Via RT Violent clashes that rocked Belgrade and other cities this week were “carefully prepared,” and are aimed at seizing power and igniting a civil war in Serbia, the Balkan country’s defense minister has alleged. What started as a demonstration against the government-planned curfew over the coronavirus eventually got out of hand and snowballed into...
Via Gatestone Institute Why is Hamas chasing Palestinians to cemeteries and to the homes of grieving families? Because its leaders are terrified that the world will wake up to the fact that their ruinous rule is driving young men and women to commit suicide. (Image source: iStock) The Palestinian terror group Hamas is making...
Via RT While “clanking” about rejecting foreign interference, Australia is meddling in China’s affairs itself by halting an extradition treaty with Hong Kong and offering its residents a safe haven, Beijing’s embassy stated. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government announced earlier on Thursday that it will grant Hongkongers a five-year visa extension and “a pathway to...
Via Gatestone Institute (Photo: Courtesy) Daniel Pipes is an American historian and president of the Middle East Forum. His writing focuses on Islamism, the Middle East, and U.S. foreign policy. His archive is at www.DanielPipes.org Canlorbe: Do you expect the George Floyd protests to leave, in the American collective memory, a mark comparable to...
Via RT The riots in Belgrade on Tuesday were “political violence,” influenced from abroad, which had little to do with the public’s anger over planned anti-coronavirus measures, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said. Hundreds of people clashed with police and stormed the National Assembly building several hours after it was announced that a curfew will be...
Via RT Donald Trump, who claims to have established a personal rapport with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has floated the idea of holding another face-to-face meeting. Pyongyang, however, said talking to the US is not on its agenda. “I understand they want to meet, and we would certainly do that,” US President Donald Trump...
Via Gatestone Institute Pictured: Alan Dershowitz. (Photo by Senate Television via Getty Images) In his July 4th hate-filled anti-American rant, Louis Farrakhan singled out this author for condemnation and threats for writing an article urging people to take a Covid-19 vaccine if a safe an effective one were developed. The article also stated that...
Via RT Mounted police used teargas and truncheons to disperse a crowd of several thousand protesters gathered outside the Serbian parliament in Belgrade, opposed to the government’s announcement of a new coronavirus lockdown. President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Tuesday that a new curfew would go into effect on Friday and last over the weekend, after...
Via RT Royal Society president Venki Ramakrishnan urged everyone to wear facemasks as the “new normal” until the coronavirus disappears, comparing the refusal to do so with antisocial behaviors like driving without seatbelts or drunk. No one should leave their home without a face covering in their possession, and they should be worn “particularly indoors...
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Via RT As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in South America, it is the poorest who are worst affected. The pandemic has highlighted the societal problems that countries have been unable to eradicate. At roughly 7:30am on July 6, a gasoline truck overturned on a perilous stretch of Colombia’s Caribbean highway known for accidents....
Via RT The reported outbreak of bubonic plague in Mongolia and China is not considered to pose a high risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, adding that it is closely monitoring the situation. The disease, notorious for devastating large parts of Europe, the Middle East and Asia throughout history, has been recently detected...
Via Gatestone Institute The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recently published its sixth monitoring report on Austria. ECRI, which describes itself as “independent”, is the human rights monitoring body of the Council of Europe — not to be confused with the European Union. The Council of Europe is composed of 47 member states,...
Justitsministeriets Forskningskontor udarbejder hvert år rapporten ”Udviklingen i børne- og ungdomskriminalitet 2006-2019”, der indeholder fakta om kriminalitet blandt børn og unge i det forgangne år. Den seneste rapport er netop blevet offentliggjort, og den viser overordnet set, at der i perioden 2018 til 2019 er sket en reduktion på 17 pct. i antal mistanker og...
Via RT The US strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was not justified by any ongoing or imminent attack on American interests and violated the UN charter, according to UN rapporteur on arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard. Washington has produced insufficient evidence that there was any attack on US interests that might have justified the...
Via RT Russian biathlete Olga Zaitseva and two other athletes have filed a defamation lawsuit against Grigory Rodchenkov – a disgraced doctor-turned key witness in the Russian doping scandal – saying he made up the whole story. Zaitseva, a two-times Olympic champion, has been stripped of her Sochi 2014 Olympic silver and banned for life...
Via Gatestone Institute The Iranian regime has been involved in assassinations, terror plots, and terrorist attacks in more than 40 countries. Pictured: Police patrol in front of the Roskilde District Court in Denmark on June 26, 2020, as the court prepares to deliver its verdict for an Iranian spy for being an accessory to the...
Via RT If Turkey decides to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, now a museum and originally a Byzantine Christian church, into an active mosque, this could sow discord between Christians and Muslims, the Russian Orthodox Church has warned. “A threat to Hagia Sophia is a threat to the entire Christian civilization,” Patriarch Kirill, the head of...
Via RT China and India have moved their soldiers away from the site of a deadly June skirmish along the disputed border in the Himalayas, reports say. The news comes a day after senior officials agreed to expedite mutual disengagement. Chinese soldiers have moved their tents and other structures away from the site of the...
Via RT American warships undermine peace and stability in the South China Sea, the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson says. The US Navy earlier deployed two aircraft carriers on a training mission in the region. The US Navy deliberately sent its warships to “flex its muscles,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters. The actions...