JERUSALEM and south LEBANON – Christian-Muslim tensions in Lebanon have erupted after the murder of well-known Christian politician Pascal Sleiman. Given his fierce opposition to Hezbollah, Lebanese Christians are worried for their safety as the terror group's intimidation grows. A Syrian gang is believed to have kidnapped and murdered Sleiman, a strong believer and senior member of the Christian Lebanese Forces Party. Experts here see it as a political assassination linked to Hezbollah, meant...
In a meeting organised by People Before Profit, the activist and author will deliver his talk at 7pm in St Columb’s Hall. Allen is the author of several books on US politics, foreign policy and Labour relations. These include, Vietnam the Last War the US lost, and his most recent book on the struggle for Trade Union rights within United Parcel Service. Allen has been active in radical politics for over four decades. Speaking ahead of the event on Wednesday evening in Derry, a spokesperson for...
Director Alex Garland is out to prove that you can make a movie about a modern American civil war without getting political. And he wants to do it in an election year. The question is: Why? His new film “Civil War,” which opened Friday, follows an unlikely group of journalists as they make their way from New York to Washington, D.C., as the rebel "Western Forces," made up of California and Texas, close in on the capital. Two of those journalists — Lee (Kirsten Dunst), a legendary conflict...
Last week, a group of Iranian military leaders in Damascus became the trend’s latest victimsIn today’s lawless world, political assassination is the new growth industry – and anyone, famous or not, is a potential victim. Government-sanctioned killings are proliferating, with Russia, Israel, Iran and India leading the pack. While lone gunmen and crazed zealots still pose random threats, state-organised, premeditated assassination plots are being normalised and popularised. Murder Inc is going...
Mashable host Josh Burstein sits down with Alex Garland and Wagner Moura to discuss the upcoming film 'Civil War'.
The action film imagining a near future in which the US has descended into chaos is the year's most controversial film so far – and the polarised response is just as interesting.
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Arizona, a Sunbelt border state with a fierce independent streak, may be emerging as the nation’s most critical political battleground in 2024.
By STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona was already expected to be one of the most closely contested states in November’s U.S. presidential election. But a ruling this week instituting a near-total abortion ban supercharged the state’s role, transforming it into perhaps the nation’s most critical battleground. This Sunbelt
By STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A stunning abortion ruling this week has supercharged Arizona’s role in the looming fall election. Suddenly, emboldened national Democrats are pouring new resources into the state as Republicans scramble to navigate the evolving political landscape while confronting nagging internal divisions. Arizona, a Sunbelt
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Trump is using “this moment for his stupid politics to tell us how much he loves Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the architect of this disastrous policy.”
The 158-year-old law criminalises abortions and those who help a woman obtain one