Day: December 24, 2020

Categories World

‘Decade of persecution & unjust suffering’: UN special rapporteur on torture urges Trump to pardon Assange

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UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, has urged the outgoing US President Donald Trump to pardon WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, arguing he suffered years of persecution for merely “telling the truth.” … Read More >‘Decade of persecution & unjust suffering’: UN special rapporteur on torture urges Trump to pardon Assange

Categories Middle East

Water cannon and mounted police deployed against ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting over conscription case in Jerusalem (VIDEO)

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Police were deployed against protesters from the ultra-Orthodox community who blocked a motorway outside Jerusalem after a student was arrested for violating military draft laws. … Read More >Water cannon and mounted police deployed against ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting over conscription case in Jerusalem (VIDEO)

Categories UK

New British Covid-19 strain ‘appears more transmissible in young people and children,’ says WHO

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A World Health Organization Covid-19 expert has warned that the new strain of the virus, prevalent in Britain, appears to be easily transmitted among young people amid fears schools may be prevented from reopening in January. … Read More >New British Covid-19 strain ‘appears more transmissible in young people and children,’ says WHO

Categories EU

German general calls Russia NATO’s ‘greatest threat’ since military are ineffective against terrorism & China is ‘too far away’

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NATO still counts Russia as its biggest threat because it virtually struggles to find any other danger close to Europe it could effectively counter, a German general and the US Army Europe chief of staff has seemingly admitted. … Read More >German general calls Russia NATO’s ‘greatest threat’ since military are ineffective against terrorism & China is ‘too far away’

Categories Asia & Pacific

The unwelcome McCain: US destroyer ‘expelled’ from South China Sea weeks after being ‘chased out’ of Russian waters

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Chinese naval and air assets joined forces to ‘expel’ the destroyer USS John S. McCain from the disputed islands in the South China Sea, Beijing announced. The US Navy claimed it was on another ‘freedom of navigation’ cruise. … Read More >The unwelcome McCain: US destroyer ‘expelled’ from South China Sea weeks after being ‘chased out’ of Russian waters

Categories World

US Baiting Indonesia With Billions in Aid to Recognise Israel as Kushner Touts ‘Explosion of Peace’

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As the Donald Trump administration seeks to bring more Arab and Muslim countries into the fold of the Abraham Accords, with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco already agreeing to the normalisation of relations with Israel, Oman and Indonesia were reported as likely to be next in line. … Read More >US Baiting Indonesia With Billions in Aid to Recognise Israel as Kushner Touts ‘Explosion of Peace’

Categories Middle East

Over 40% of Israelis Blame Prime Minister Netanyahu for Snap Elections, Poll Shows

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Over 40 percent of Israelis blame Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud party, for the necessity to hold snap parliamentary elections, while 18 percent of respondents believe that Defence Minister Benny Gantz, the leader of Blue and White party, is responsible for that, a fresh poll showed. … Read More >Over 40% of Israelis Blame Prime Minister Netanyahu for Snap Elections, Poll Shows

Categories USA

Trump vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021, sends it back to Congress

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President Donald Trump has vetoed an annual military spending bill worth $740 billion, sending it back to Congress. The bill included a number of partisan amendments, including a block on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. … Read More >Trump vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021, sends it back to Congress