Sat 26 January 2022: In Scotland, when someone is on shaky ground or skating on thin ice they are said to be hanging by a “shoogly peg”. That is exactly where Israel has found itself over the crisis in Ukraine as the hypocrisy of Tel Aviv and its Zionist allies is exposed for the whole […]
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Wed 23 February 2022: A recent poll suggests just 20 percent think an invasion will happen soon, in line with some Ukrainian leaders. Kyiv, Ukraine – The White House’s increasingly worrying warnings about an imminent Russian invasion in Ukraine are nothing but a political game designed to help Democrats win Senate seats in the autumn. This is not […]
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The Gesture, a 25-meter sculpture by Lebanese architect Nadim Karam to commemorate victims of Beirut blast, is seen at the capital’s port in Lebanon. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sat 19 February 2022: Relatives call for an international inquiry to help push forward a floundering local investigation into the deadly explosion in Lebanon. Beirut, Lebanon – About a dozen teenagers gathered […]
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Thu 17 February 2022: The triennial high-level summits between the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) are often criticised as being photo opportunities without substance. Nevertheless, even photo opportunities are important. They show that European leaders are willing to receive their African counterparts on par with full honours. This is important given the […]
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Sun 13 February 2022: President Biden’s move to put aside Afghan funds for 9/11 victims sets ‘problematic precedent’, advocates say. President Joe Biden’s decision to effectively seize the Afghan central bank’s funds in the United States and repurpose half of the money as compensation to the victims of the 9/11 attacks has drawn rebuke and accusations of […]
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Sat 12 February 2022: Europe’s largest sportswear manufacturer, Adidas, has ended its lucrative boot deal with French footballer Kurt Zouma, after the English Premier League player was shown to kick and slap his pet cat in a video clip uploaded by his brother onto social media. The West Ham United defender has since faced enormous […]
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Mon 31 January 2022: Generals court country’s monks to try and win respect in an environment where ‘almost everybody hates them’. A plan is under way for Min Aung Hlaing, head of Myanmar’s military and leader of last year’s coup, to build the biggest sculpture of a sitting Buddha in the world – part of […]
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Tue 25 January 2022: The armed group continues to gain strength in the war-torn country after its defeat in 2019, analysts say. A brazen ISIL attack on a prison in northeast Syria and the ensuing five days of fighting with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a stark reminder of the armed group’s growing […]
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Mon 24 January 2022: The diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games may go down in history as the official start of the cold war between the US, a handful of its allies and China. The American strategy, however, of using boycotts to pressure Beijing in the name of ‘human rights,’ may […]
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Sun 23 January 2022: The parties to the war in Yemen each have their own agenda, making the conflict hard to resolve. Here are some of these groups and what they want, as reported by Reuters: THE HOUTHIS In the late 1990s, the Houthi family in far north Yemen set up a religious revival movement involving […]
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