By Leif Wenar | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump tweeted something true recently. Responding to the protests in Iran, the US president stated that “The people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered.” Trump’s point is correct: what vice-president Mike Pence called Iran’s “unelected […]
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Human Rights Win in Iran: Thousands of Death Sentences for Drugs Dropped
Centre for Human Rights in Iran | Trans. & Ed. Global Voices Online An estimated 4,000 prisoners currently on death row in Iran for drug-related crimes could have their death sentences revoked, following a judicial order based on the country’s newly amended drug trafficking law. The order, issued by Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani on January […]
German Anti-Muslim Party Member in Surprise Conversion to Islam
TeleSur | – – Arthur Wagner resigned from Alternative for Germany (AfD) on January 11 for “personal reasons” and “only afterwards was it known that he had converted to Islam.” Arthur Wagner, a former leading member of German far-right anti-Muslim party Alternative for Germany (AfD), based in Brandenburg, has announced his conversion to Islam in […]
10,000 Deaths Later Germany Bars Arms Sales to Yemen Attackers
TeleSur | – – Only in the third financial quarter of 2017 German arms sale to Saudi Arabia accounted for US$550 million. Spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Friday the country will “immediately” stop all arms exports to countries involved in the ongoing war in Yemen, which began in March 2015 and has so […]
Saudi Prince Alwaleed in talks with gov’t over demand he surrender Billions
Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained for over two months in an anti-corruption crackdown, is negotiating a possible settlement with authorities but so far has not agreed on terms, a senior Saudi official said. Prince Alwaleed, whose net worth has been estimated by Forbes magazine at $17 […]
Trump allegedly Paid $130,000 to Porn Star for Her Silence
TeleSur | – – The deal was brokered by President Trump’s lawyer with the adult-film actress a month before the 2016 presidential elections. U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney arranged a US$130,000 payment to a former porn star before the 2016 election to keep her from going public about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, […]
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TeleSur | – – Steve Bannon resigned as chief executive of Breitbart News, the right-leaning website said on Tuesday The resignation occurred after the former White House ex-strategist was attacked by President Donald Trump for criticizing his eldest son. Bannon, who was fired from the White House in August, was quoted in the book “Fire […]