Berlin (AFP) – Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said in Berlin Friday his country would invest some 10 billion euros ($11.6 billion) in Germany, as he battles a policy of isolation by neighbouring states. “We are announcing Qatar’s desire to invest 10 billion euros in the German economy over the coming five years,” […]
Archives for September 2018
Trump Demands Attorney General Sessions Probe Anonymous Op-Ed, despite No Crime
Co-Author: Nicolas KAMM Fargo (United States) (AFP) – Donald Trump on Friday urged his attorney general to investigate the anonymous author of a damning op-ed, escalating his long-running battles with the media and highlighting his suspicions that people are seeking to overthrow his presidency. Trump, battling one of the deepest crises in his 20-month presidency, […]
Boycott: Israel Apartheid toward Palestinians Causes 15 Musicians to Cancel on Meteor Festival
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A wave of cancellations followed Lana Del Rey’s announcement about cancelling her performance at the Meteor Music Festival in northern Israel this weekend. Following efforts by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) and worldwide criticism, more than 15 music artists have cancelled their performances at the Meteor Festival in Israel, according […]
Iraq: Basra Protesters Torch Iranian Consulate in ongoing Water Protest
Basra (Iraq) (AFP) – Iraqi protesters on Friday torched the Iranian consulate in the southern city of Basra in fresh demonstrations over poor public services after parliament called for an emergency session on the unrest. Unidentified attackers also fired shells into Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone in a rare attack on an area that houses parliament, […]
Why the Midterm Elections can’t be Counted on to end our Constitutional Crisis
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The country is in the midst of a constitutional crisis. Asked about its resolution, former Secretary of State John Kerry urged that the solution is to elect a Democratic Congress, and if possible, senate–the solution is for voters to vote. It is true that US voter participation rates are extremely […]
Israel Targeted Black Lives Matter Movement: Documentary
(TeleSur) – “The major problem with Israel is with the young generation of the Black community,” Judith Varnai Shorer, Israeli consul general in Atlanta, explained in the footage. Footage leaked from a censored documentary on Israeli influence in the United States shows Israeli officers gloating about targeting Black Lives Matter and convincing Martin Luther King’s […]
Is Iraq Collapsing? Basra Protests of Dirty Water have sent 30,000 to Hospital, Green Zone Bombarded
Basra (Iraq) (AFP) – Three mortar shells were fired into Baghdad’s green zone early Friday as a curfew was imposed in the southern Iraqi city of Basra after a fresh outbreak of violent protests over poor public services left one person dead and 35 injured. The rare assault by unidentified attackers on the heavily-fortified green […]
Elizabeth Warren Calls for Removal of Trump via 25th Amendment
“If senior administration officials think the president is not able to do his job, then they should invoke the 25th Amendment”
Amid Cacophony of War and Repression, Essential Mideastern Voices are going Silent
Dublin (Informed Comment) Tahrir Square’s voices have been silenced. During the 18 days of Egypt’s 2011 up- rising, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians from every corner of the country, every social level, and every persuasion flocked to Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square to speak freely about their lives, their dreams and their rulers. Anyone and everyone […]