U.S., U.N. Consider Action in Libya

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2011 What role should the US take in Libya, as Moammar Gadhafi's forces continue their assault on rebel strongholds with no clear resolution in sight? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has some ideas, and they don't involve the word unilateral . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

South Sudan Battles Rebels

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2011 New fighting erupted in Sudan’s recently declared autonomous southern half when rebel forces staged an attack on the city of Malakal. The battle comes as South Sudan counts down to its official secession on July 9. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pro-Gadhafi Forces Make Headway in Oil Ports

Staff / Truthdig Mar 11, 2011 The struggle for control of Libya continued Thursday, with Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces reportedly gaining ground in the oil ports of Ras Lanuf and Sidra, sending rebels into retreat from those strongholds and claiming civilian lives in the ongoing conflict. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Battle Rages for City West of Tripoli

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2011 Libyan security forces launched an attack on the rebel-held city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Thursday. A rebel commander and about 30 others were reported killed in the fighting, which continued into Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Libyan Rebels Hold Off Pro-Gadhafi Forces

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2011 Although Col Moammar Gadhafi announced on national television Wednesday that he will "fight until the last man and woman," the outcome of fighting in the town of Brega between troops still going to battle for the Libyan leader and rebels . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Violence Dampens Southern Sudan’s Celebration

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2011 It was just last month that Sudan’s southern half voted to secede from its northern neighbor, but bloody clashes between south Sudan’s army and fighters loyal to a renegade soldier have reportedly left almost 140 people dead, most of them civilians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘The Left Has Nowhere to Go’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 3, 2011 "The more outrageous the Republicans become, the weaker the left becomes," Ralph Nader said when I reached him at his home in Connecticut on Sunday. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 43

Staff / Truthdig Dec 26, 2010 In apparent response to a Pakistani military action that killed some 40 rebels, a suicide bomber in Pakistan has killed at least 43 people in an attack on a mass of people receiving aid in the northwest town of Khar. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 13, 2010 We may feel, in the face of the ruthless corporate destruction of our nation, our culture, and our ecosystem, powerless and weak But we are not We have a power that terrifies the corporate state . Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Mexico May Look a Little Colombian

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2010 In an apparent mixing of official messages, President Obama has contradicted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by rejecting the analogy that Mexico is becoming more and more like 1990s drug-heyday Colombia, when 40 percent of the country's territory was controlled by rebel groups. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kyrgyzstan Reassures U.S. on Use of Base

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2010 Only days after a bloody uprising brought a new government to Kyrgyzstan, interim leader Roza Otunbayeva has pledged to the US that her country will honor a deal allowing the U to operate a key military base there. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Maoist Rebels Kill at Least 76 Police Troops in India

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2010 Hundreds of Maoist rebels descended upon a camp of paramilitary forces in the forests of India's Chhattisgarh state in a surprise attack Tuesday morning that left at least 76 troops dead -- the bloodiest clash between rebels and government forces in four decades, according to The Wall Street Journal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )