By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 2018 (IPS) – The unpredictable Donald Trump, described by some as a human wrecking ball, will be walking down his own path of self-inflicted destruction when he visits the United Nations next week. The volatile American president’s unorthodox and reckless foreign policy has already reverberated throughout the […]
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he election of Imran Khan in Pakistan was greeted by Western media with the vitriol usually reserved only for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the government in Tehran, in sharp contrast to the way the “reforms” of Mohammed bin Salman have been praised. Perhaps one way to understand this reaction is to see it as
By Asa Winstanley and Ali Abunimah Israel lobby financier Adam Milstein has been identified as the funder of Canary Mission, the anonymous website that aims to tarnish the reputations of US supporters of Palestinian rights. Milstein is named as the financier of Canary Mission by Eric Gallagher, a former employee of The Israel Project, in Al Jazeera’s censored investigative film, The Lobby – USA.
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By Ghada Karmi The Saudi kings have betrayed the unique history and culture of the holy cities entrusted to their care As the week of the Hajj, Islam’s annual pilgrimage to Mecca, draws to a close, the UN has announced the imminent outbreak of a third wave of cholera in Yemen. According to UN estimates,
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By Mark Curtis The scale of its commercial interests makes Britain probably the leading apologist for Sisi’s regime Five years ago on 14 August, the new Egyptian military regime under General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi crushed a protest at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in Cairo, killing at least 817 people. Since then, increasing repression has enabled Sisi to
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By Hartosh Singh Bal Echoes of the majoritarian rhetoric preceding the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya can be heard in India as four million, mostly Bengali-origin Muslims, have been effectively turned stateless. Members of United Hindu front rallied to demand the deportation of Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslims in New Delhi last Sunday.CreditSajjad Hussain/Agence France-Presse
Reporters Without Borders said it had restored its website in Egypt on Friday, exactly one year after it was blocked by the authorities. “Access to hundreds of websites are blocked in Egypt, placing journalists in a virtual jail,” the press freedom body said on its site. “To draw attention to this censorship, and to circumvent
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By Mark Curtis The scale of its commercial interests makes Britain probably the leading apologist for Sisi’s regime Five years ago on 14 August, the new Egyptian military regime under General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi crushed a protest at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in Cairo, killing at least 817 people. Since then, increasing repression has enabled Sisi to
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On 29 July, the Israeli Navy stormed the Freedom Flotilla boat al-Awda and diverted it from Gaza to Israel. Dr Ang Swee Chai, medical doctor on board, recalls what happened that night The last leg of the journey of al-Awda (The Return) was scheduled to reach Gaza on 29 July. We were on target to
By Daniel Boffey and Saeed Kamali Dehghan Federica Mogherini urges Europeans to increase business with Tehran despite US threats The EU is set on a collision course with Donald Trump after its foreign policy chief called for Europeans to increase their business dealings with Iran in defiance of bellicose statements from the US president. As Trump vowed
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