Tehran (AFP) – Iranian protesters have attacked a religious school in Karaj province near Tehran, the conservative Fars news agency reported Saturday, as sporadic protests simmered ahead of the reimposition of US sanctions. Iranian authorities have barely mentioned days of protests in the major cities of Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad and Tehran, driven by concerns over […]
Archives for August 2018
“It’s Quite Scary”- Climate Scientists Alarmed as Europe Melts in Record Heat
In Lazio, the region where Rome is located, heatwaves have caused around 7,700 deaths since 2000
Jared Kushner Tries to Strip Refugee Status, Aid from Millions of Displaced Palestinians
According to Jared Kushner and other hard line Zionists, the Palestinian people don’t exist. Ever since they ethnically cleansed the majority of Palestinians, the Israelis have been hoping that they will just go away. They look out on Galilee, the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, and Lebanon, and ask, “why are you still here?” as though […]
Kuwait Joins Tunisia in Granting Women Full Political Rights
Kuwait City (Middle East Monitor) – Kuwait has become one of the first countries in the Middle East to give full political rights to women. Gulf news agencies reported that the oil rich state has granted full suffrage after decades of campaigning by women’s rights campaigners. Praising Kuwait’s progressive move, regional media commented on the […]
Iran: As US Sanctions Loom, Run on Gold, Banks, and Protests Spread
Tehran (AFP) – Iranians are hunkering down for the return of US sanctions on Monday with a run on gold and hard currency as they scramble to protect their savings, and sporadic protests over the already troubled economy. State news agencies reported “scattered protests” of a few hundred people on Thursday in the cities of […]
Yemen Slaughter: Saudi Airstrikes on Hospital, Fish Market Kill 55 Civilians – Red Cross
Sanaa (AFP) – A series of explosions Thursday on Yemen’s rebel-held port city of Hodeida killed 55 civilians and wounded dozens of others, the Red Cross said, denouncing the “reprehensible” disregard for human life. The attacks, which were also denounced by a senior UN official, come as the United Nations has said it will invite […]
Turkish Party Proposes Seizing Trump Towers to Retaliate for US Sanctions
The Turkish Press reports that the IYI Party is suggesting that the government seize the country’s Trump Towers and nationalize it. The threat shows the opposite of the emoluments problem– Trump is liable to economic blackmail because he refused to put his wealth in a blind trust. Turks are angered because the Trump administration placed […]
Things are So Bad in Iran that Afghan Migrants are Going Home
Kabul (RFE/RL) – More than 400,000 undocumented Afghan migrants left Iran for Afghanistan so far in 2018, many of them in buses from Herat, near the Iranian border, to Kabul. Mohammad moved back to his native Kabul after living more than 10 years in Iran, where he washed cars and worked in construction to earn […]
Heatwave Deaths to Rise 2,000% over next 60 Years in 1/3 of Earth
The researchers relied on historical data and used climate models to estimate future temperatures. Heatwave-related deaths could rise up to 2,000 percent by 2080, according to a new study, the Week Magazine has reported. The research published in PLOS Medicine Tuesday found that heatwaves which are a critical public health issue, will “increase in the […]
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