More than a million malnourished children are living in areas of Yemen hit hardest by a cholera outbreak, NPR reports. Malnourished children have substantially reduced immune systems and are at least three times more likely to die if they contract cholera. Yemen’s cholera outbreak is already the world’s worst in a single year since records…
Saudi Arabia’s extremist monarchy is out of control, and the Trump Administration has proved unwilling or unable to rein it in. This week, Saudi Arabia’s monarchy elevated as its heir Mohammed bin Salman – the man most responsible for the Saudi war and blockade in Yemen that has deliberately pushed Yemen to the brink of…
On June 15, the United Nations Security Council unanimously called for a cease-fire in the conflict between the Saudi-UAE coalition and the Houthi-Saleh forces in Yemen. “The U.N. Security Council urged the warring parties in Yemen on Thursday to immediately agree on a cease-fire and keep all ports open for humanitarian aid to confront the…
If more Americans could get unplugged from the myths which have been used historically to engineer public acquiescence in U.S. foreign policy, how much could that help us reform U.S. foreign policy in the future? Oliver Stone’s 10 part documentary series on the history of U.S. foreign policy is currently running on Mondays on Showtime….
Just Foreign Policy issued a press release this morning announcing the launch of its new Haiti cholera counter. The release may be found here as well as below. *** Just Foreign Policy Launches Haiti Cholera Counter to Press UN to Take Lead in Addressing Crisis For Immediate Release May 29, 2012 Media Contacts: Robert Naiman,…