February 23, 2020 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Russian Navy Monitoring USS Ross Destroyer in Black Sea

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

The Russian Navy is closely watching the USS Ross, a guided-missile destroyer, as it heads north after entering the Black Sea, the National Defense Management Center said Sunday. … Read More >Russian Navy Monitoring USS Ross Destroyer in Black Sea

Op-ed

Democrats resurrect ‘Russiagate’ to go after both Trump and Bernie Sanders, hide their own election trickery

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

Establishment Democrats have now used the claims of ‘Russian meddling’ to go after their own progressive wing as well as President Donald Trump. The bogus accusation seems to be nothing more than cover for their own wrongdoing. … Read More >Democrats resurrect ‘Russiagate’ to go after both Trump and Bernie Sanders, hide their own election trickery

Business

Alaska fishermen lose MILLIONS of dollars amid US-Russia sanctions war

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

Fishermen in Alaska are losing up to $60 million annually after access to one of their key markets was cut in 2014, when Russia imposed a food embargo in retaliation to US sanctions. … Read More >Alaska fishermen lose MILLIONS of dollars amid US-Russia sanctions war

Middle East

Foreign media ‘didn’t miss the slightest opportunity’ to keep people from voting in nationwide election – Iran’s supreme leader

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took aim at foreign media outlets, claiming they did their utmost to “discourage” Iranians from voting this Friday in the parliamentary election. … Read More >Foreign media ‘didn’t miss the slightest opportunity’ to keep people from voting in nationwide election – Iran’s supreme leader

OSCE media freedom rep calls on UK not to extradite Assange due to ‘excessive’ US prison sentence

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

The UK should not extradite Julian Assange, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has argued, because he faces an excessive prison sentence in the US and his publications were in the public interest. … Read More >OSCE media freedom rep calls on UK not to extradite Assange due to ‘excessive’ US prison sentence

Middle East

Israeli soldiers BULLDOZE body of slain Palestinian, cause uproar

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

Israeli soldiers who killed a Palestinian suspected of planting explosives near a border fence didn’t even try to remove his body manually, using a bulldozer instead. The bone-chilling action raised the ire of locals. … Read More >Israeli soldiers BULLDOZE body of slain Palestinian, cause uproar

Middle East

Palestinians launch rocket attack on southern Israel (VIDEOS)

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

Air raid sirens sounded across southern Israel as a wave of rockets were launched from Gaza. The barrage came hours after the Israeli military killed a “terrorist” it said was planting explosives near the border fence. … Read More >Palestinians launch rocket attack on southern Israel (VIDEOS)

Middle East

Several dead, 1000+ collapsed buildings after earthquake rocks eastern Turkey

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

An earthquake in eastern Turkey wreaked havoc on local infrastructure, resulting in deaths and injuries as emergency workers scramble to assist residents. … Read More >Several dead, 1000+ collapsed buildings after earthquake rocks eastern Turkey

Shows

On Contact: Collapse of Weimar Germany with Benjamin Hett

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

Chris Hedges talks to Professor Benjamin Hett about the collapse of democracy in Germany’s Weimar Republic and its descent into fascism – and which features of the collapse may be applicable to the democratic experiment in America. … Read More >On Contact: Collapse of Weimar Germany with Benjamin Hett

World

Tripoli govt invites Pentagon to redeploy troops to NATO-ravaged Libya… to ‘deter Russia’

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

Nine years after the US helped bomb what was once the wealthiest African nation back to the Stone Age, the Tripoli-based government says it would welcome American troops on Libyan soil – to fight terrorism and ‘deter’ Russia. … Read More >Tripoli govt invites Pentagon to redeploy troops to NATO-ravaged Libya… to ‘deter Russia’

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