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Aslı Bâli talks new philosophy of restraint for US humanitarian interventions

3 days ago
By Khody Akhavi and Tevah Gevelber With the war in Ukraine, tensions over Taiwan, and the emergence of new alliances in the Middle East, this summer has been challenging for U.S. foreign policy. Washington has struggled with how to respond, and the issue of human rights and its role in these various hot spots is never far from the […]
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Israel to strip citizenship for 'disloyalty' regardless of international standards

3 weeks ago
Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state can revoke the citizenship of people who carry out actions that constitute a breach of trust against the state, including terrorism, espionage or treason. The ruling addressed a 2008 Citizenship Law in Israel that gives the state authority to revoke citizenship based on actions that constitute […]
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Bernie Sanders takes issue with Biden's Saudi trip

4 weeks ago
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday criticized President Joe Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia, saying it rewarded a dictatorship and should have never taken place given its leader's involvement in murdering a journalist. Biden greeted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who U.S. intelligence agencies believe ordered the killing in 2018 of Saudi journalist Jamal […]
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Biden talks Saudi oil as Hatice Cengiz criticises him over Khashoggi

4 weeks ago
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he told Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman he held him responsible for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, shortly after exchanging a fist bump with the kingdom's de facto ruler. On a trip to reset relations with a country he had called a pariah […]
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Deutsche Welle falsely accuses Palestinian journalist of anti-Semitism

1 month ago
A German court ruled that Deutsche Welle unlawfully fired a Palestinian journalist based on false anti-Semitism accusations. Maram Salem was among a group of Arab journalists fired by the government broadcaster after they were accused of anti-Jewish bigotry due to comments or criticisms about Israel. The court in Bonn ruled on Wednesday that Salem's dismissal […]
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Julian Assange's wife to fight husband's extradition

2 months ago
The wife of Julian Assange vowed to fight using every possible legal avenue after British Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday approved the WikiLeaks' founder's extradition to the United States to face criminal charges. Assange is wanted by U.S. authorities on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks' release of vast troves of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables which Washington said had put lives in danger. […]
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District of Columbia names street Jamal Khashoggi Way in affront to Saudi embassy

2 months ago
One month ahead of President Joe Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia, the District of Columbia is renaming the street in front of the Saudi embassy Jamal Khashoggi Way, trolling Riyadh for its role in the killing of the dissident Saudi activist and journalist in 2018. With members of the D.C. Council in attendance, a Jamal […]
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Biden settles on trip to Saudi, and Israel

2 months ago
U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel next month and the White House is planning to announce the trip this week, a source familiar with the planning said on Sunday. Biden's trip, which is expected to take place around mid-July, could include a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, […]
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Biden still indecisive on Saudi visit

2 months ago
U..S. President Joe Biden said he had "not yet" decided if he will travel to Saudi Arabia, a week after he opened the door to a possible trip. Sources have said Biden was planning a trip to Saudi Arabia, along with a trip to Europe and Israel in late June. The White House has said […]
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Controversy in congress over Biden trip to Saudi

2 months ago
Congressman Adam Schiff says US President Joe Biden should not visit Saudi Arabia or meet its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), who was accused by American intelligence of ordering the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A team of Saudi operatives murdered Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on October 2, […]
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$430million to Egypt from formerly frozen assets

4 months ago
Swiss prosecutors are concluding without any charges a decade-long investigation into alleged money laundering and organized crime linked to late former President Hosni Mubarak's circles in Egypt, and will release some 400 million Swiss francs ($430 million) frozen in Swiss banks. The office of the Swiss attorney general said Wednesday that information received as part […]
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Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: a sports-washing opportunity 2.0

6 months ago
The Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 were a platform the Nazi’s used for their propaganda machine. In 2022 the Winter Games in Beijing offer China a similar podium to cover its wrongdoings. The world is watching a ‘sports-washing opportunity 2.0’ hosted by a totalitarian communist regime that lied to the world about COVID and is […]
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Israeli military apologises for killing elderly American-Palestinian

6 months ago
Israel’s top general told the U.S. ambassador on Friday that he regrets the death of an elderly Palestinian-American detained by Israeli troops and that a military police investigation was under way, an Israeli statement said. Washington said on Tuesday it continued to be “deeply concerned” over the Jan. 12 death of 78-year-old Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad […]
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Human Rights Watch charges Lebanon with flawed assassination investigations

6 months ago
Flawed investigations and procedural violations in four politically sensitive murders highlight how donor funding and training for Lebanon's security forces and judiciary have failed to secure the rule of law, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. In a report published on Thursday, HRW said its findings followed examinations of preliminary probes by the Internal Security Forces […]
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Singapore says Myanmar should still be blocked from ASEAN

7 months ago
Singapore’s leader said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should continue excluding Myanmar’s junta from its meeting until it cooperates on an agreed peace plans. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a video call on Friday urged the regional group’s new chair, Cambodia, to engage all sides in Myanmar’s conflict, Singapore’s foreign ministry said […]
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