Reuters cited a source as saying that Antony Blinken will visit Israel and the West Bank on Wednesday and Thursday. The secretary of state’s trip will also reportedly include stops in Egypt – which mediated the truce between Tel Aviv and the Gaza-based Palestinian militant group Hamas – and Jordan. …
Read More »Iran’s foreign minister cancels visit to Austria after Israeli flag was flown in Vienna amid Gaza flare-up
Zarif’s visit was canceled after Austria raised Israel’s flag on its federal chancellery and foreign ministry buildings, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg’s spokesperson, Claudia Turtscher, confirmed to the media. “We regret this. We take note of this,” Turtscher said. Zarif was due to meet with Schallenberg on Saturday. The Iranian …
Read More »Tara Reade: Since when are we a police state? Officers visit activist after a tweet critical of AOC. Her office denies involvement
As the tech companies collude with the Democratic National Committee to deplatform and censor in the name of safety and stability, more voices of dissent are silenced. Niccolo Machiavelli said, “It is much safer to be feared than loved.” ‘The Prince’ is the OG of playbooks for the leaders who …
Read More »Biden’s Pentagon chief makes surprise visit to Afghanistan as questions loom over Trump withdrawal deadline
Austin arrived in Kabul from India and met with President Ashraf Ghani and other government officials, according to local media. The US general told the select reporters traveling with him that the Biden administration is interested in a “responsible end to this conflict.” “There’s always going to be concerns about …
Read More »White House refuses to release ‘virtual visit’ logs, claims they are like phone records, as watchdogs urge transparency from Biden
Biden’s virtual visits “will not be subject to release,” an unnamed White House official told Politico on Monday. The official compared the decision to hold back the information to how “previous administrations didn’t release phone logs,” despite the fact that virtual visits have become the primary form of meetings amid …
Read More »The ‘Liberal World Order’ is dead, but fallout from ill-fated visit of EU’s Borrell to Moscow proves much of West still in denial
Today, the situation has changed dramatically. A good illustration is how Russia has responded to criticism in the light of the Alexey Navalny case. Previously, when confronted with similar situations around Yukos (a collapsed oil giant fraudulently acquired by oligarchs in the 1990s), Pussy Riot, or any other issue, Moscow …
Read More »Negative Covid-19 test to become MANDATORY for Slovakians to go to work, visit countryside
The plan is broken down into two phases. The first, which begins on Monday and will last for a week, will see Slovakians flocking to Covid-19 testing locations, including regular and mobile testing sites, to take either an antigen or a PCR test. From next Wednesday, January 27, Slovakians who …
Read More »All guns blazing: UFC sensation Chimaev fires MACHINE GUN on visit to Chechen homeland after meeting Kadyrov (VIDEO)
The Chechen-born Chimaev, who emigrated to Sweden as a 19-year-old and now fights out of the Allstars Gym in Stockholm, has been back in the Russian republic in January for a visit during which he has met local children and also been feted by MMA fan Kadyrov. View this post …
Read More »Papers, please? NY mayor says he’ll send police to visit EVERY SINGLE traveler from UK to enforce Covid-19 quarantine
Citing the threat of a “new strain” of the virus reportedly recorded in London and southern England, de Blasio announced the measure on Wednesday, during a press briefing urging Big Apple residents not to travel or gather for the upcoming holidays. “Then there’s going to be a follow-up direct home …
Read More »China vows a ‘necessary’ response to US admiral’s visit to Taiwan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters that China “resolutely opposes” any diplomatic or military relations between American and Taiwanese officials, calling on the United States to fully recognize the sensitivity of the China-Taiwan issue. Zhao warned that, depending on how the situation developed, his government would “make …
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