Rasa - As President Donald Trump vents his frustration with the United States' "losing" strategy in Afghanistan, the "notorious mercenary" and Blackwater founder Erik Prince has seized the moment to offer his favored alternative: privatize the war.

Rasa - A top United Nations official in Yemen says airstrikes in which at least 12 civilians were killed on Monday, including children, are an example of the "disregard" for civilians' safety shown by the Saudi-led coalition in the war.

Rasa - Sad to say, it’s the 72nd anniversary of the US atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945).

Rasa - On Friday, August 4, a US federal appeals court threw out lengthy prison sentences of three former operatives for private mercenary firm Blackwater Worldwide - and ordered a retrial for a fourth operative who had received a life sentence - for their roles in the notorious 2007 Nisour Square massacre in Baghdad, which left 14 unarmed Iraqis dead and another 17 wounded.

Rasa - Indigenous peoples continue to be increasingly dispossessed of their lands, territories and resources and have lost control over their own way of life in places like the United States and Canada.

Rasa - Once again, a lot has happened in a day or two that proves beyond any doubt the days and the utter lunacy of ISIL, Al-Qaeda, and affiliates in Syria are numbered.

Rasa - US officials are now revealing details of a tense, multi-hour meeting on July 19, during which President Donald Trump complained that the US is losing the war in Afghanistan, and expressed frustration with his advisers, who have been urging an escalation to try to slow the rate of loss.

Rasa - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has ordered his department to scrub its mission statement of any mention of "democracy" and "justice" in the world.

Rasa – Hujjat al-Islam Aref Ebrahimi has referred to the legal and juridical aspects of the issue of the validation of the rulings of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran and said, “The legitimacy of the validation of president’s rulings is due to the Wali al-Faqih.”

Rasa - This just in: The US-led coalition (read the Pentagon regime) warplanes have bombed several towns and villages in Eastern Deir Ezzur, killing or wounding over 80 civilians.