Month: October 2019

Saudi Arabia returning Iranian fishermen

Saudi Arabia has freed 19 Iranian fishermen detained 10 months ago by the kingdom’s coastguard, an Iranian official was quoted as saying on Thursday, following talks between the two regional rivals. The crews of two separate fishing boats had been captured when “bad weather forced the boats into Saudi Arabia’s territorial waters”, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim […]

US claims Iran spent billions on Shiite militias

Iran has spent $16 billion on its “militias” in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV on Thursday. He did not give more details on the militias or say when Iran had spent the money. Source: Reuters

Rocket hits Green Zone in Baghdad

A rocket fell inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone and killed one member of Iraq’s security forces on Wednesday, the military said in a brief statement. It did not elaborate. A rocket had been seen flying towards the Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign embassies, and a blast was heard coming from its […]

Hariri ready to become PM, with preconditions

Saad al-Hariri is ready to return as prime minister of a new Lebanese government, a senior official familiar with his thinking said, on condition it includes technocrats and can quickly implement reforms to stave off economic collapse. Hariri’s resignation on Tuesday left a political vacuum at a moment of acute crisis, with reforms urgently needed […]

US renews wavers over Iran sanctions

The United States plans to allow Russian, Chinese and European companies to continue work at Iranian nuclear facilities to make it harder for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Trump administration, which last year pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and re-imposed sanctions […]

Algerian protestors want house cleaning of regime

Riad Mostefai has marched through the capital of Algeria every Friday since February to demand a purge of the ruling hierarchy, an end to corruption and the army’s withdrawal from politics. Though some of his demands have been met, Mostefai plans to keep on marching each week along with tens of thousands of others who […]

TRUMP GOING AFTER ELITIST CASH PAPER MONEY

This source of funding for the whole agenda of keeping us all divided in any way possible, is massive. And I do not mean credit. I mean cash; US paper dollars for the most part, which pay for all the dirty work being done. The cash paper money in our wallets and "under our pillow" […]

Sustainable Rice Production

By: Ibrahim Al-Alou Father Henri De Laulanie 1920-1995 Pioneer of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Rice production is a heavy consumer of water and fertilizers plus its footprint on greenhouse gas emissions that accounts for 1.5% of all emissions worldwide. To produce rice is a huge challenge but Challenges are for […]

Brazil wants to join OPEC

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that he wants his country to join OPEC, a move that would add the most significant new producer to the oil cartel for years. The comments come ahead of a massive auction of oil rights in Brazil, which is boosting output rapidly. OPEC membership would likely require Brazil […]

Turkey and Russia expected to monitor Syria border jointly

Kurdish YPG militia had not completed its withdrawal to at least 30 km away from the Turkish border in northeast Syria, Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday despite assurances from Russia that they had left. Turkey reserves the right to launch another operation against the YPG in the area, Erdogan said. He added that […]

Jordan recalls ambassador in protest of Israeli detentions

Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations in protest over Israel’s refusal to heed its demands to release two citizens it said were illegally detained for months without charges, the kingdom’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Ayman Safadi said in a tweet he held the Israeli government responsible for the lives of Hiba Labadi […]

Uzbekistan: “Invest in Karakalpakstan”

On November 1-2, 2019, Nukus will host the International Investment Forum “Invest in Karakalpakstan”, organized by the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Jokargy Kenes and the Council of Ministers of Karakalpakstan. The purpose of the forum is to intensify investment activities, to form an effective platform for business communication and discussion of issues on […]

Uzbek elections coming soon

After the verification of voters' signatures on October 15, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Uzbekistan issued permits to all five political parties to participate in the December elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis. The expert group, which included members of the CEC, letter experts from the Ministries of Interior and Justice […]

Whatsapp sues Israel for spy hacks

WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group on Tuesday, accusing it of helping government spies break into the phones of roughly 1,400 users across four continents in a hacking spree whose targets included diplomats, political dissidents, journalists and senior government officials. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco, messaging service WhatsApp, which […]

Iraqi PM on the way out

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s two main backers have agreed to work to remove him from office as protests against his government gained momentum in Baghdad and much of the Shi’ite south only to be met with violence. Populist Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who leads parliament’s largest bloc, had asked Abdul Mahdi to call […]

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