Month: January 2021

Categories World

Ukrainian nationalists launch anti-Semitic attacks on Israeli envoy after he condemns march to honor Nazi collaborator Bandera

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Israel’s most senior diplomat in Ukraine has faced an onslaught of anti-Semitic abuse and calls for protests outside his country’s embassy after he condemned a march to remember a Nazi collaborator in the Ukrainian capital. … Read More >Ukrainian nationalists launch anti-Semitic attacks on Israeli envoy after he condemns march to honor Nazi collaborator Bandera

Categories Middle East

Generals to the Rescue: What’s Behind Israeli Public’s Obsession With Chiefs of Staff in Politics?

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Following the shrinking power of the Blue and White party, that aimed at replacing Netanyahu but failed, many Israelis became disillusioned with the generals’ ability to bring about much-awaited change, thinks a former politician. But the hunger for another Messiah, who’d topple the current PM, hasn’t subsided. … Read More >Generals to the Rescue: What’s Behind Israeli Public’s Obsession With Chiefs of Staff in Politics?

Categories Middle East

Tehran Claims ‘Serious Evidence’ Points to Israeli Complicity in Killing of Top Iranian Scientist

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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top Iranian scientist and the man deemed to be one of the developers of Iran’s nuclear programme, was assassinated outside Tehran on 27 November, with the Islamic Republic pointing the finger of blame at Israel and vowing to avenge his death although Tel Aviv has never confirmed the accusations. … Read More >Tehran Claims ‘Serious Evidence’ Points to Israeli Complicity in Killing of Top Iranian Scientist

Categories USA

Netizens Buzzing as Elon Musk Tweets Photo of Protester in Presiding Officer’s Chair at US Capitol

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What was supposed to be a peaceful rally in support of President’s Trump electoral challenge grew violent on Wednesday, as Trump-supporters stormed the US Capitol building, which resulted in an armed stand-off with law enforcement officers. … Read More >Netizens Buzzing as Elon Musk Tweets Photo of Protester in Presiding Officer’s Chair at US Capitol

Categories USA

Who Took Part in ‘Stop the Steal’ US Capitol Storming? Lawmakers, Right-Wing Figures IDed in Footage

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Several dozen people have been arrested by Washington, DC, police in the hours after the storming of the US Capitol building on Wednesday, and federal investigators say their probe of the chaos is likely to last the rest of 2021. … Read More >Who Took Part in ‘Stop the Steal’ US Capitol Storming? Lawmakers, Right-Wing Figures IDed in Footage

Categories USA

Michelle Obama Urges Twitter, Facebook to Ban Trump’s Accounts Forever

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The biggest US social media platforms moved to suspend President Donal Trump’s accounts after his supporters stormed the Capitol in DC on Wednesday, as Congress convened to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, forcing it to go under lockdown, since Trump allegedly endorsed the violence and claimed the election was rigged. … Read More >Michelle Obama Urges Twitter, Facebook to Ban Trump’s Accounts Forever

Categories Shows

US ‘loses moral authority,’ tainted after Capitol chaos (Full show)

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Leaders around the world are condemning the apparent “failure of democracy” that transpired on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. RT’s Peter Oliver reports from Europe. Then RT America’s Tyrel Ventura weighs in from the now-quiet scene of the historic melee and RT America’s Faran Fronczak recaps the highlights of the confrontation. “Boom Bust” co-host Brent Jabbour reports market reactions. … Read More >US ‘loses moral authority,’ tainted after Capitol chaos (Full show)