In news from Africa, The New York Times is reporting the Barack Obama administration has intensified a clandestine war in Somalia... More

Doctors Without Borders has announced that it had refused a donation of one million pneumonia vaccinations from the drug manufacturer Pfizer as part of a principled stand against Big Pharma's monopolistic drug-pricing policies.... More

Tens of thousands of Chileans in dozens of cities throughout the country took part Sunday in the third day-of-action to demand the end of the private pension system, imposed on workers in 1981 during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. ... More

The United States, Britain and the UN special envoy for Yemen have urged the warring sides to the conflict in Yemen to declare an immediate ceasefire. ... More

Another batch of newly leaked e-mails show how Hillary Clinton’s campaign struggled to deal with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’s popularity during the primary season. ... More

Ever-tightening corporate control over seeds and other agricultural resources, epitomized in the recent Bayer-Monsanto mega-merger that cemented the largest agrochemicals company in the world... More

The U.S. Department of Defense spent an average of more than $626 million annually on propaganda, more than all other federal government agencies combined, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. ... More

Heavy rains and flooding in four central provinces of Vietnam have left at least 21 people dead and eight others missing during the past week. ... More