In the worst violence since the 2014 hostilities between Palestinians and Israelis, Israel on Sunday and Monday launched ferocious air attacks on Gaza, which responded with rocket fire. As of Tuesday afternoon, Riyad Mansour, who represents the Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and not the Hamas party, told the media … [Read More...]
After Khashoggi killing, US rethinks cooperation on Saudi nuclear plans and Yemen
As Turkish authorities continue to release new details on how dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, U.S. lawmakers and members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet are taking another look the administration’s close ties with Saudi Arabia. … [Read More...]
Despite diverted attention, ‘ongoing genocide’ of Rohingya happening in Myanmar
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