Washington (AFP) – A top Senate ally of President Donald Trump warned Monday of a “devastating” impact on the US alliance with Saudi Arabia if allegations are confirmed that the kingdom killed a prominent journalist. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said Riyadh must provide “honest answers” after a Turkish government source said that the Saudis killed […]
Archives for October 2018
Israel to Build World’s Largest Desalinization Plant as Occupied Palestinians Thirst for Water
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Ministry of Finance announced that it had received bids from seven various groups to build the world’s largest desalination plant, which will be able to produce about 200 million cubic meters of water per year. The ministry said, in a statement to the Reuters news agency, that the tender is […]
Fate of 190,000-years-old Human Race depends on Massive Greening Effort over just 30 Years
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It strikes me as darkly humorous that we, the most intelligent species ever to have evolved on earth, homo sapiens (evolved circa 190,000 years ago), were so clever that around 1750 we started burning so much wood, coal and later on oil and natural gas that we started changing our […]
Israeli Chronic Occupation depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Access to Health Care: WHO
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in its annual report, “Right to Health: Crossing Barriers to Access Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2017,” that Israeli restrictions were the major obstacle to health access for Gaza patients. The report examined obstacles to achieving the highest attainable standard of health for Palestinians […]
Israel PM Netanyahu’s Wife Goes on Trial for Corruption and Fraud
Jerusalem (AFP) – The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went on trial Sunday for allegedly using state funds to fraudulently pay for hundreds of meals, part of a list of legal troubles facing the family. The start of Sara Netanyahu’s trial was the latest chapter in a saga intensely scrutinised in Israel but […]
Further Trump Admin. Descent into Lawlessness if it rejects Int’l Court of Justice Ruling on Iran
Co-Author: Charlotte VAN OUWERKERK The Hague (AFP) – The United States will confront Tehran at the UN’s top court on Monday over billions in frozen assets, in a case that could deepen the Trump administration’s rift with international justice. Iran had dragged Washington before the International Court of Justice in June 2016 to oppose a […]
Plutocratic Coup: Top Six Ways a Kavanaugh Court will Take us back to the Dark Ages
Despite the considerable cloud over his head, Brett Kavanaugh was put on the Supreme Court on Saturday, in what may best be described as a plutocratic coup by the ruling-but-minority Republican Party. Since Kavanaugh succeeds Justice Anthony Kennedy, who often served as a swing vote on those occasions when a decision veered to the left, […]
Turkey says Saudi Authorities Murdered Dissident Khashoggi in Istanbul Consulate
Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish police have concluded that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi mission in Istanbul after going missing Tuesday, an unnamed government official said Saturday. “Based on their initial findings, the police believe that the journalist was killed by a team especially sent to Istanbul and who left the […]
Iran Calls on Saudi Arabia for Regional Security Cooperation in face of Trump Insults
“This is the reward of the illusion that security could be achieved through external support”
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