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US Targets Syrian Central Bank, President Assad’s Wife in Fresh Round of Sanctions

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

Earlier, the US Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against Syria’s Central Bank, as well as nine other entities and seven individuals in Syria. … Read More >US Targets Syrian Central Bank, President Assad’s Wife in Fresh Round of Sanctions

Asia & Pacific

US Navy Sends Warship Through China’s Claimed Waters for Second Time in a Week

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

China’s new aircraft carrier, Shandong, is also on its way to the South China Sea for military drills. The warship was spotted near Hainan on Tuesday and is reported to be carrying a new squadron of J-15 fighters. … Read More >US Navy Sends Warship Through China’s Claimed Waters for Second Time in a Week

World

Russia Sends 300 Military Instructors to Central African Republic

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

Russia has sent 300 instructors to the Central African Republic to train national armed forces and help boost the country’s defence capabilities, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. … Read More >Russia Sends 300 Military Instructors to Central African Republic

Latin America

Maduro Says Lawmakers Must Define Criminal Responsibility of Previous National Assembly

Posted on December 23, 2020January 31, 2021By Editor

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the new parliament must define the criminal and administrative responsibility of members of the former National Assembly. … Read More >Maduro Says Lawmakers Must Define Criminal Responsibility of Previous National Assembly

Latin America

UK Was ‘Secretly Lobbying’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro Before He Was Elected President, Journalist Reveals

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

The British government’s private contacts with Brazil’s current president on behalf of powerful corporate interests, well before he was elected to office, may explain why the COVID-19 vaccine developed by UK firm AstraZeneca is still the only one purchased by the South American government, an investigative journalist tells Sputnik. … Read More >UK Was ‘Secretly Lobbying’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro Before He Was Elected President, Journalist Reveals

Latin America

US Sanctions Maker of Biometric Authentication System Used in Veneuzela’s Parliamentary Elections

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

The Trump administration has alleged without evidence that the December 6 National Assembly elections in Venezuela were fraudulent, even though it declined to send election observers. … Read More >US Sanctions Maker of Biometric Authentication System Used in Veneuzela’s Parliamentary Elections

Middle East

Iran’s Soleimani Was Killed for Challenging America’s ‘Hegemonic Schemes,’ Hezbollah Says

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

The one-year anniversary of the US assassination of Revolutionary Guard Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani is rapidly approaching. Soleimani was killed in Baghdad, Iraq on 3 January 2020 in a drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump. … Read More >Iran’s Soleimani Was Killed for Challenging America’s ‘Hegemonic Schemes,’ Hezbollah Says

Shows

Crosstalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Being a Conservative

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

A lot of questions. What does it mean to be a conservative today? What are conservative values? Is Donald Trump a conservative and did he change what it means to be a conservative? What about the issue of class? And, finally, what does it take for conservatives to win? … Read More >Crosstalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Being a Conservative

Middle East

Crises, Sanctions and Protests: How 2020 Reshaped the Arab World

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

While the Middle East is no stranger to political turmoil, the events of the outgoing year have aggravated many long-standing issues plaguing the region for decades, tipping economies into crisis and heralding in regional new alliances that will shape the status quo in the region for years to come. … Read More >Crises, Sanctions and Protests: How 2020 Reshaped the Arab World

Middle East

‘Can Somebody Find a Vaccine For This?’ Tweeps Unamused as Israel Gallops Towards Fourth Election

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

Both the Israeli PM and his defence minister are interested in avoiding dragging the country to another round of pricy general polls, but the bill on the national budget failed to collect the necessary amount of signatures at the Knesset. And that means that if no miracle occurs, the chamber will dissolve at midnight. … Read More >‘Can Somebody Find a Vaccine For This?’ Tweeps Unamused as Israel Gallops Towards Fourth Election

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