Above Photo: March 15, 2019: Peace activists in Berlin discouraging Germany from buying combat aircraft that can be used as delivery systems for nuclear weapons. IPPNW Deutschland, Flickr. Proposing that foreign policy be subjected to democratic processes is a call, essentially, to revolution. I had a letter in the mail the other week from someone named Barry Klein, who resides in Houston. I filed it knowing I would write about it, and now I shall. Klein runs a group called ForeignPolicyAlliance.org. “Wars without end?” read the accordion brochure Klein sent. “Americans on the left and right are uniting to ask, Why? A call […]
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Over the last months I have written little about other U.S. foreign policy issues than the war in Ukraine. A short review shows that there is little that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken or his president could count as a success. Last month Biden traveled to Asia where he had meetings with the QUAD (Australia, Japan, India and the U.S.) as well as with South Asian leaders. The QUAD meeting was a failure as India showed no sign of joining the other three in their condemnation of Russia. Instead of sanctioning Russia it is buying more oil from Russia which offers […]
Labor activists from across the country, members of a number of unions, publicly announced the creation of LEPAIO, the Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO International Operations, over the weekend of April 9-10. They held a press conference outside of AFL-CIO Headquarters on 16th Street in Washington, DC on April 8th, and followed with a four hour educational conference at the University of the District of Columbia the following day. This is the first project to focus on AFL-CIO operations around the globe since efforts to pass the “Build Unity and Trust Among Workers World-wide” Resolution at the 2005 National Convention in […]
Above photo: Screenshot/Telesur English. The seventh iteration of the Symposium on the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases was held May 4-6, 2022 in Guantanamo, Cuba, near the 125 year old US Naval Base located a few miles from the city of Guantanamo. The Naval Base is the site of the infamous US military prison that, as of April 2022, still holds 37 men, most of whom have never been tried as their trial would reveal the torture to which the US has subjected them. 18 of the 37 are approved for release if U.S. diplomats can arrange for countries to accept them. […]
Above Photo: Regional Continental Meeting of the World Peace Council held in Guantanamo, Cuba (WPC) Corporate media and the US state depict Cuba as an isolated and friendless country. In fact, it is the site of many international gatheringsm where important messages on world affairs are delivered. Fraternal greetings to all of our comrades and friends. Thanks to the ICAP and the World Peace Council for organizing this important VII International Seminar for Peace and the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases. I am deeply honored to be addressing this important and timely Seminar. We are holding this important Seminar at the time […]
Above photo: From left to right, President Ortega, President Maduro and President Arce of Nicaragua, Venezuela and Bolivia (respectively). The grandly named Summit of the Americas is due to be held in Los Angeles next month, if the Biden administration can decide who to invite and what to talk about if they turn up. As things stand, Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina, Honduras and most of the Caribbean states have said they will not attend if Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are not included. Although Biden no longer calls them the ‘troika of tyranny’ like Trump did, the governments of these three countries are […]
Above Photo: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in Moscow with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022 In this episode of the Multipolarista podcast, Benjamin Norton is joined by Pakistani scholar Junaid S. Ahmad to discuss how Pakistan’s elected Prime Minister Imran Khan was overthrown in a US-backed coup aimed at reversing his independent foreign policy – like his close alliance with China, improved relations with Russia and Iran, and staunch support for Palestine. You can download the audio at Substack. PART 1 OF 2. You can watch or listen to part 2 here. Source link
Who Are The Foreign Fighters Traveling To Ukraine? By Natalia Marques, People’s Dispatch. March 20, 2022 Who Are The Foreign Fighters Traveling To Ukraine?2022-03-202022-03-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220320-5.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Azov Battalion volunteers. Azov has been successful at recruiting fighters from the Western far-right movement. What We Know And What We Don’t. Many worry that the influx of allegedly 20,000 foreign fighters into Ukraine could exacerbate existing problems with far-right insurgency worldwide. “Remember, the Russians invaded Afghanistan back in 1980,” said former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shortly after the February Russian offensive in Ukraine. “It didn’t end well for the Russians.” she explained. “There were […]
Ukraine Exposes White Supremacist Foreign Policy By Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. March 3, 2022 Ukraine Exposes White Supremacist Foreign Policy2022-03-032022-03-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220303-6.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Carlos Latuff. White supremacy is at the heart of US war propaganda. The exhortation to “stand with Ukraine” is no exception to this rule. By now everyone knows that Ukraine’s flag is blue and yellow. It is impossible to miss as the Empire State Building in New York, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris have all been bathed in those colors. Nearly every city and town across the United States has followed suit and politicians ranging from local legislators […]
Most nations have some form of state media. These days, it’s pretty easy for Americans to access any number of foreign state media outlets, and many of them have journalists covering US affairs. Some of those journalists must register as “foreign agents” with the US government. But others don’t have to—a distinction that has more to do with geopolitics than with journalism. The Trump administration mandated “five Chinese state-run media organizations to register their personnel and property with the US government”: Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network, China Radio International and the parent companies of the China Daily and People’s Daily newspapers (Politico, 2/18/20). The administration also “limited to […]
A government truly committed to a “feminist foreign policy” would support Haitians striking to boost their 70-cents-per-hour wage. But thus far Canadian officials have responded to the workers’ action by paying a celebratory visit to a sweatshop and ignoring protests repressed by Canadian-funded police. At the start of last week thousands of Haitian apparel workers launched a strike for a higher minimum wage. Thousand have taken to the streets in Port-au-Prince calling for a tripling of their 500 gourdes daily salary (CDN $6.20). The largely female workforce stitches shirts and other apparel for brands like Gap, Walmart, Target, JCPenney as well […]
The Biden presidency is still in its early days, but it’s not too early to point to areas in the foreign policy realm where we, as progressives, have been disappointed–or even infuriated. There are one or two positive developments, such as the renewal of Obama’s New START Treaty with Russia and Secretary of State Blinken’s initiative for a UN-led peace process in Afghanistan, where the United States is finally turning to peace as a last resort, after 20 years lost in the graveyard of empires. By and large though, Biden’s foreign policy already seems stuck in the militarist quagmire of the […]
