By Frank ZELLER Vienna (AFP) – Iran’s remaining partners in the 2015 nuclear deal vowed Friday to keep the energy exporter plugged into the global economy despite the US withdrawal and sanctions threat. Tehran’s top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif praised them for their “will to resist” US pressure, two months after President Donald Trump walked […]
Pakistan ex-PM Sharif sentenced to 10 years for corruption
Islamabad (AFP) – Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by a corruption court in Islamabad Friday, lawyers said, dealing a serious blow to his party’s troubled campaign ahead of July 25 elections. Sharif was ousted from his third term as prime minister by the Supreme Court […]
Even Oil Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Sign Macron’s Green Investment Pledge
Paris (AFP) – Six sovereign wealth funds including four Gulf states have pledged to boost efforts to fight climate change at a Paris meeting called by Emmanuel Macron, the French presidential office announced Friday. The state funds of Kuwait, Norway, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates — global finance heavyweights mainly […]
Israel arrests 9 Bedouin Protesters as it Prepares to Bulldoze their Village
Khan al-Ahmar (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Scuffles broke out on Wednesday between Israeli authorities and protesters who feared preparations were underway to raze a Bedouin village in a strategic part of the occupied West Bank, despite international calls for a reprieve. Protesters, including some waving Palestinian flags, tried to block a bulldozer and scuffled with […]
Burning Fossil fuels Even Causes Diabetes! Air Pollution and Blood Glucose
Paris (AFP) – Air pollution caused one in seven new cases of diabetes in 2016, according to a US study, which found even low levels raised the chances of developing the chronic disease. Diabetes has primarily been associated with lifestyle factors like diet and a sedentary lifestyle, but research by the Washington University School of […]
Regime reclaims more ground in south Syria: monitor
Daraa (Syria) (AFP) – A string of rebel-held locations in southern Syria passed into regime control Sunday as the government regained more ground under Russian-brokered deals, a war monitor said. Talks involving rebels, local officials and regime ally Russia saw agreements struck for four villages and a strategic town near the border with Jordan, extending […]
France Charges 10 White Nationalist Terrorists in Plot to Blow up Muslims
Paris (AFP) – French authorities have charged 10 suspected far-right extremists in connection with an alleged plot to attack Muslims, a judicial source said Thursday. The nine men and one woman aged 32 to 69 were arrested in raids across France on Saturday. They appeared before a judge on Wednesday evening and were charged with […]
Netherlands Proposes going 100% Green by 2050
The Dutch legislation aims to slash greenhouse gas emissions to near zero and mandates that the Netherlands have 100 percent carbon-neutral electricity by 2050 The Hague (AFP) – Dutch MPs unveiled ambitious new climate legislation Wednesday aimed at reducing the country’s greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero by 2050, while introducing an annual review to […]
Trump Admin. Tries to Strong-Arm World into Halting Iranian Oil Imports by Nov. 4
Washington (AFP) – The United States warned Tuesday that countries around the world must stop buying Iranian oil before November 4 or face a renewed round of American economic sanctions. A senior State Department official warned foreign capitals “we’re not granting waivers” and described tightening the noose on Tehran as “one of our top national […]
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