March 27, 2020 – Page 2 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

CrossTalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Rights vs Security

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020By Editor

As governments all over the world enact and enforce unprecedented policies to deal with the pandemic, where do our rights stand? Are we abandoning our rights for security? … Read More >CrossTalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Rights vs Security

Middle East

Tehran Has No Knowledge of Missing US Agent Levinson’s Whereabouts

Posted on March 27, 2020By Editor

Iran has no knowledge of the whereabouts of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in the country in 2007, the spokesman for Iran’s UN Mission, Alireza Miryousefi, said Thursday, in the wake of claims by his family that he had died in detention in Iran. … Read More >Tehran Has No Knowledge of Missing US Agent Levinson’s Whereabouts

Middle East

Syrian Army, Civilians Block US Convoy, Force It to Turn Back in Country’s Northeast – Reports

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020By Editor

The standoff is at least the fourth time this month that Syrian troops and angry local residents have forced a US military convoy to retreat from an area of al-Hasakah governorate. … Read More >Syrian Army, Civilians Block US Convoy, Force It to Turn Back in Country’s Northeast – Reports

Middle East

US Forces Return Qayyara Air Base to Iraqi Control, Withdraw From Mosul Area

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020By Editor

US forces in Iraq began their withdrawal from a key northern airfield on Thursday, returning Qayyara Air Base to Iraqi control. … Read More >US Forces Return Qayyara Air Base to Iraqi Control, Withdraw From Mosul Area

Middle East

Russian, Turkish Military Conduct Joint Patrolling in Syria – Defence Ministry

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020By Editor

Russian and Turkish troops have conducted joint patrolling in Syria’s north, Oleg Zhuravlev, the head of the Russian Defence Ministry’s centre for the Syrian Reconciliation, said. … Read More >Russian, Turkish Military Conduct Joint Patrolling in Syria – Defence Ministry

Europe coronavirus cases dramatically SURGE as worldwide death toll surpasses 25,000

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020By Editor

The worldwide death toll from Covid-19 has surpassed 25,000 and researchers have detected a huge spike in Europe with Spain, Germany and the UK reporting thousands of fresh cases. … Read More >Europe coronavirus cases dramatically SURGE as worldwide death toll surpasses 25,000

Latin America

Maduro Refutes US Accusations That Venezuelan Authorities Have Links to Drug Trafficking

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020By Editor

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has refuted the US accusations that the government of the Bolivarian Republic has links to drug trafficking. … Read More >Maduro Refutes US Accusations That Venezuelan Authorities Have Links to Drug Trafficking

Latin America

‘New way of staging a coup’: Venezuelan FM blasts US for narco-terrorism charges against Maduro

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020By Editor

Washington’s decision to indict Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on drug charges is “a new form of coup d’etat,” as well as a move to win over hispanic voters in Florida, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has claimed. … Read More >‘New way of staging a coup’: Venezuelan FM blasts US for narco-terrorism charges against Maduro

USA

‘Models don’t match reality’: White House coronavirus chief rejects doomsday predictions as US tops Covid-19 case count

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020By Editor

Even as the US overtook China in the official number of Covid-19 cases, the top physician leading the White House effort urged Americans not to panic, as models predicting the death of millions keep being proven wrong everywhere. … Read More >‘Models don’t match reality’: White House coronavirus chief rejects doomsday predictions as US tops Covid-19 case count

USA

Troubled F-35 becomes latest coronavirus casualty after Pentagon puts the brakes on further tests

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020By Editor

Tests being carried out on the delayed and over-budget F-35 have been suspended as part of a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Pentagon has announced. The fighter plane has already suffered a string of pricey setbacks. … Read More >Troubled F-35 becomes latest coronavirus casualty after Pentagon puts the brakes on further tests

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