The major challenges facing Americans today—pandemic disease, climate change, economic inequality, racial and gender injustice—cannot be solved without international solidarity and human compassion. The prevailing, militaristic conception of “national security” is steeped in racism and perpetuates white supremacy. The Racism-Militarism Paradigm is a way of looking at the world, widely shared among the U.S. policymaking community and much of the public, that arises from a largely unacknowledged doctrine of white supremacy and the necessity of using violence to uphold it. This paradigm establishes a rigid hierarchy, based on race, that values white lives more than any other—at home and abroad. It embraces […]
Above Photo: Shutterstock. After half a century studying the issue, here’s lesson number one: Wars are bad and empire is folly. For over 50 years I have been writing about foreign policy — mostly America’s, but those of other nations as well. I think I have a pretty good grasp of places like Turkey, China, India, Russia, and the European Union. I regret that I am less than sure-footed in Africa and Latin America. During this time I have also learned a fair amount about military matters and various weapons systems, because they cost enormous amounts of money that could be […]
The Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has confirmed that it has received a number of requests from foreign customers for the Su-57E multirole fighter aircraft, an official spokesman of the Service told at the IDEX-2021 defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi. “Requests were received concerning the Su-57E aircraft, although there are no Middle East countries among them. Nevertheless, foreign customers of this region show interest in this airplane as well,” the press service said. The top priority task is to supply the Su-57 airplane to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Service said. “However, we are ready to start deliberation of this […]
The U.S. Air Force has publicly released new photos showed Russian-made surface-to-air missile systems used during Emerald Flag, Eglin’s first native multi-domain test exercise. Photos posted last week appear to show a 2K12 “Kub” (NATO reporting name: SA-6 “Gainful”) mobile surface-to-air missile systems that used to serve as adversary targets for a joint service exercise, Emerald Flag, at Eglin Air Force Base. U.S. contractors with Russian-made combat vehicles, include T-72 main battle tanks and SA-6 Gainful air defense systems, simulated foreign threats and targets for U.S. fighter jets and missiles systems. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – This inaugural event brought more than […]
Eisenhower’s Ghost Haunts Biden’s Foreign Policy Team By Nicolas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. December 3, 2020 Eisenhower’s Ghost Haunts Biden’s Foreign Policy Team2020-12-032020-12-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/biden-scaled-e1606995179433.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tony Binken, second from left, has been Joe Biden’s right-hand man for almost two decades. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters. NOTE: This article questions what will be the foreign policy of the Biden administration. It is pretty clear from Biden’s history, rhetoric and cabinet picks that the foreign policy will be status quo neoliberal imperialism. We will need to be vigilant and prepared to mobilize to counter it. – MF In his first words as President-elect Joe Biden’s […]
Ten Foreign Policy Fiascos Biden Can Fix On Day One By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. November 21, 2020 Ten Foreign Policy Fiascos Biden Can Fix On Day One2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/saudiarabia-e1605995000182.png200px200px Above photo: Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen Has Failed – Council on Foreign Relations. Donald Trump loves executive orders as a tool of dictatorial power, avoiding the need to work through Congress. But that works both ways, making it relatively easy for President Biden to reverse many of Trump’s most disastrous decisions. Here are ten things Biden can do as soon as he takes office. Each one can […]
Obama Official Admits Biden Camp Is Already Working With Foreign Leaders By Glenn Greenwald, Substack. November 11, 2020 Obama Official Admits Biden Camp Is Already Working With Foreign Leaders2020-11-112020-11-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/rice-e1605103121872.jpeg200px200px Above photo: White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice, shakes hands with incoming White House National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn, on January 10, 2017, in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Exactly What Flynn Did. In late 2016, the FBI investigated Gen. Michael Flynn when he was a transition official for the possible “crime” of talking to Russia about foreign policy. Why can Biden do this? Two weeks after Donald Trump wonthe […]
How Biden Flubbed Town Hall Foreign Policy Question By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. October 20, 2020 How Biden Flubbed Town Hall Foreign Policy Question2020-10-202020-10-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/biden-e1603234793201.png200px200px Toward the end of Joe Biden’s October 15 town hall session, a Trump supporter asked Biden the only foreign policy question of the night. “So peace is breaking out all over the world,” the questioner claimed. “Our troops are coming home. Serbia is talking to Kosovo. And the Arabs and Israelis are talking peace, which I believe is a modern-day miracle, what’s going on. Does President Trump’s foreign policy deserve some credit?” […]
The final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will not include foreign policy as a topic, a decision for which the president’s campaign has slammed the commission, especially after the recent Hunter Biden allegations. “Good morning to everyone except Presidential Debate Commission members who changed focus of final debate away from foreign policy,” the Trump campaign’s senior adviser Jason Miller tweeted on Monday morning. Miller theorized the topics were steered away from foreign policy “so Joe Biden wouldn’t have to answer to being compromised by the Chinese Communist Party, supporting endless wars and sending pallets of cash to Iran.” Good […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/10/1080796219_0:56:3079:1788_1200x675_80_0_0_53cde43d83b97c6ce0e100837290728e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010191080811943-eu-foreign-policy-chief-says-shocked-by-beheading-of-french-teacher/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell says he was shocked by the recent deadly attack on a history teacher in a Paris suburb. “Deeply shocked by the appalling #ConflansSainteHonorine attack. We stand alongside our French friends and the victim’s family. Hate and violence, terrorism and extremism will never overcome freedom and democracy,” Borrell wrote on Twitter. Profondément choqué par l’attaque effroyable de #ConflansSainteHonorine. Nous nous tenons aux côtés de nos amis Français et de la famille de la victime. La haine et la violence, le terrorisme et […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/12/1080809792_0:0:1200:676_1200x675_80_0_0_fbfc9eb323a84f95ddfc47c146578331.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Henry Batyaev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202010181080809697-armenias-military-shares-video-allegedly-showing-foreign-mercenaries-in-azeri-border-guard-uniform/ Armenia has been accusing Azerbaijan of engaging the aid of foreign mercenaries in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In particular, multiple media reports suggested that Baku redeployed militants from Syria via Turkey. Baku has refuted the allegations emphasising that no country has provided any proofs to support such claims. Press Secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Defence, Shushan Stepanyan, has uploaded a video on Facebook allegedly showing foreign mercenaries in the Azerbaijani border guard uniforms. In the 47-second clip, six armed men in the State Border Service uniform are filmed walking in an undisclosed […]
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VT: The FBI is investigating Steve Bannon and Rudi Giuliani for their involvement with Russian intelligence officers in an operation involving a laptop computer loaded with fake emails. FBI intelligence recently questioned one VT editor for hours on Russian intelligence operations in Ukraine, including on scenarios deeply similar to the one being played out through arch-zionist Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post. The “pointed” emails are similar to emails that were fabricated within Wikileaks material, which was confirmed by the FBI. Much of the case against Assange isn’t related to leaks or hacking but rather espionage and fabricating materials.g NBC: “The New […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080575729_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_cd212173afedd0f64861fb545169987a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010161080785739-japanese-prime-minister-to-make-his-first-foreign-visit-from-october-18-21-official-says/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will make his first foreign visit in this post from October 18-21, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Friday. The first two countries that will be visited by the new prime minister are Vietnam and Indonesia. The first official visit of previous Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was also made to these two countries. Last month, Japanese lawmakers elected Suga as the new prime minister after the former head of the cabinet, Abe, unexpectedly announced on August 28 his intention to resign due to […]
Nicaragua Attacked For Using Same US Policies Against Foreign Meddling By John Perry, Council on Hemispheric Affairs. October 15, 2020 Nicaragua Attacked For Using Same US Policies Against Foreign Meddling2020-10-152020-10-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/dan-nic-800×445-1.jpg200px200px Above photo: Rosa Poser, from Flickr.com. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched another attack on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government last month, accusing President Daniel Ortega of being a “dictator” who is “doubling down on repression and refusing to honor the democratic aspirations of the Nicaraguan people.”[1] The State Department openly supports what it calls “a return to democracy in Nicaragua”, saying that “the people of Nicaragua rose up peacefully to call for change.”[2] Pompeo’s accusations […]
Moscow doesn’t believe the New START treaty with the US can be continued, as achieving common ground is impossible against the backdrop of ultimatums employed by Washington, the Russian Foreign Minister said on Wednesday. In his interview with three Russian radio stations, Sergey Lavrov was asked if he saw any prospect of the two countries agreeing to prolong the landmark deal until 2026. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, obliges Russia and the US to reduce the number of their strategic nuclear missile launchers by half, and it expires in February. “There is no such prospect. I personally […]
ATHENS (Sputnik) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he was “extremely surprised” by the latest actions of Turkey after successfully bringing the contradictions between Turkey and Greece onto the path of diplomacy. Speaking at a joint press conference with Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Ersin Tatar on 6 October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the opening of the Varosha embankment. This is a tourist quarter at the southeast coast of Cyprus, which has been closed to the public since 1974 after the occupation of part of Cyprus by Turkish troops and the partition […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – Germany remains interested in maintaining good or “at least reasonable” relations with Russia, despite the incident with opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told RIA Novosti in an interview. Germany, where Navalny was transported to after falling ill aboard a Russian domestic flight, claims to have evidence of his poisoning with a nerve agent from the Novichok group “What happened to Alexey Navalny does not change the geography and therefore does not change our principled interest in good or at least reasonable relations with Russia. We are a country that lives by trade and scientific exchange. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080744290_0:294:3118:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_af95a1af6b0cf59c028720ceb513f1f3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010121080744363-russian-and-armenian-foreign-ministers-hold-press-conference-after-talks-in-moscow—video/ During the Friday talks in Moscow, the foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire; however, the parties to the conflict have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnatsakanyan are holding a joint press conference following talks in Moscow on Monday. Lavrov already met Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on Friday for trilateral consultations to reach a humanitarian ceasefire in the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Fighting in the Nagotrno-Karabakh broke out on 27 September when both the […]
The notorious ‘Novichok’ nerve agent described as Russia’s lethal weapon has been first presented to the world by Americans and has since been replicated by 20 of their allies, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The structure of a substance that has since been known to the world as ‘Novichok’ has been first unveiled by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology back in 1998 on the basis of the data provided by the Pentagon, the Russian Ministry said on Saturday, replying to yet another damning statement by the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Over the years, the formula was used […]
Swedish citizen and climate activist Greta Thunberg, 17, is encouraging US voters to “get organized” and vote for Joe Biden, despite claiming she does not “engage in party politics.” Thunberg made her endorsement while citing a tweet from Scientific American Magazine telling voters to “protect science instead of destroying it” by voting Donald Trump out of office in November. “I never engage in party politics. But the upcoming US elections is above and beyond all that,” the 17-year-old, who has been critical of Trump in the past despite her no “party politics” rule, said. “From a climate perspective it’s very far […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/09/1080726633_0:328:3059:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_fb2dee3b99b04d2bf43a63c394faa9c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010091080726665-swiss-hostage-killed-by-terrorists-in-mali–foreign-ministry/ ZURICH (Sputnik) – A Swiss female citizen, who had been a hostage of terrorists in Mali for four years, has been killed, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said. “Friday afternoon the French authorities informed the Swiss authorities that the Swiss hostage in Mali is dead. She was apparently killed by kidnappers of the Islamist terrorist organization Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslim (JNIM) about a month ago,” the ministry said in a statement on late Friday. Federal Councilor Ignazio Cassis has expressed regret over the death of the hostage. “I condemn this cruel act and express […]
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have confirmed they will send delegations for talks in Moscow in a bid to reach a ceasefire in the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. “Baku and Yerevan have confirmed their participation in the consultations in Moscow. Active preparations are underway,” Maria Zakharova told reporters on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier invited the foreign ministers of bitter rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks in Moscow on October 9. He called for a ceasefire and a prisoner swap. Also on rt.com Putin invites Azerbaijani & Armenian FMs to FRIDAY talks in Moscow, urges halt […]
It is one thing to flout a coronavirus travel ban to fly overseas for the purposes of buying a yacht. It’s altogether another matter to do so when your wife is the one who made the rules. South Korea’s foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha, came under pressure to resign Monday after her husband defied her ministry’s advice against all but essential travel overseas, and flew to the United States on Saturday to buy himself a new boat. Lee Yill-Byung, a university professor, has now become the focus of considerable outrage in Korea, after he was confronted by a television crew as he […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080664157_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_3f797695cd8a42baf7e06898d1d3c91c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010041080664192-armenias-national-security-service-says-foreign-citizens-detained-on-espionage-claims/ YEREVAN (Sputnik) – The National Security Service of Armenia has said on Sunday evening that several foreign citizens have been detained on suspicion of espionage. “We have received factual information on foreign citizens’ collection of data about military equipment belonging to the Armenian armed forces, the transportation of weapons, the location of military units, as well as those mobilized under martial law and their size. On October 2, several foreign citizens were detained on suspicion of espionage and inciting Armenian citizens to conduct espionage,” a statement on the National Security Service’s website read. The […]
An executive member at the European Central Bank says a digital euro could protect the Eurozone’s monetary sovereignty from outside influence. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/01/1080627265_0:198:2950:1856_1200x675_80_0_0_d357e0c353ee57e82c0f09d7cd9a1c63.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010011080627320-trump-directs-administration-to-probe-us-reliance-on-foreign-states-for-critical-minerals/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order declaring a national emergency to deal with the United States’ reliance on foreign countries for critical materials important to the US military and economy. The executive order states that the US cannot be dependent on imports from “foreign adversaries” for the critical resources, which are crucial to maintaining its “economic and military strength in the 21st century”. “I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order declaring a national emergency to deal with the threat posed by our Nation’s undue reliance […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1d/1080605915_0:68:1280:788_1200x675_80_0_0_72008b87f2ad6ae10db93349d942f84d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009291080605985-uk-foreign-secretary-raab-visits-demilitarized-zone-dividing-two-koreas/ LONDON (Sputnik) – UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab visited on Tuesday the demilitarized zone dividing South and North Korea, and said the UK is determined to push Pyongyang to denuclearization. “Today at the #DMZ I reaffirmed UK support for South Korea’s efforts to improve relations with the North and our determination to push the DPRK to denuclearisation,” Raab said on Twitter. Raab, who accompanied his tweet with pictures of him in the demilitarized zone, which is regarded as one of the most heavily guarded borders on the world, also said that the United Kingdom […]
On World Tourism Day, let’s revisit some popular destinations where Bollywood movies have been shot, offering picturesque backdrops and leaving people entranced while providing new travel ideas. The tourism boards of the Maldives, Portugal, Thailand and Vienne tell Sputnik about plans to invite international filmmakers to make movies on location. Adapting to the “new normal”, Bollywood celebrities have already started to film overseas, with all safety measures in place following the lockdown. Be it Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar filming his movie “Bell Bottom” in Scotland, with Huma S Qureshi and Vaani Kapoor, or Aamir Khan filming in Turkey for “Laal Singh […]
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has called on all countries targeted with sanctions to unite and take joint political and economic action to resist the measures. “Unilateral coercive measures imposed by some countries clearly violate international law. The humanitarian exemptions they repeatedly invoke do not exist on the ground. […] We call on all affected countries and those that reject such measures to close ranks against them and alleviate their impact on our peoples. This should happen through cooperation, coordination and concrete political, economic and commercial means,” Muallem said at the UN General Assembly. He said that […]
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Sanctions and foreign interference in the internal affairs of Belarus will have the opposite effect, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said at the UN General Assembly, warning against attempts to bring chaos to Belarus. “We note with regret the increasing attempts by a series of countries to abuse the UN platform including the Security Council, to further their own narrow political interests. This includes some western nations focusing their attention on the situation Belarus,” Makei said. Makei stressed that in August, the people of Belarus made their choice during the presidential elections. “They chose a stable and […]
After narrowly winning a February 2014 Swiss referendum seeking immigration quotas to limit free movement from EU countries, the Swiss People’s party witnessed their demands being eventually watered down amid Bern’s lengthy talks with Brussels; the party has condemned the compromise which was struck with the EU as a “betrayal”. Switzerland will vote in a referendum on 27 September that is set to decide whether it will end its agreement with the EU on the free movement of people, reported The Guardian. The vote was called by the largest party in the Swiss parliament, the right-wing, anti-immigration Swiss People’s party (SVP), […]
First published 24 September 2020, PressTV New and deeply disturbing footage shows a Saudi Arabia-backed terrorist group in the very act of a 2018 attack on a parade in southwestern Iran, which killed 25 people and injured 70 others, mostly civilian bystanders. The video pertains to September that year, when the terrorist outfit known as al-Ahwaziya, struck a military parade in the city of Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province, before proudly claiming the atrocity. In the footage, around five terrorists, four in fatigues and one plainclothes, are seen targeting civilians watching the parade, which was held by Iran’s Army and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/15/1079945539_0:0:3071:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_6702f418f465a139e2e370af0b52eba8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009241080560181-russian-and-iranian-foreign-ministers-hold-press-conference-in-moscow—video/ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said earlier in the day that the United States must compensate his country for the damage suffered by Iran if it wants Tehran to return to the 2015 nuclear pact. Sputnik is live from Moscow, where the Russian Foreign Minister and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif are speaking to the press following their meeting. The discussion is expected to focus on bilateral ties, regional matters and the JCPOA. In 2015, Iran signed the JCPOA with China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and […]
On Monday, the Trump administration announced that it was imposing “UN” sanctions on the Iranian Defence Ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for what Washington called aiding Tehran’s weapons programmes. Iranian analyst Mani Mehrabi has explained what’s behind the failure of the US to gain international support for its Iran policy. “Our actions today are a warning that should be heard worldwide: No matter who you are, if you violate the UN arms embargo on Iran, you risk sanctions,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated on 21 September. On 19 September, the US unilaterally re-imposed UN sanctions on Tehran through […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009231080551985-fbi-warns-foreign-actors-and-hackers-could-spread-misinformation-on-results-of-presidential/ Both Republicans and Democrats have previously warned that foreign actors may attempt to influence the upcoming presidential election scheduled for 3 November by using various means. In response to these claims, tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter have introduced new rules to prevent election interference. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a public service announcement warning the American public about foreign actors and cybercriminals that could spread misinformation about the results of the upcoming presidential election. “Foreign actors and cybercriminals could create new websites, change existing websites, and create or […]
Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which did not gain a large following. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which did not gain a large following. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Facebook says it has taken down a network of China-based fake accounts whose posts included content about the U.S. presidential election. Most of the […]
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, shown at a news conference last November, says he sees the possibility of closer relations with the U.S. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, shown at a news conference last November, says he sees the possibility of closer relations with the U.S. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images Taiwan is not pursuing formal diplomatic ties with the United States for now, but there is “a lot” of room to further strengthen relations, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said in an interview after unprecedented visits by […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080384900_0:0:3104:1746_1200x675_80_0_0_3d0a350105518da8c7a1619d73b6f230.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009221080532029-us-biggest-threat-to-international-security-cuban-foreign-minister-says/ UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says the “irresponsible behaviour” of Washington threatens international peace and security by igniting conflicts and trade wars. “Multilateralism and international law are being threatened by the greatest power in the world. The US irresponsible behaviour is the biggest threat to international peace and security”, Rodriguez said at the high-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations. According to the Cuban foreign minister, the US is engaging in an arms race “of its own making”, and is not contributing to efforts aimed at […]
TEHRAN (Sputnik) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry called on the United States on Sunday to reconcile with the international community and get back to observing its legal commitments following the controversial statement on the restoration of UN sanctions on Tehran. “Tehran’s message to Washington is clear — return to the international community, act in accordance with your obligations and stop the rebellion. In this case, the international community will accept you [Washington]”, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a press statement, as quoted by Iran’s ISNA news agency. Earlier in the day, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080373427_0:0:2622:1474_1200x675_80_0_0_834642da2b74577c5b1f425e0a8abccb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009191080513866-belarus-warns-to-consider-tikhanovskayas-meeting-with-eu-foreign-ministers-meddling/ MINSK (Sputnik) – The participation of former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in the upcoming meeting of EU foreign ministers next week will amount to interference in Belarus’ internal affairs, Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman Anatoly Glaz said on Saturday. “It could certainly be funny and curious if it were not so sad. It is quite obvious, in fact, that such actions, if any, are an impudent and open interference in the internal affairs of our country and complete disrespect for its citizens,” Glaz said. “Why holding any elections at all if it is possible […]
Will A Biden Foreign Policy Make A Difference For The World? By Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. September 18, 2020 Will A Biden Foreign Policy Make A Difference For The World?2020-09-182020-09-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/baraka845x400.jpeg200px200px For the people of the world the real fascism of anti-democratic, brutal regimes supported by the U.S., murderous sanctions, and right-wing coups will continue unabated. The reoccupation of the Executive Branch by the Democrats will not bring any change in U.S. behavior in the global South.” The “left” rationalization for collaborating with the neoliberal wing of the Democrat Party is premised on the argument that a win for the national […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US-Cyprus agreement to construct a new regional border security training center on the island will not contribute to peace and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, Spokesperson of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hami Aksoy said. “The steps taken by the US, such as lifting the arms embargo on the Greek Cypriot Administration and including the Greek side in the military training program disrupt the balance between the two peoples on the island and increase tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean,” Aksoy said. The spokesperson said that the US actions will not contribute to reaching a compromise on […]
Today marks the 19th anniversary since the deadliest terrorist attacks in modern history – a series of coordinated attacks by the Al-Qaeda Islamist group against the United States. Dr Rubrick Biegon, a lecturer in international relations at the University of Kent, an expert on US foreign policy, international political economy, terrorism, reflects on how the 9/11 terrorist attacks have changed the US foreign policy and international policy in general. Sputnik: The Patriot Act was written following the 9/11 attacks in an effort to dramatically tighten US national security, particularly as it relates to foreign terrorism. Were there any side effects from […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik), Valentina Shvartsman – Pakistan has warned fellow members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) about “spoilers” that seek to undermine the Afghan peace process from both within and outside the country, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in an exclusive interview with Sputnik. On Thursday, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem Wardak confirmed via Twitter that long-awaited negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government are set to begin in Qatar on 12 September. “We do recognize and we are cognizant of the fact that there are spoilers. And I warned my colleagues [on Thursday] that beware of those spoilers […]
Foreign Policy Of This Country Has To Reject US Exceptionalism By Janine Jackson, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. September 9, 2020 Foreign Policy Of This Country Has To Reject US Exceptionalism2020-09-092020-09-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/phyllis-bennis-scarf-featured-1-1024×512.jpg200px200px Above photo: Phyllis Bennis. CounterSpin interview with Phyllis Bennis on foreign policy visions. Janine Jackson interviewed IPS’s Phyllis Bennis about foreign policy visions for the August 28, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: Describing the Democratic presidential candidates after a debate back in January, our next guest noted that they had “talked some about what it means to be the commander-in-chief,” but not “enough about what it means to be […]
The UK government has summoned Russian Ambassador Andrey Kelin to express its “deep concern” over what it called the “poisoning” of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. The diplomat brushed off the accusations as “baseless.” The British Foreign Office urged Moscow to conduct a “full, transparent investigation” into the matter, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a Twitter post, adding that London considers it “completely unacceptable that a banned chemical weapon has been used” while stopping short of directly accusing Russian authorities of being involved in the incident. 1/2 Today the UK summoned Russia’s Ambassador to the UK to register deep concern about […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/18/1080264589_0:0:3282:1846_1200x675_80_0_0_398ca0d726f244da6fb915a2f541ab87.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009071080386880-polish-foreign-ministry-refutes-warsaw-berlin-phone-talks-about-navalny-case/ WARSAW (Sputnik) – The Polish Foreign Ministry refuted on Monday, in a comment for Sputnik, claims about a Warsaw-Berlin phone conversation about the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, currently undergoing treatment in Germany. “We refute Belarusian reports about the Warsaw-Berlin phone conversation, in which the two countries’ authorities allegedly had to admit that Alexey Navalny was not in fact poisoned”, the Polish Foreign Ministry told Sputnik. On Friday, Belarusian state-run media released an audio recording of the alleged phone talks. © REUTERS / Fabrizio Bensch A general view shows a sign […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106738/14/1067381490_0:142:3799:2279_1200x675_80_0_0_696c3427404ed7daa858880fa621db93.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009061080380629-no-certainty-berlin-isnt-playing-double-game-in-navalny-case-russian-foreign-ministry-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow is not yet sure that Germany isn’t playing a double game regarding the situation surrounding Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. Zakharova said that if the German government was “sincere in their statements”, then Berlin should promptly respond to a Russian Prosecutor General’s Office request to exchange information about the situation with Navalny sent on 27 August. “So far, there is no certainty that a double game is not being played in Germany, because the Berlin Justice Department, which is responsible for […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Amazon has prohibited the import of plant and seed products into the US after Americans received suspicious packages this summer with seeds they did not order, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to the spokesperson, sellers who violate the new guidelines (effective 3 September) could have their Amazon account removed. “Moving forward, we are only permitting the sale of seeds by sellers who are based in the US”, an Amazon spokesperson said as quoted by the newspaper on Saturday. Apart from the import of seeds into the US, the sale of seeds within the US by non-US residents […]
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Two House Democrats are urging the nation’s top intelligence official to make public what they argue is crucial information about the extent to which foreign actors are exploiting recent racial and social unrest in the U.S. to advance their own agendas. In a September 1 letter obtained by The Daily Beast, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Val Demings (D-FL), members of the House Intelligence Committee, thank the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, for his response to their inquiry on “how foreign adversaries are heightening and exploiting tensions and social unrest in American communities to further foreign interests.” But the response […]
Known in the international arena for his sharp tongue, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has on various occasions expressed his distaste with the US foreign policy and has done so in articulate way. “Novice Bully” One of the most recent comments by Zarif, which he shared on his Twitter page, criticized the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whose “lawless bullying leaves US isolated again.” Zarif was referring to the Washington’s decision to initiate the process of reinstating all UN sanctions on Iran. Pompeo notified the United Nations of his government’s intent on 20 August. .@SecPompeo ‘s lawless bullying leaves […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009011080333665-ex-japanese-foreign-minister-fumio-kishida-plans-to-run-for-ruling-party-leadership/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday announced his intention to contest the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. “I would like to propose my candidature for the election of the party chair. I would like to do my best for the country, for the people,” Kishida said at a meeting of his faction, as quoted by the Kyodo news agency. The election will help determine a successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who announced his resignation on Friday, citing health issues. On Sunday, Japanese media reported that the […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0f/1079886590_0:207:3097:1949_1200x675_80_0_0_46917906be67f9b74685455db3373545.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008301080318958-china-warns-against-foreign-meddling-as-france-laments-about-human-rights-in-xinjiang-hong-kong/ Western countries earlier condemned alleged human rights violations in the Chinese region of Xinjiang and in Hong Kong, the latter following Beijing’s adoption of a new national security law affecting the semi-autonomous island. Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi has condemned the attempts of foreign governments to meddle in the domestic affairs of Beijing, warning them against interfering in the situation in China’s Xinjiang region and in Hong Kong. His warning came in the wake of French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian saying that he had raised the issue of Xinjiang and Hong […]
The Belarusian foreign ministry has withdrawn accreditation from journalists from certain foreign media, a decision which the country’s law enforcement agencies have justified on the basis of ‘countering extremism.’ Journalists from Western media organizations, such as Reuters and Associated Press, along with state media outlets AFP, BBC, Deutsche Welle and RFE/RL, have been stripped of their right to report, meaning that they could be arrested if caught performing their duties. The majority of these reporters are Belarusian citizens. In response, British state broadcaster BBC called the move a “stifling of independent journalism,” which it condemned “in the strongest possible terms.” READ […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/19/1080272719_0:309:2235:1566_1200x675_80_0_0_cfbe5b270238d82c879b3152fe9751bf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202008251080273589-discovering-the-soviet-union-images-of-foreign-celebrities-visiting-moscow-/ The Moscow International Film Festival was first held in 1935 and became a regular event in 1959. Since 1999 it has been held annually. In Soviet times, the event was more than just a film festival but an opportunity for people to meet each other despite political difficulties. Visiting the Soviet Union, mainly Moscow and Saint Petersburg, was an extraordinary event for foreign actors and musicians due to the Iron Curtain policy that dominated the country’s political scene after WW II. The Moscow International Film Festival, which was established in 1935, became a symbolic […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107980/24/1079802418_0:82:2160:1297_1200x675_80_0_0_75e6f3b2f57d22db578e77e55df9dd77.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008241080260759-iran-vows-to-respond-to-incident-at-natanz-nuclear-site-if-foreign-traces-confirmed/ TEHRAN (Sputnik) – Iran will respond to an act of sabotage that occurred at Natanz nuclear facility in July if there is confirmation that it was organised from abroad, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday. “We are waiting for an official report on whether [the act of sabotage was organised] from abroad or within the country. Of course, if it comes from abroad, we will give the necessary response”, Khatibzadeh said as quoted Tasnim news agency. In early July, a major explosion hit Iran’s Natanz nuclear plant for enriching uranium. No casualties […]
