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Yemen court begins trial of Houthi leaders

BEIRUT: Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of the US Central Command (USCENTCOM), has stressed the importance of the strong partnership between the US and the Lebanese Armed Forces. He reaffirmed the importance of preserving Lebanon’s security, stability, and sovereignty, and underscored the.......

LONDON: A Muslim teenager in the US has criticized coffee giant Starbucks after a barista wrote the word “ISIS” on a drink she ordered. ISIS, an acronym for Is...

US military commander stresses the importance of Lebanon’s stability

BEIRUT: Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of the US Central Command (USCENTCOM), has stressed the importance of the strong partnership between the US and the Le...

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday in a virtual briefing of the Security Council that with battle lines shifting, foreign interference gr...

Colombia’s Gamble On Oil Could End In Disaster The latest oil price collapse coupled with the consid

The latest oil price collapse coupled with the considerable economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has battered Colombia’s fragile economy. As the stri...

Iran signs military pact with Syria, to maintain 'long term presence'

Iran announced the signing of a military cooperation agreement with long-time ally Syria. Kan News reported that the Islamic Republic said it would maintain it...

US: UN report critical of drone strike 'whitewashing' Iran general

"It takes a special kind of intellectual dishonesty to issue a report condemning the United States for acting in self-defense while whitewashing General Soleim...

UN Expert Calls For End To Gender-based Violence Against Women Journalists

Women journalists face special dangers while doing their jobs, and governments must do more to protect them against gender-based violence, Dubravka Šimonovi?, ...

The United States on Wednesday blasted a UN finding that a US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general was unlawful, saying the report whitewashed Qasem ...

Muslim Woman Sues Target After Barista Writes ‘ISIS’ On Cup

Muslim Woman Sues After Target Starbucks Barista Writes ‘ISIS’ On Cup Claiming Discrimination. A Muslim woman is accusing Target of discrimination after a rec...

Baghdad's row with Ankara could benefit each side

Jul 8, 2020. Turkey’s drive to establish a “security corridor” against Kurdish groups along its southern borders all the way from Afrin in northwestern Syria t...

Iraq’s Balancing Act Amid OPEC+ Oil Cuts And Slow Demand

FILE -- In this Jan. 12, 2017 file photo, an Iraqi worker operates valves in Nihran Bin Omar field north of Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Bagh...

British aid worker in Syria held 'incommunicado' after abduction

More than two weeks since a British aid worker living in Syria's opposition-held Idlib province was arrested by a dominant armed group, his exact whereabouts a...

UN chief denounces 'unprecedented' foreign interference in Libya

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that foreign interference in the Libya conflict has reached "unprecedented levels," with sophisticated equ...

MIL-OSI United Nations: UN chief highlights need for decent jobs to fuel COVID-19 recovery

Source: United Nations MIL OSI. More than 50 Heads of State and government, alongside global employers’ and trade union leaders, have been taking part in an on...

From time to time I am fortunate to be exposed to the highly thoughtful, well-informed and articulate WhatsApps of John Ngumi, and his most recent was one of h...

Pompeo Condemns Killing Of Iraqi Expert As Iran Vows To Help Syrian Air Defenses

As the burial of a well-known Iraqi jihadism expert turned into a protest in Baghdad against Iran-linked groups on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dema...

Russia's commander in Syria meets Kurdish SDF leader

SDF commander Mazloum Abdi met with Russian generals - including Major General Alexander Chaiko - at an undisclosed location in Syria on Tuesday, according to ...

Can the U.S. Stop Syria’s Kurds From Selling Oil to Assad?

The United States should provide the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds a waiver to sell their oil on the international market, the head of a Syrian Kurdish news agency ...

Idlib: Syria’s Last Major Opposition Stronghold

Syria’s last major anti-government bastion, centered on the northwestern province of Idlib, was targeted by a deadly offensive by President Bashar al-Assad ‘s ...

Worldwide response needed to offset Covid-19 fallouts on migrants: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for a "vigorous worldwide response" to combat the adverse impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the migrants as she pl...

UN Chief Condemns 'Unprecedented' Foreign Interference in Libya

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that foreign interference in the Libya conflict has reached "unprecedented levels," with sophisticated equ...

German Presidency ready for difficult discussions on pandemic recovery, MFF and Brexit

Germany, which assumed the presidency of the Council of the EU on July 1, is prepared for hard and difficult discussions and compromises on the urgent issues f...

Why Iranians, rattled by suicides, point a finger at leaders

Decades after the 1979 Islamic Revolution seized power in the name of “social justice” for the poor and “oppressed,” Iran is battling a surge of suicides seen ...

Trump says he's withdrawing from WHO, but he can't without Congress - Business Insider - Business In

The Trump administration has begun the process of formally withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization. The president has accused the UN's health age...

Global leaders to address International Labour Organization (ILO) Virtual Global Summit on COVID-19

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, July 8, 2020/APO Group/ -- More than 50 Heads of State and government, as well as prominent global employers’ and trade union leaders are...

Negotiated Solution in Libya Crucial as Foreign Interference Grows, Thousands Flee Homes, Secretary-

SG/SM/20166. Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council open video-teleconference meeting on the situation in Libya, ...

World: UN expert calls for end to gender-based violence against women journalists

GENEVA (8 July 2020) Women journalists face special dangers while doing their jobs, and governments must do more to protect them against gender-based violence,...

Background In 2009, International Medical Corps (IMC) established Health and MHPSS programs for vulnerable Palestinians-including capacity building for service...

Background In 2009, International Medical Corps (IMC) established Health and MHPSS programs for vulnerable Palestinians-including capacity building for service...

Background In 2009, International Medical Corps (IMC) established Health and MHPSS programs for vulnerable Palestinians-including capacity building for service...

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Dura aterragem na Venezuela
A Venezuela está à beira do precipício. A ação concertada ainda pode evitar a sua queda. Mas quanto mais se atrase, mais venezuelanos morrerão por falta de medicamentos, pela má nutrição ou pela violência.
South China Sea Ruling Sweeps Away Diplomatic Ambiguities
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China Hardens Position on South China Sea
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Erdo?an?s Pyrrhic victory
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Venezuela?s hard landing
Venezuela is on the edge of the precipice. Concerted action may yet pull it back. But the longer it is delayed, the more Venezuelans will die from lack of medicines, malnutrition or violence.

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