, Japanese newspaper Asahi..…

As French and US initiatives for intra-Kurdish rapprochement in Syria stall, it seems that piecemeal defections from the Kurdish National Council to the Kurdish autonomous administration in the north of the country are the rule of the day. . ... Pending a major shift in northeast Syria —..…

On issues of war and peace, the UN is a virtual appendage of US imperial policies. US Security Council veto power prevents the body from censuring its unlawful actions. . ..…

Venezuelan government rejected the new sanctions while Venezuela's mission to United Nations asked UN Security Council to investigate US threats against the country.. ..…