President Alexander Lukashenko has likened recent events in Belarus to color revolutions, saying protesters are trying to follow a similar, foreign-backed template to overthrow the government. “Everything is clear. As we expected, everything is following the plan of color revolutions by whipping up domestic political tensions in the country,” Lukashenko said. The embattled leader, who has headed Belarus for 26 years, also accused foreign countries of interfering with its internal affairs and of seeking “regime change.” ‘Color Revolution’ is a term used to describe anti-government movements throughout the world, particularly in the former Eastern Bloc. Upheavals in countries like Armenia, Georgia, […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton again sounded alarms about election-meddling “foreign adversaries” in her speech to the Democratic convention, while urging voters to take revenge for her bitter 2016 loss to Donald Trump. “For four years, people have said to me, ‘I didn’t realize how dangerous he was,’ ‘I wish I could go back and do it over,’ or worse, ‘I should have voted,’” Clinton said in her address to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night, taking voters to task for not sending her to the Oval Office in the last presidential contest. Well, this can’t be another woulda […]
The platform has recently gone after certain media entities, adding labels to accounts and tweets tied to certain government officials and “state-affiliated media” – but some outlets are more equal than others. Twitter’s search tool appears to have started ghosting the accounts of several news organisations from Russia and China in a follow-up to its selective crackdown on “state-affiliated media”. The Twitter pages of Russia’s Sputnik and RT, as well as China’s Xinhua and the Global Times, no longer appear in the drop-down pick list when their name is typed in the search bar if the user doesn’t follow them. This […]
So who blew up Beirut? The chances of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) accidentally blowing up in Beirut at this particular time do not seem to me to be high. The MSM love coincidences. Intelligence analysts do not. With every respect to those of my colleagues taking a different view I’m not thinking nuclear, nor the Israelis. Ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer. It’s not actually an explosive, which is why readers in Georgia are unlikely to hear conversations along the lines of ‘Hot diggety, I see Billy Bob got blown up by his fertiliser last night’ ’Dang, that just keeps […]
So who blew up Beirut? The chances of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) accidentally blowing up in Beirut at this particular time do not seem to me to be high. The MSM love coincidences. Intelligence analysts do not. With every respect to those of my colleagues taking a different view I’m not thinking nuclear, nor the Israelis. Ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer. It’s not actually an explosive, which is why readers in Georgia are unlikely to hear conversations along the lines of ‘Hot diggety, I see Billy Bob got blown up by his fertiliser last night’ ’Dang, that just keeps […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0b/1080133160_0:2:2355:1326_1200x675_80_0_0_7ed2f42adb77c69c47dde1e4855cc66e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202008111080132766-foreign-minister-lavrov-urges-to-release-russian-journalists-detained-in-belarus/ Multiple journalists from various media outlets, including Sputnik Belarus correspondent Evgeny Oleinik, were detained by the police during the weekend amid mass protests in Minsk following the presidential election. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on Minsk to release Russian journalists who were detained by Belarusian authorities amid the mass demonstrations. During a press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas, Lavrov stressed that Moscow would be striving to resolve the situation in the most humane way possible. © REUTERS / VASILY FEDOSENKO People attend a rally following the presidential election in Minsk, […]
HONG KONG—The founder of a popular newspaper has been arrested by the Hong Kong Police Force, six weeks after Beijing passed a national-security law that carries a maximum penalty of life in prison for people deemed to have participated in acts of “secession, subversion, treason, or collusion with foreign forces” against the Chinese and Hong Kong governments. Jimmy Lai, a media mogul who owns the broadsheet Apple Daily, is also a key financial contributor to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp. In July 2019, Lai met with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington to discuss the erosion […]
BEIJING (Sputnik) – The joint statement of the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States on Hong Kong is yet another instance of interference in China’s domestic affairs, the Chinese embassy in Canada said in a statement on Monday. “On 9 August, the foreign ministers of Canada and other countries made a statement which once again contained irresponsible comments on the Hong Kong affairs and amounted to gross interference in China’s domestic affairs. China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this,” the Chinese embassy said. Postponing the elections was out of public […]
Demonstrators who took to the streets of Beirut after the Lebanese capital was rocked by a massive blast earlier this week have stormed the Foreign Ministry and other government buildings, amid violent clashes with police. Around 10,000 people gathered at Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut to accuse the government of negligence, which they say allowed a massive ammonium nitrate explosion to occur at the port on Tuesday. Read more The accident killed more than 150 people, injured thousands and caused vast damage to the city. The protesters initially tried storming the parliament, but police managed to repel the attack, employing tear […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1c/1080001680_0:23:1281:743_1200x675_80_0_0_65bf64cf8ba2ee1a31a297b1c4434fa6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008051080078307-china-agrees-to-fishing-moratorium-off-galapagos-islands-ecuadorian-foreign-ministry-says/ BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – China has agreed to observe a temporary fishing moratorium off the coast of the Galapagos Islands, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday. “The Chinese government has assured Ecuador that it understands and respects its concerns which were conveyed through diplomatic channels. For this reason, a fishing moratorium will be in place from September to November in the area of sea to the west of the Galapagos protection zone”, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following talks between officials in Quito and Beijing. The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/05/1080073959_0:113:1280:833_1200x675_80_0_0_064f7e9b8d55ab83a9122721558ba732.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008051080073937-armenia-adopts-law-limiting-broadcast-of-foreign-media/ YEREVAN (Sputnik) – Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has signed a law limiting public multiplex options for foreign broadcasters, the presidential press service said. “The Armenian president has signed a law on audiovisual media”, the press service said. The law adopted by the parliament in July stipulates that foreign audiovisual programming requires agreements with other countries to be broadcast via public multiplex without a license. Earlier, the chairman of the National Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia, Tigran Hakobyan, stated that the dominance of foreign broadcasters in cable networks threatens the country’s information and […]
