The letter called for Israel to open up channels for humanitarian workers to communicate with Israeli officials about ensuring their operations are safe from the Israeli military, a process known as deconfliction, the letter reportedly said. The talks between UN and Israeli officials are ongoing, and no final decision has been...
Officials running the Pentagon and State Department have been in overdrive for more than 250 days in support of Israel’s ongoing slaughter of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Supposedly dedicated to defense and diplomacy, those officials have worked to implement and disguise Washington’s war policies, which have taken more lives than any other government in this century.
In the past several weeks, I have watched dozens of sleek U.S. military planes descend over Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where I live. They were the first flights to land since gangs blockaded and halted commercial air traffic in March. U.S. news reports suggest that the aircraft contained...
There's something off to me about the media exclusively referring to them as gangs.
It's about fixing the narrative in the public mind. They do similar shit in almost every foreign news story, especially places, we are not supposed to like
A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama Wednesday at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist. ...
Of course for Biden to admit that it is genocide would be to admit that that he is complicit in genocide. But whether it is called genocide or merely the indiscrimate slaughter of thousands of innocent people, he is still guilty as fuck.
Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday....
The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas's Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare "total victory" so it can bring an end to the war on Gaza, US officials have told Middle East Eye....
The US and Israel are losing the propaganda war, they need a name for it's news outlets to focus on and vilify. They know from experience that promoting hatred for one figurehead will stoke hatred for all Palestinians
Georgia’s president has vetoed a “foreign agents” bill that has split the country and appealed to the government not to overrule her over a law she said was “Russian in sprit and essence”....
*“Here even studies acknowledging that U.S. policymakers in February 1990 briefly discussed limits on NATO’s future presence risk understating the significance of U.S.-Soviet bargaining in 1990 by missing the importance of informal deals to politics, in general, and to Cold War diplomacy, in particular. In U.S. domestic politics, for example, an informal offer can constitute a binding agreement provided one party gives up something of value in consideration of payment in goods or services. A similar principle applies to inter- national politics: not only are formal agreements often the codiacation of arrangements that states would make regardless of a formal offer, but if private and unwritten discussions are meaningless, then diplomacy itself would be an unnecessary and fruitless exercise.
Moreover, informal agreements and understandings were especially important during the Cold War. The 1962 Cuban missile crisis, for example, was re- solved in part through an informal agreement whereby the United States and the Soviet Union each removed missiles near the other’s territory. In the 1970s and 1980s, an unofficial alliance developed between the United States and China, as each turned to the other to balance Soviet ambitions in Europe and Asia. And as Marc Trachtenberg shows, Europe’s Cold War or- der emerged from tacit U.S. and Soviet initiatives in the 1950s and 1960s that helped the two sides and ways to coexist within a divided Europe. Ultimately, informal arrangements abounded during the Cold War as the United States and the Soviet Union competed for power, influence, and security.”(Shifrinson, Deal or No Deal?: The End of the Cold War and the U.S. Offer to Limit NATO Expansion, p. 18)*
The only reason you are this angry is because you know I'm right. But I guess it must get tiresome having American thrown in your face everyday. Never mind, eh? Chin up and straighten your MAGA hat
Well lets just hope it is not an empty warning and that they follow through with action ... quickly. Israel has grown used to being patted on the head for all its atrocities over the decades. I doubt they will back off with just a warning.
Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden....
You seem to think that the US gives a shit about human rights. Pushing its own geopolitical agenda is the ONLY thing the US cares about. And no, I don't like Modi one bit, I'm just not blind to rank hypocrisy.
US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia....
Accountability. If there was a name they would have to provide some kind of evidence or justification for the claims. As it is we just have to take their word for it.
UN Warns It Will Have to Suspend Gaza Aid Operation If Israel Continues Endangering Humanitarian Workers ( truthout.org )
The letter called for Israel to open up channels for humanitarian workers to communicate with Israeli officials about ensuring their operations are safe from the Israeli military, a process known as deconfliction, the letter reportedly said. The talks between UN and Israeli officials are ongoing, and no final decision has been...
President Joe Biden ‘appalled’ by violence during pro-Palestinian protest at Los Angeles synagogue ( apnews.com )
Gruesome hypocrisy of US foreign policy being exposed in Gaza, Ukraine ( www.salon.com )
U.S. Military Planes Are in Haiti. Haitians Don’t Know Why. ( foreignpolicy.com )
In the past several weeks, I have watched dozens of sleek U.S. military planes descend over Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where I live. They were the first flights to land since gangs blockaded and halted commercial air traffic in March. U.S. news reports suggest that the aircraft contained...
US lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama in India's Dharamshala, sparking anger from China ( apnews.com )
A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama Wednesday at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist. ...
‘Not genocide’ says Biden after ICC warrants sought ( www.google.com )
British passenger dies after severe turbulence on London-Singapore flight ( www.theguardian.com )
Netanyahu angrily rejects move to seek his arrest, lambasts the ICC saying it has compared Israel to "mass murderers" ( www.bbc.com )
Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity' ( abcnews.go.com )
Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday....
US focused on hunting down Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, in bid to end Gaza war ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas's Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare "total victory" so it can bring an end to the war on Gaza, US officials have told Middle East Eye....
Georgian president vetoes ‘foreign influence’ law ( www.theguardian.com )
Georgia’s president has vetoed a “foreign agents” bill that has split the country and appealed to the government not to overrule her over a law she said was “Russian in sprit and essence”....
Australia’s richest woman seeks removal of her portrait from exhibition ( www.cnn.com )
US confirms first aid trucks arrive via Gaza pier ( www.bbc.com )
The first shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived in Gaza via a temporary floating pier, the US military has confirmed....
EU suspends 4 more Russian propaganda outlets ( kyivindependent.com )
U.S. governors urge Turks and Caicos to release Americans as Florida woman becomes 5th tourist arrested for ammo in luggage ( www.cbsnews.com )
US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters ( www.cnn.com )
Putin backs China's Ukraine peace plan, says Beijing understands the conflict | Reuters ( www.reuters.com )
Chabahar Port: US says sanctions possible after India-Iran port deal ( www.bbc.com )
US says Israel’s use of US arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete ( apnews.com )
Milei is already proving the Left-wing economic establishment wrong ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
EU agrees €3B raid on Russian assets to buy weapons for Ukraine ( www.politico.eu )
Late concession by Belgium paved way for deal on using profits to buy ammo for Kyiv’s war effort....
China hacked Ministry of Defence, Sky News learns ( news.sky.com )
MPs will be told of a massive data breach involving the Ministry of Defence later today, targeting service personnel....
Scoop: U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel ( www.axios.com )
Israelis rally to demand ceasefire and Netanyahu's resignation ( www.euronews.com )
"We hope the world hears us and knows that the people of Israel are not the government of Israel," said one protester....
Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols ( apnews.com )
Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden....
Blinken urges Hamas to accept ‘extraordinarily generous’ ceasefire deal ( www.washingtonexaminer.com )
China must stop aiding Russia if it seeks good relations with West, NATO says ( ptv-news.com.pk )
Exclusive: U.S. pier attacked during construction work off Gaza coast - I24NEWS ( www.i24news.tv )
India dismisses US human rights report as 'deeply biased' ( www.reuters.com )
China supporting Russia in massive military expansion, US says ( www.theguardian.com )
US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia....
They were told to leave their homes. They did. They were still bombed ( www.middleeasteye.net )