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The Sudanese government signed a political memorandum on Saturday with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) — North led by Malik Agar, on issues of governance, authority and powers in the governorates of South Kordofan and River Blue Nile. “[This] represents a fundamental step in the path towards achieving peace in Sudan,” said a member of the government delegation, Ismail Al-Taj. “The parties now need to […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj on Thursday, a German government spokesman said in a statement, urging him to move quickly towards signing a ceasefire, Reuters reports. The phone call came days after Khalifa Haftar, military commander of the opposing side in Libya’s civil conflict, visited Merkel for talks in Berlin. “They discussed the current political and military situation,” the statement read. […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj on Thursday, urging him to move quickly towards signing a ceasefire agreement, a German government spokesman said. The phone call came days after Khalifa Haftar, military commander of the opposing side in Libya’s civil conflict, visited Merkel in Berlin for talks. Merkel and Sarraj “discussed the current political and military situation,” according to […]
An Israeli defence company revealed on Monday that its American subsidiary had been awarded a US Air Force contract worth up to $471.6 million. Israel-based Elbit Systems, a company which sells weapons to the Israeli military used in attacks on Palestinians, will be supplying a missile warning system to F-16 fighter jets belonging to the US Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command. The Israeli […]
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, A left-wing activist displayed a sign during an International Women’s Day march that said “Sweden must die.” Let us know how you really feel. The banner was carried during the protest in Malmö yesterday. “Not really what the labor movement’s pioneers August Palm and Kata Dalström might have intended,” the Malmölistan party wrote on Facebook in response to […]
Iran has said that, despite cutting a deal with the Taliban, the US has absolutely no right to decide Afghanistan’s future, and that intra-Afghan peace talks should be supervised by the UN, not Washington. Tehran views Washington’s actions as “an attempt to legitimize the presence of troops in Afghanistan,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The United States lacks the legal standing to sign a […]
![US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad (L) and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (R) sign a peace agreement between US, Taliban, in Doha, Qatar on 29 February 2020. [Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency]](https://1buv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/us-taliban-sign-historic-troop-withdrawal-deal-in-doha-middle-east-monitor.jpg)
The United States signed a deal with Taliban insurgents on Saturday that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14 months and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war in the nation, Reuters reports. While the agreement creates a path for the United States to gradually pull out of its longest war, many expect the talks to […]
A peace deal between the United States and its once sworn enemy the Taliban has been sealed in twin ceremonies, in which the US has agreed to wind down the war in Afghanistan after more than 18 years of fighting that turned into the longest conflict in American history, and to withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan. In the historic signing ceremony with the top […]
Washington and the Taliban movement have signed a deal that lays out conditions for the withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan. Also on rt.com US set to withdraw ALL troops from Afghanistan in 14 months if deal with Taliban is upheld – statement DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source
The US has seen a significant reduction in violence in Afghanistan during the past six days, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. The statement comes the day before Washington hopes to sign an American troops withdrawal deal with the Taliban. “We have seen just these last six days a significant reduction in violence in Afghanistan,” Pompeo told lawmakers in Washington. “We are watching closely […]
@Mike2020/Twitter Democratic presidential candidate and billionaire Mike Bloomberg was criticized and mocked on Monday after his campaign complained about an “Eat the Rich” sign which was placed outside their offices in Flint, MI. “Eat the Rich”Our office in Flint, MI America deserves better. pic.twitter.com/ar5jKPmIJs — Team Bloomberg (@Mike2020) February 24, 2020 After Bloomberg’s campaign posted a photo of the sign on Twitter, along with the caption […]
Daily trading volume in bitcoin (BTC) futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) dropped to year-to-date lows on Friday. The volume hit $118 million, the lowest level since Dec. 31. On that day futures recorded volume of $112 million, according to Skew Markets. What’s worth noting is volumes have pulled back sharply from the multi-month highs registered on Feb. 18. CME traded $1.1 billion in […]
US 23:34 GMT 22.02.2020Get short URL The Nevada Democratic Party is unexpectedly asking volunteers to sign non-disclosure agreements before they work the presidential caucus on Saturday, causing at least one volunteer to quit as he was caught by surprise. Gabrielle d’Ayr, the Jerome Mack Middle School caucus site leader in Las Vegas, told Fox News that the confidentiality agreements were handed to the leaders of volunteers […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked Syria over the phone, as their troops squared off in Idlib province. The topics of Syrian sovereignty and terrorist threat loomed large. Putin expressed “serious concern about the ongoing aggressive actions of extremist groups,” and emphasized the need for “unconditional respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Syria, the Kremlin readout of Friday’s […]
Authored by Jonathan McCormick via Campus Reform, Following controversy over a Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer’s decision to post a photograph of himself with a profane political sign, one Michigan community college has opted to eliminate the position completely. Citizens of Battle Creek, Michigan gathered to share their thoughts regarding the actions of Kellogg Community College’s Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, Jorge Zeballos. Campus Reform previously reported that during the […]
India 13:33 GMT 19.02.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): India has been put on the priority watch list in US Intellectual Property documents under a law called Special 301 that is prepared annually to identify trade barriers to United States companies and products due to intellectual property laws, such as copyright, patents, and trademarks in other countries. The Indian cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan to […]
It looks as though the Gulf monarchies are seeking to bring their three-year long feud to an end. Signs of thawing acrimony have been in the offing for some time with several overtures from both sides, but there has been little to no concrete success. This may be about to change. According to Reuters, the UAE has resumed postal services to Qatar following a meeting of […]
Serbia and Kosovo on Friday signed US-brokered deals on restoring railway and highway links. The deals were signed during an international security conference in Munich, Germany, according to Richard Grenell, US President Donald Trump’s envoy in the talks. A separate deal on resuming air links was signed last month. “Agreements on air, rail and highway connections will facilitate the flow of people and goods between Serbia […]
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, On Tuesday morning, I got engaged in a debate on the recent decline in oil prices following my report on COT Positioning in the space. To wit: “The inherent problem with this is that if crude oil breaks below $48/bbl, those long contracts will start to get liquidated which will likely push oil back into the low 40’s very quickly. The decline […]