Pakistan’s foreign minister has tweeted a new “political map” of disputed Kashmir as Pakistani territory, one year after its autonomy was revoked by India. New Delhi previously blasted the map as “political absurdity.” Wednesday marks a year since New Delhi revoked the decades-old autonomy of the part of Kashmir it controls. The mountainous state was split into two union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Indian officials argued that the reorganization would help fight terrorism and boost the region’s economy. Pakistan, which clams the whole territory of Kashmir as its own, insists the move was illegal under international law. Pakistani Foreign Minister […]
Stimulus checks are prepared on May 8, 2008, in Philadelphia. In 2020, stimulus checks again went to many Americans, this time during the pandemic’s economic fallout. But some of that money went to thousands of foreign workers not eligible to receive the funds. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Fusco/Getty Images Stimulus checks are prepared on May 8, 2008, in Philadelphia. In 2020, stimulus checks again went to many Americans, this time during the pandemic’s economic fallout. But some of that money went to thousands of foreign workers not eligible to receive the funds. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images Thousands of […]
Joe Biden’s foreign policy is a disaster for America. No doubt it will enrich the Biden family and their accomplices around the world but not the average American. The Biden family enriched themselves while Joe Biden served as Obama’s Vice President, a Biden Presidency would no doubt increase the Biden’s riches off of the backs of Americans even more. The AP released an article over the weekend describing the Biden foreign policy that a President Biden would supposedly implement. The article never mentions Biden’s son Hunter recieving billions from China and the Ukraine, which he did during the Obama years, instead […]
The speaker of Russia’s State Duma (parliament) has ordered the Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption to determine which lawmakers have alternative citizenships or other residence permits, after a claim by an opposition MP. A key part of Vladimir Putin’s constitutional changes, approved in a national vote earlier this month, called for a halt to top officials having foreign passports or the right to reside in other countries. The clause was popular with the public, given the number of times over the past three decades that corrupt former politicians or bureaucrats have fled abroad after milking Russia. Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin ordered the […]
The Brookings Institute was heavily involved in the Democrat and Deep State Russia collusion hoax and Ukraine impeachment fraud. These actions against President Trump were criminal. This institute is influenced from foreign donations from entities who don’t have an America first agenda. Julie Kelly at American Greatness released a report where she addresses the connections between the Brookings Institute, Democrats and foreign entities. She summarizes her report: Accepting millions from a state sponsor of terrorism, foisting one of the biggest frauds in history on the American people, and acting as a laundering agent of sorts for Democratic political contributions disguised as […]
China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday slammed the United States for “reckless provocation of confrontation” after the two countries ordered tit-for-tat closures of each other’s consulates. In a call with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, Wang warned that China-US relations could “fall into the abyss of confrontation,” AFP said. He also called for the international community to resist “any unilateral or hegemonic act,” according to a transcript published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. However, Wang also called for “rational communication” between Beijing and Washington. Source link
A poll released by a Sydney-based think tank in June showed that only 23 percent, an all-time low, of Australians express trust toward China with regard to international responsibility. Australia’s agricultural business leaders are calling for a separation between foreign policy and trade ties in dealing with China as they’re concerned that rising tensions will impact the nation’s exports to the Celestial Empire. Mark Allison, the chief executive of agribusiness giant Elders and the president of Agribusiness Australia is among those concerned, stating that business is being used as a “weapon for foreign affairs”. “Foreign affairs is about protecting sovereign countries, and trade is […]
DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. Christopher Dickey, the foreign correspondent and editor who covered war, terrorism and espionage for more than 40 countries, died last week from a heart attack at his home in Paris. He was 68. Dickey was known for his coverage of conflicts in Central America and the Middle East. He worked for The Washington Post and Newsweek and for The Daily Beast, where he was foreign editor until his death. In a moving obituary in The Daily Beast, longtime colleague Barbie Latza Nadeau recalled chasing a story with […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105502/21/1055022148_0:180:1920:1260_1200x675_80_0_0_fcfd19759c9d7e7e5f2087f591c41f21.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007231079964906-iran-faced-massive-foreign-backed-cyberattacks-in-past-few-months-foreign-ministry-says/ TEHRAN (Sputnik) – Iran has faced several large-scale cyberattacks in recent months sponsored by foreign governments and Tehran preserves the right to properly respond to these hostile acts, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday. “Thousands of cyberattacks are launched against the country’s infrastructure on a daily basis, which is not anything new. Most of those attacks are repulsed by our defence systems … without making any impact. Over the past recent months, a couple of cyberattacks on a broader scale have been also launched against the country’s infrastructure, as with the […]
In recent comments to the press, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed Chinese aircraft flying close to the island’s areas of control is “virtually a daily occurrence.” However, he failed to mention the US is also sending planes near Chinese airspace close to Taiwan on a daily basis. “What it is doing now is unceasingly preparing to use force to resolve the Taiwan problem,” Wu told reporters on Tuesday about Chinese foreign policy, AP reported. He noted that not every encounter between Chinese and Taiwanese aircraft is reported in the media. “If international society does not give China a sufficiently clear […]
The Iranian Foreign Minister arrived in Moscow for face-to-face talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday. The talks focused on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015, as well as bilateral ties and matters of regional and international significance. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sat with Sputnik to discuss what steps Iran expects from Russia regarding the US arms embargo, as well as how to deal with the the United States. The top diplomat also touched upon the issue of how the US has become a “rogue state” and why […]
22 Jul, 2020 07:33 Follow RT on The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the US asked it to close down its consulate in Houston, Texas. Beijing condemned the move, promising retaliation if the decision is not reversed. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of China’s Global Times newspaper, tweeted that Beijing was given 72 hours to vacate the consulate building. “This is a crazy move,” he wrote. The US asked China to close Consulate General in Houston in 72 hours. This is a crazy move. — Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) July 22, 2020 DETAILS TO FOLLOW Follow RT on Source link
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