The government in Kiev is worried that its Western backers are calling for peace out of an irrational fear of Russia, Aleksey Danilov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, said on Monday. Danilov spoke via video link to the annual conference of the Halifax International Security Forum, …
Read More »Israel must obey ‘rules of war’ – EU
Israel must take all necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties as it continues its aerial and ground attacks in Gaza against the Palestinian armed group Hamas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell has said. In an interview with Spanish daily El Pais on Monday, Borrell – who admitted …
Read More »Argentina elects its first libertarian president
Libertarian economist Javier Milei was elected to become Argentina’s next president on Sunday. With 86.59% of the votes counted, Milei won with nearly 56%, while his rival in the runoff, Economy Minister Sergio Massa, received 44%. Before the official results were announced, Massa conceded defeat in a speech. “The results are not …
Read More »The climate-change religion: How long before human sacrifices?
History teaches us that some ancient civilisations killed their children to change the weather. They used to practice child sacrifice to appease their gods in an attempt to court their good graces. Those primitive peoples believed that through human sacrifice, the forces of nature could be coerced in their favour. …
Read More »White House to clamp down on Israeli settler violence – Politico
US President Joe Biden has ordered his administration to draw up a schedule of sanctions against Israelis who attack or harass Palestinians in the West Bank, Politico reported on Saturday, citing a confidential document. A Cabinet memo was read out to the outlet by a senior US official. It had …
Read More »West ‘struggling’ with sanctions – Kremlin
Russia has managed to turn the tables on the West when it comes to sanctions placed on Moscow, the Kremlin said on Saturday, arguing that a myriad of restrictions failed to crash the Russian economy. “The Westerners are struggling because they are seeing that the sanctions are not hitting [us] …
Read More »Foreign mercenaries in Ukraine engage in bloody scuffle – media
Four members of Ukraine’s International Legion were involved in a drunken fight at a party last weekend in Kiev, news outlet ‘Strana’ reported on Saturday, citing police sources. The off-duty fighter’s antics ended up with one of them stabbing and hitting the others, according to the website. A Briton, an American, a Canadian, and a …
Read More »Israeli police accused of assaulting journalist (VIDEO)
Reporters with a Turkish broadcaster have accused Israeli police of assaulting a member of their team, with footage of the incident appearing to show an officer smashing a journalist’s camera with the barrel of his rifle. Working for Türkiye’s TRT news outlet, the camera crew was reporting from East Jerusalem’s …
Read More »‘Burn Gaza now’ – Israel’s parliament deputy speaker
The deputy speaker of Knesset has urged the Israeli military to “burn” the Gaza Strip and not allow any fuel into the Palestinian enclave unless all hostages held by Hamas are released. “All of this preoccupation with whether or not there is internet in Gaza shows that we have learned …
Read More »Zelensky fears a new ‘Maidan’ – Bloomberg
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky told journalists on Thursday that he has received tips about a Russian influence campaign aimed at destabilizing his government, according to a Bloomberg report. He claimed that various intelligence agencies had informed him about the purported operation. Ukraine’s top leadership has experienced divisions in recent months, …
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