Day: May 18, 2021

Categories Middle East

Iran’s foreign minister cancels visit to Austria after Israeli flag was flown in Vienna amid Gaza flare-up

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has cancelled his trip to Austria after officials in Vienna raised Israeli flags in solidarity with Tel Aviv during its fight with Hamas in Gaza. … Read More >Iran’s foreign minister cancels visit to Austria after Israeli flag was flown in Vienna amid Gaza flare-up

Categories Shows

Mask on/mask off: CDC switches gears & mental health awareness month

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The CDC says fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks. A UN Security Council meeting made no progress on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian situation, and IDF warplanes began attacking Gaza again as the conflict moved into its second week. A man in Mississippi will continue to serve out a life sentence handed down to him for marijuana possession after the state’s Court of Appeals upheld the harsh term. … Read More >Mask on/mask off: CDC switches gears & mental health awareness month

Categories Middle East

SIX children & 2 women killed in Israeli airstrike on crowded Gaza refugee camp – reports

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An IDF air raid on a densely populated refugee camp in Gaza has killed at least eight people, the majority of them children, according to multiple reports, as Israeli warplanes continue to hammer the blockaded Palestinian enclave. … Read More >SIX children & 2 women killed in Israeli airstrike on crowded Gaza refugee camp – reports

Categories Russia

UN chief urges WHO to approve Sputnik V, calls Russian Covid jab ‘one of key elements’ in solving global vaccination problem

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The United Nations would welcome the World Health Organization’s approval of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said, while hailing the importance of the jab in tackling the pandemic. … Read More >UN chief urges WHO to approve Sputnik V, calls Russian Covid jab ‘one of key elements’ in solving global vaccination problem

Categories Russia

With Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny jailed, popular backing for protests supporting him dwindles, survey reveals

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Only 16% of Russians have a favorable opinion of those who participated in last month’s marches in support of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny, dropping almost a third from the 22% who backed earlier protests in January. … Read More >With Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny jailed, popular backing for protests supporting him dwindles, survey reveals

Categories Asia & Pacific

Chinese lander touches down on Mars in ‘pre-set zone’ in Beijing’s first mission to Red Planet

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China’s Zhurong rover has successfully landed on the surface of Mars, according to state media, in the culmination of the country’s first independent mission to the Red Planet after the ship departed from Earth last summer. … Read More >Chinese lander touches down on Mars in ‘pre-set zone’ in Beijing’s first mission to Red Planet

Categories Russia

Western messaging about ‘rules-based international order’ designed to undermine UN & circumvent international law, says Russian FM

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Western countries are developing rules without the consent of the rest of the international community, and are both undermining and circumventing the United Nations. That’s according to Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister. … Read More >Western messaging about ‘rules-based international order’ designed to undermine UN & circumvent international law, says Russian FM

Categories Russia

EU allegations that Russia intends to absorb & ‘de facto integrate’ Ukraine’s Donbass are totally false, Kremlin insists

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Russia has no plans to integrate the self-proclaimed Donetsk (DNR) and Lugansk People’s Republics (LNR), despite reports that the European Union allegedly believes Moscow is slowly trying to absorb parts of eastern Ukraine. … Read More >EU allegations that Russia intends to absorb & ‘de facto integrate’ Ukraine’s Donbass are totally false, Kremlin insists

Categories Op-ed

The West pushes the Xinjiang issue hard and selectively, while ignoring the sustained slaughter of Palestinians

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Muslims allegedly being treated badly in China? Terrible human rights atrocities that need to be stopped. Muslims being bombed, murdered and driven from their homes in Gaza? Meh, they’re anti-Israel terrorists. … Read More >The West pushes the Xinjiang issue hard and selectively, while ignoring the sustained slaughter of Palestinians

Categories Middle East

Weaponizing fake news? IDF accused of misleading Western media about ‘Gaza invasion’ to bait a deadly trap for Hamas

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Israeli press has suggested that the strangely worded IDF announcement about ground troops in Gaza was deliberate, causing major outlets to report fake news – and Hamas militants to go exactly where Israeli military wanted them. … Read More >Weaponizing fake news? IDF accused of misleading Western media about ‘Gaza invasion’ to bait a deadly trap for Hamas