Co-Author: Charlotte VAN OUWERKERK The Hague (AFP) – The United States will confront Tehran at the UN’s top court on Monday over billions in frozen assets, in a case that could deepen the Trump administration’s rift with international justice. Iran had dragged Washington before the International Court of Justice in June 2016 to oppose a […]
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Middle East
Turkey says Saudi Authorities Murdered Dissident Khashoggi in Istanbul Consulate
Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish police have concluded that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi mission in Istanbul after going missing Tuesday, an unnamed government official said Saturday. “Based on their initial findings, the police believe that the journalist was killed by a team especially sent to Istanbul and who left the […]
Iran Calls on Saudi Arabia for Regional Security Cooperation in face of Trump Insults
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday called for cooperation with Saudi Arabia to face the “repeated insults” made by US President Donald Trump, Arabi 21 reported. Zarif wrote on Twitter: “The US President [Donald] Trump has repeatedly insulted the Saudis through saying they are unable to sustain [themselves] for two weeks without his […]
Israeli Squatters Busted Stealing Olives from Palestinian Farm
Palestinian farmers are only given four days to tend to hundreds of trees and harvest their crops, while settlers are free to access the land at their will A group of settlers have been filmed stealing olives from Palestinian farms near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. In the video, the pair can be […]
Israeli Police question PM Netanyahu over Corruption, Blackmai for 12th Time
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is today being questioned for the 12th time over two cases of corruption. Today’s questioning is related to two cases dubbed Case 1000 and Case 2000 respectively. In Case 1000, Netanyahu stands accused of accepting lavish gifts from two influential businessmen in return for favourable legislation and personal favours. In […]
Trump Dumps Int’l Court of Justice Protocol to avoid Losing to Palestine on Jerusalem
Washington (AFP) – The United States said Wednesday it was quitting an international accord related to the top UN court after the Palestinians challenged the US move of its Israel embassy to Jerusalem. It was the latest attack on the international justice system by the administration of President Donald Trump, who last month at the […]
Trump Humiliates, Squeezes Saudi Ally: ‘Pay up–you wouldn’t last 2 Weeks w/out US Army’
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump, speaking at a rally in Mississippi on Tuesday night, went out of his way to humiliate Saudi King Salman, his close ally in his attempt to corral Iran. “We protect Saudi Arabia. Would you say they’re rich? And I love the King, King Salman. But I said, ‘King – […]
UN Court tells US to Ease Iran Sanctions in PR Blow for Trump, but US Defies Court
By Jan HENNOP, Danny KEMP, with Shaun Tandon in Washington The Hague (AFP) – The UN’s top court ordered the United States on Wednesday to lift sanctions on humanitarian goods for Iran, in a stinging rebuke for the Trump administration which nonetheless made clear the decision would change nothing. Tehran declared victory after the International […]
New Shiite-led Gov’t in Baghdad: How Iran won the Iraqi Elections & Frustrated Trump
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Shiite politician Adil Abdul Mahdi has been appointed prime minister by new Iraqi president Barham Saleh, bringing to a close months of gridlock in Iraqi politics after the parliamentary elections in June failed to produce a clear winner. Parliament in the past couple of weeks has finally been able to […]
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