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Month: October 2020

Imran Khan charges Facebook, Macron with Islamophobic campaigning

2 years ago
Pakistan’s prime minister has appealed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to ban Islamophobic content on the site, warning of an increase in radicalisation amongst Muslims, the government said on Sunday. In a letter, which the Pakistani government posted on Twitter, Imran Khan said that “growing Islamophobia” was encouraging extremism and violence across the world, especially […]
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Turkey extends remit of East Med gas exploration, defying Greece, NATO

2 years ago
Turkey has extended the seismic survey work of its Oruc Reis ship in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean until Nov. 4 - a move that Greece condemned on Sunday as “illegal”. Turkey said Greece’s accusation was “baseless” as tensions between the NATO members flared again in a dispute over the extent of their […]
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Kuwait leads Arab boycott of French goods over racist cartoon

2 years ago
Kuwait’s retail co-ops have pulled French products in boycott over the use of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a French school class on freedom of expression whose teacher was then beheaded by a Chechen teenager. In Saudi Arabia, the Arab world’s largest economy, a hashtag calling for the boycott of French supermarket retailer Carrefour […]
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Protests break out, quashed in Baghdad again

2 years ago
Iraqi security forces clashed with anti-government demonstrators in Baghdad on Sunday with at least 39 people, most of them police officers, injured by projectiles unleashed from each side, security officials said. Police sources said tear gas canisters being fired by security forces had injured at least seven people. A separate statement from a military spokesman […]
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Russia could defy US sanctions by selling weapons to Iran

2 years ago
The embargo on conventional arms shipments to Iran, that expired on October 18, could result in Teheran purchasing Russian weapons. Iranian officials already expressed interest in acquiring the latest state-of-art Russian military technology, such as the S-400 missile system, or the Su-30 aircraft, the Kremlin seems to prepare an excuse for not doing a large-scale […]
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Uzbekistan to build a new transmission line in Afghanistan

2 years ago
ADB to finance the construction of power transmission lines from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan. As part of the visit of Uzbekistan’s government delegation to Afghanistan, the heads of ministries and departments of the two countries held an expanded meeting in Kabul. During the event, an agreement was signed between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the […]
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Maronite church sets terms to PM Hariri over new cabinet

2 years ago
Lebanon’s top Christian cleric urged Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Sunday to avoid back-door deals and to quickly form a new government that will start lifting the country out of financial crisis. Veteran Sunni politician Hariri was named premier for a fourth time on Thursday, a year after huge protests against the ruling elite pushed […]
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Open Letter to Secretary Wilbur Ross

2 years ago
Honorable Sir, There is no doubt the best way to invest the #COVID19 grant money is to endorse the movement and organization to declare demurrage on the US dollar. There are three reasons; One, In order to unfund The Dark Forces and completely Drain The Swamp of all the hidden dirty cash paper US dollars […]
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Israel still worried about F-35 falling into Qatari hands

2 years ago
An Israeli cabinet minister said on Sunday that a U.S. sale of advanced F-35 warplanes to Qatar could be possible despite Israel’s objections to such a deal given the Gulf state’s links to Iran and Palestinian Hamas. “I have no doubt that if they (Qatar) want it and are willing to pay, sooner or later […]
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Sudanese oppose normalisation as Israel envoy prepares visit

2 years ago
Prominent political factions in Sudan have rejected a deal brokered with the help of the United States to take steps to normalise ties with Israel. The agreement was sealed on Friday in a call between U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Sudanese transitional leaders. It would make Sudan the third Arab […]
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Ethiopia objects streneously to Trump's vague remarks about Renaissance Dam

2 years ago
Ethiopia on Saturday summoned the U.S. ambassador over what it called an “incitement of war” between Ethiopia and Egypt from President Donald Trump over their dispute about the filling and operation of a massive hydropower dam. Trump called on Friday for an agreement between the countries, but added it was a dangerous situation and that […]
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Iran decries bribes and blackmail that went into Sudan-Israel deal

2 years ago
Iran’s foreign ministry on Saturday described a U.S.-brokered Sudan-Israel deal to normalise ties as “phoney” and accused Khartoum of paying a ransom in return for Washington removing it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism. The deal agreed on Friday marked the third Arab government after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to set […]
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Israel now drops objection to F-35 fighter sale to UAE

2 years ago
Israel said on Friday it will not oppose U.S. sales of “specific weapons systems” to the United Arab Emirates, in an apparent reference to the F-35 warplanes sought by Abu Dhabi. Under a principle of preserving Israel’s “qualitative military edge”, the United States consults with it on proposed sales of advanced arms to other countries […]
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Pakistan still on terror list, contra Sudan

2 years ago
A global dirty money watchdog decided on Friday to keep Pakistan on its “grey list”, despite progress by Islamabad on meeting international anti-terrorism financing norms. In a statement, the Financial Action Task Force urged Pakistan to complete an internationally agreed action plan by February 2021. FATF said Pakistan had now reached 21 targets out of […]
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After Sudan normalisation Trump still not pressuring Ethiopan over dam

2 years ago
U.S. President Donald Trump and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Friday called for an agreement to be reached over the dam dispute with Ethiopia and Egypt. “We hope to reach an amicable solution soon,” Hamdok said, speaking by phone with Trump following Sudan and Israel’s announcement to normalize ties. Trump, who held the call […]
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