Netanyahu Appears Doomed as Arabs Join Opposition
3rd UPDATE. Arab parties in Israel on Thursday supported Gadi Eiskenkot, Netanyahu’s opponent, giving him a 67-46 seat lead with the president poised to ask him to form a government,…
Israel Has Its Pretext for Total War on West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with his generals to discuss the offensive in Gaza in 2014. (Israeli Government Photo) Joe Lauria Consortium News After two Israeli soldiers were killed…
On the Edge of the Abyss: Putin’s Nuclear Warning, Trump’s Iran Brinkmanship and Europe’s Revolt
Consortium News This week: 1. Putin’s Warning; 2. New US Warship to Iran; 3. The Crisis of Europe: French Students Burn Their Schools PLUS: America’s Barbaric Death Penalty. Joe Lauria…
SHAMELESS! – Ray McGovern & Prof. Rick Wolff on THE WORLD THIS WEEK
Consortium News Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu this week used the seat of world diplomacy — established to pursue peace — to spread their vile supremacist ideologies. Ray McGovern &…
Trump’s Unconscionable United Nations Rant
Joe Lauria, Consortium News. Donald Trump threatened Iran with annihilation from the seat of diplomacy on the East River Tuesday. And then dismissed the real threats of AI as a…
Assange Returns to X in Midst of AI Crisis
Joe Lauria Consortium News WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to X on Thursday, more than two years after his release from prison as the AI crisis dominates the headlines. Julian…
A FRAYING EMPIRE – Ray McGovern & Col. Ann Wright – THE WORLD THIS WEEK
The machinery of American empire is beginning to buckle under the weight of its own wars. With weapons stockpiles dwindling, military bases damaged and exhausted service members enduring extended deployments…
Europe and Russia Edge Toward Direct War as Nuclear Fears Grow
Ray McGovern and Peter Kuznick examine Europe’s accelerating military buildup, Putin’s warning that Russia is prepared for war, and why they fear diplomacy is giving way to a dangerous escalation…
The Cracks in the Alliance: Trump, Netanyahu and the Fight Over the Future of the Middle East
In the latest edition of The World This Week, host Joe Lauria is joined by former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and journalist Patrick Lawrence for a wide-ranging discussion on what…
Ray McGovern Warns: A U.S. Attack on Cuba Could Ignite a Global Crisis
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern says Washington may be replaying the same dangerous logic that led to the Bay of Pigs — only this time with Russia, China, and nuclear…
DAYS 53-65: World on the Brink in the Hands of a Madman
One crazed man holds the fate of the world in his hands and his name is Donald Trump. Can his administration, the U.S. system, the War Powers Act, Russia or…
THE WAR THEY STARTED—AND LOST: HOW THE U.S. AND ISRAEL TRIGGERED A CRISIS THEY CAN’T CONTROL
Based on reporting and analysis from Consortium News — “The World This Week: Will the War End?” (April 11, 2026) On April 11, independent outlet Consortium News aired a stark…
Kiriakou: The Iran War Was Launched on a Whim — and the White House Ignored Its Own Intelligence
ScheerPost Staff War planners in Washington once spent months gaming out how a U.S. strike on Iran would ignite the region. This time, it took a whim, a whisper campaign,…
WATCH: UN Security Council Blames Iran
Joe Lauria Consortium News Russia and China failed to veto a resolution that blatantly blamed the victim rather than the aggressor in the war against Iran. Neither Russia nor China…
Year 4: The Timeline That Tells the Tale
Without historical context, which is buried by corporate media, it’s impossible to understand the war in Ukraine. Historians will tell the story, but journalists are cut short for trying to…