Sun 15 May 2022: Finland confirmed its decision to join NATO on Sunday, saying it is ready to talk to Turkiye about the objections it has raised against the Scandinavian country’s participation. In a joint press conference with Prime Minister Sanna Marin, Finland’s Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy approved the country’s application for […]
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Sun 15 May 2022: In response to Shireen Abu Aqleh’s murder by Israeli sniper, protesters today held 55 paper press jackets outside the BBC headquarters in London to represent the 55 journalists killed by Israel since 2000. This was just one of several powerful visual representations of the ongoing Nakba in today’s march for Palestine […]
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Sun 15 May 2022: Spreading protests across Iran over a cut in state subsidies on food have turned political with slogans calling for top leaders to step down, according to posts on social media, and unconfirmed reports said at least four protesters were killed, Reuters reports. Protests began in some cities last week sparked by the government’s […]
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Sun 15 May 2022: Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon holds parliamentary elections on Sunday while reeling from an economic crisis that has pushed more than three-quarters of the population into poverty. Some 3.9 million eligible voters will select their preferred representatives among 718 candidates spread across 103 lists in 15 districts and 27 subdistricts, an increase from […]
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Sun 15 May 2022: According to the Buffalo Police Department, a gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday afternoon, killing at least ten people. On Jefferson Avenue, at the Tops Markets, a mass shooting occurred. According to Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia, the gunman was an 18-year-old white guy. He […]
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Sun 15 May 2022: Russia dropped phosphorus bombs on the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Ukrainian sources said on Sunday, following Ukraine’s victory in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). “Hell has come to earth. To Azovstal,” Mariupol city council deputy Petro Andriushchenko wrote on Telegram. He posted a video of the attack, also showing artillery fire, although the footage could not be independently verified. #SaveAzovstal #SaveMariupol […]
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Sun 15 May 2022: Turkey’s foreign minister has described as “unacceptable and outrageous” the support that prospective new NATO members Sweden and Finland give to the PKK, a Kurdish rebel group designated a “terrorist” organisation by Ankara and its Western allies. The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) has waged a rebellion against the Turkish state since […]
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Sat 14 May 2022: Poorer countries have been dealing with rising food prices for the previous two years, but the issue has worsened due to shortages caused by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, two key producers and exporters of wheat and other foodstuffs, according to the Anadolu news agency. In this scenario, governments should […]
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Sat 14 May 2022: Ukraine has collected the bodies of “hundreds” of Russian servicemen and placed them in refrigerated train wagons to be returned home. “Most of them were brought from the Kyiv region, there are some from Chernihiv region and from some other regions too.” Volodymyr Lyamzin, the top civil-military liaison officer, told Reuters. […]
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Sat 14 May 2022: After former President Sheikh Halifa bin Zayed died on Friday, the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates elected Abu Dhabi ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the new President of the State, according to the state news agency. Sheikh Mohamed, also known as ‘MBZ,’ met with members of […]
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