If you have yet to listen to last Sunday’s Behind the Headlines interview with James and JoAnne Moriarty on Libya, I urge you to do so. While Sott.net carried numerous reports on the U.S.-sponsored destruction of Libya, the Moriartys’ first-hand account not only reveals new details you’ve probably not heard anywhere else; it paints a picture that brings the stark reality home in a way that just reading reports and analyses cannot. The reality of what happened (and is still happening) in Libya is worse than we can possibly imagine.

We begin our weekly episode by examining the Venezuelan-Guyanese maritime dispute and the overall geopolitics involved, and then switch over to last Friday’s Somalian terrorist attack that most media outlets glossed over.

Friday's visit by European Parliament President Martin Schulz to Ukraine, where he addressed the Verkhovna Rada, is a further example of the EU pursuing a policy which shows a deep misunderstanding of its effects, according to analysts.

The new US National Military Strategy was released on Wednesday, and highlights a strategic shift to the Pacific region. It also reinforces a number of antiquated ideas about an imaginary Russian “threat” to world peace, leaving out - of course - Washington’s own provocative saber-rattling.

Western approach to dealing with Ukraine's ailing economy is doing more harm, than good: investors have fled the country, costly civil war is still ongoing and Poroshenko is increasingly suspected of taking advantage of the situation to help his inner circle.

During 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO has not forgotten even for a moment about the idea of an attack on Russia, Belgian political scientist and director of geopolitical research center Euro-Rus Kris Roman said in an exclusive interview with Regnum.

The US' blatant warmongering rhetoric and actions against Russia and China may lead to a new world war, a US investigative journalist underscored, dubbing Washington a "global bully."

America has spread its humongous ears over France. The famous WikiLeaks claims President Hollande has been stripped of his private life in a no lesser way than Kanzlerin Merkel. While Paris indignantly cries foul about US intelligence transgressions, it will swallow its pride. The next question the pundits would ask is whether the Moscow Kremlin is bugged.

The American-EU disaster brought upon poor Ukraine as a pseudo attack on Russia is not working out as planned. And neither did the Minsk agreement, which has been turned into an instrument of torture for the endlessly suffering Donbass people. The West fiddles as Donbass burns, as does Syria, under the grotesque American justification of “pursuing our interests”.

At the moment it is unrealistic to expect a speedy improvement in US - Russia relations. This is to be regretted, but it is a fact: these relations have reached perhaps the lowest point and are even worse than during Soviet times – a really disturbing development.

The American-EU disaster brought upon poor Ukraine as a pseudo attack on Russia is not working out as planned. And neither did the Minsk agreement, which has been turned into an instrument of torture for the endlessly suffering Donbass people. The West fiddles as Donbass burns, as does Syria, under the grotesque American justification of “pursuing our interests”.