Mike Pompeo

If there was any reason to halt a farcical train of legal proceedings, the case against Julian Assange would have to be the standard bearing example, argues聽Binoy Kampmark.

Remember when Donald Trump campaigned for office in 2016 on getting the United States out of 鈥渆ndless wars鈥? He did, in part, to distinguish himself from the pro-war Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton.

Now, Trump and his band of hawks are pushing for a new war, most likely with Iran.

Human rights advocates expressed outrage on March 13 after US President Donald Trump聽聽deputy director Gina Haspel to be the next CIA director 鈥 despite her leading role in聽聽where detainees were systematically and gruesomely abused, writes Jessica Corbett for