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Iran
Khamenei hails Assad in Tehran as Key to “Resistance” to US

Khamenei hails Assad in Tehran as Key to “Resistance” to US

AFP

Khamenei: “The creation of the buffer that the Americans are seeking to create in Syria is an example of these dangerous conspiracies”

Middle East
With Trump AWOL, Europe Woos Mideast, fearing Russian & Chinese Dominance

With Trump AWOL, Europe Woos Mideast, fearing Russian & Chinese Dominance

AFP

“We don’t want to see this vacuum soaked up by Russia and China,

Donald Trump
Mueller: Former Trump Campaign Chief Broke Law ‘Repeatedly & Brazenly’

Mueller: Former Trump Campaign Chief Broke Law ‘Repeatedly & Brazenly’

AFP

District Judge Jackson agreed that Manafort had “intentionally” lied to investigators about his contacts with Russian operative Kilimnik

Climate Change
Marshall Islands Consider Radical Measures to Survive Fossil Fuel-driven Rising Seas

Marshall Islands Consider Radical Measures to Survive Fossil Fuel-driven Rising Seas

AFP

It will involve selecting islands to raise, add to, or build upon

Saudi Arabia
Germany refuses to Sell arms to Saudi Arms Ban despite British Lobbying

Germany refuses to Sell arms to Saudi Arms Ban despite British Lobbying

AFP

Germany’s decision to freeze arms exports has also met with opposition from other European powers

Syria
Lindsey Graham to embattled SecDef on Syria Withdrawal: ‘Dumbest F*cking Idea’

Lindsey Graham to embattled SecDef on Syria Withdrawal: ‘Dumbest F*cking Idea’

AFP

Shanahan, asked if US troop presence in Syria would be zero by April 30, said “Yes, that’s been our direction”

Europe
Europe Rejects Trump’s demand they Take Back Captured ISIL Extremists

Europe Rejects Trump’s demand they Take Back Captured ISIL Extremists

AFP

The Kurds have warned the West that they lack the resources to ensure the foreign jihadists in their jails don’t escape

Antisemitism
French Neo-Nazis Desecrate Jewish Cemetery with Swastikas in Alsace

French Neo-Nazis Desecrate Jewish Cemetery with Swastikas in Alsace

AFP

Strasbourg (AFP) – Around 80 graves have been daubed with swastikas at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, local officials said, hours ahead of nationwide marches on Tuesday against a rise in anti-Semitic attacks. The damage was discovered on Tuesday morning at a cemetery in the village of Quatzenheim, close to the border with Germany […]

Kurds
Leftist Syrian Kurds who defeated ISIL Plead with Europe not to Abandon them as Trump Did

Leftist Syrian Kurds who defeated ISIL Plead with Europe not to Abandon them as Trump Did

AFP

European powers have already rebuffed US proposals for an observer force that would stay on in northeast Syria

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