Politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin was recently interviewed by German newspaper BILD where he talked candidly about the deteriorating relations between Russia and the West.  In the interview, Putin criticises sanctions against Russia as being designed push Russia into a war, saying that the West has used Ukraine to further a geopolitical agenda with Russia. Sputniknews.com reports: “The sanctions of the West are designed not to help Ukraine, but push Russia back geopolitically.

Before President Obama’s State of the Union Address, U.S. cable news blasted out bulletins about Iran seizing American sailors, as Obama’s critics blasted him. But the U.S. intrusion into Iranian waters was quickly explained and the sailors returned, a sign of diplomatic sanity, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By Paul R. Pillar Hardliners who —…

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More people in the United States than ever are breaking away from the political duopoly by refusing to self-identify as either Democrat or Republican — and they now effectively comprise the true silent majority: Independents.

Exclusive: Right-wing parties are staging a comeback in Latin America, with the most dramatic victory in Venezuela’s parliamentary elections. Yet, despite troubled leftist regimes facing weak economies and corruption charges, their social reforms have slashed poverty and appear safe for now, writes Andrés Cala. By Andrés Cala A string of recent electoral and political setbacks for Latin American leftist governments –…

On Tuesday, a suicide bomber detonated in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square outside the city’s Blue Mosque killing ten German citizens and injuring dozens.

Graphic images began to surface immediately on social media including the following two visuals which depict the moment of the explosion and the immediate aftermath:

There was little question that ISIS would be blamed. The PKK has largely eschewed civilian attacks of late, preferring instead to fight the army directly in the southeast.