Since Obama took office three years ago, between 282 and 535 civilians have been credibly reported as killed including more than 60 children. Rescuers and funeral attendees of the victims are now regularly targeted

For far too long now Israel has been headed by leaders who don't hesitate to take the country on yet another dangerous, purposeless adventure. We must tell them now, loudly: We are a-f-r-ai-d, says Israeli writer Gideon Levy.

There's no doubting the Israeli appetite for war with Iran, but the US is urging them not to attack unilaterally, hoping that punitive sanctions will satisfy Israel for now.

The United States is running an empire and its goals will generally conflict with many people's aspirations for democracy and national self-determination.

The war in Afghanistan is lost and Afghans are coming to terms with the return of their former Taliban rulers, and might even welcome some stability and order after 10 years of Nato-induced chaos.

Obama's anti-negotiating stance has made an escalating sanctions regime the only available course short of war, one that is likely to lead to war -- unintended or otherwise -- says a former Obama advisor.

With US courts demanding to see the worldwide accounts of Twitter, Google and Yahoo, the threat to Assange and Bradley Manning extends to any internet user anywhere.

If 775 isn't a huge number to Obama, then 56 is practically a fraction. That's the number of children executed by US drones in the first 20 months of the Obama administration.

When one of Obama's drones kills someone it must be because they are terrorists: if they are dead they must be guilty.