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Canada doubles arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite dire rights record: New figures The file photo shows Canadian light armored vehicles (LAVs).
Newly-released figures have revealed that Canadas sales of military hardware to Saudi Arabia hit a record in 2019, despite a moratorium that was in place on approval of new arms exports to the kingdom due its poor human rights record.
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US Senate Republicans plan their own police reform effort House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
US Senate Republicans say they are working on their own legislation relating to police reform and social injustice following the death in custody of African American George Floyd last month.
This comes a day after the Democrats unveiled an expansive reform package... |
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Hong Kong police arrest 53 rioters during new protest The file photo shows riot police asking protesters to leave in front of public housing after a march in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, China, on July 14, 2019. (By Reuters)
Police in Hong Kong have arrested 53 rioters during a protest against the passage of a national security bill in the global financial... |
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Boko Haram kills 69, razes village in northern Nigeria Women sift through the remains of a market blown up during an attack on September 20, 2018, in Amarwa, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Nigerias Maiduguri. (Photo by AFP)
Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 69 people and razed a village to the ground in northern Nigerias Borno state on Tuesday afternoon,... |
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Saudi blockade of Yemen a new crisis amid pandemic: Minister A Yemeni sanitation worker, wearing protective gear, sprays disinfectant in a neighborhood in the northern Hajjah province on May 31, 2020, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by AFP)
Yemens health minister says the ongoing blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia against the war-torn country has... |
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Gugino fell harder than pushed: Trump blames ANTIFA for set-up Anti-fascist demonstrators gather in protest at an alt-right rally in Portland, Oregon in 2019. (Photo via The New York Times)
US President Donald Trump is promoting a conspiracy theory that ANTIFA has set up the police assault on an elderly man, which left him lying motionless as blood pooled on the... |
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Two US officers charged with assault on old man Martin Gugino, a 75-year-old protester, lays on the ground after he was shoved by two Buffalo, New York, police officers during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Niagara Square in Buffalo, New York, on June 4, 2020. (Reuters photo)
Two US police officers have... |
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Specialized report claims UK bears joint liability in drone-related war crimes The RAFs Reaper drones work closely with US drone forces especially in the West Asia region
Britains secretive drone program has come under the spotlight with credible allegations that the UK is potentially complicit in US war crimes.
A new report by the specialist website Drone Wars UK has subjected... |
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China says has no plans to join US-Russia arms control talks Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying
China says it has no plans to participate in negotiations on arms control with Russia and the United States, after being invited by Washington to take part in the talks, to be held later this month.
"We have repeatedly clarified our position. China... |
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Nepal repeats call for talks with India to resolve border disputes A file photo taken on May 11, 2020 shows a Nepali demonstrator shouting slogans after he was arrested in Kathmandu, Nepal, during a protest against Indias newly-inaugurated link road to the Chinese border in a disputed area with Nepal. (By AFP)
Nepal has reiterated an offer to hold talks with India... |
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Top EU diplomat: EU: US no longer party to Iran deal, cant invoke JCPOA European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the US has already pulled out of an international 2015 nuclear agreement signed between Iran and major world powers and cannot currently use its former membership of the deal to seek a permanent... |
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Imposing bans on Irans shipping network shows lack of vision, strategy in US: Russian envoy Russias Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov
A senior Russian diplomat has criticized the United States for imposing sanctions on the Iranian shipping network, saying the move shows a "lack of strategic thinking and vision" in Washington.
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Mitt Romney opposes Trump by voicing support for anti-racism protesters Republican Senator Mitt Romney has voiced support for the Black Lives Matter movement, criticizing US President Donald Trump over his racist policy against anti-racism protesters.
Romney told reporters in the Capitol on Monday that he was outraged over George Floyds death in Minneapolis and wanted... |
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White House says has no regrets about tear-gassing peaceful protesters A line of police move demonstrators away from St. Johns Church across Lafayette Park from the White House on Wednesday. (AP photo)
The administration of US President Donald Trump has said there are "no regrets" about the decision of using tear gas against peaceful demonstrators from outside the White... |
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Indias capital could soon see half a million coronavirus cases: Officials An Indian police officer and a social worker distribute vegetables to people in need during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Amritsar, India, on April 15, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Delhi authorities warned Tuesday that they expect cases... |
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Iran freed US navy veteran White on humanitarian grounds: Judiciary spokesman Michael White (L), a freed US Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018, poses with US Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook while on his return to the US at Zurich Airport in Zurich, Switzerland June 4, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A senior Iranian judicial official says US navy veteran Michael White was freed... |
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Turkey issues arrest warrants for 275 military personnel over links to coup mastermind Turkish police walk in front of the Metropolitan Municipality headquarters in Diyarbakir, Turkey, August 19, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
Turkey has issued arrest warrants for 275 more people, mostly military staff members, over their suspected linked to of US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, who... |
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Spain top court probes former king in $100mn Saudi bribe case Former Spanish King Juan Carlos
Spains Supreme Court has launched a probe into whether former King Juan Carlos received millions of dollars in kickbacks from Saudi Arabia in a rail deal.
In a statement released on Monday, the general prosecutors office said the court was looking into allegations... |
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Erdogan, Trump agree on some issues regarding Libya US President Donald Trump reaches to Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, the US, on November 13, 2019. (File photo by Reuters)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he and US President Donald Trump have come to unspecified agreements... |
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Thousands pay tribute to George Floyd as calls for US police reform grow Interfaith leaders and others gather for a memorial service honoring George Floyd and demanding justice for those killed at the hands of the police in downtown Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Thousands of American mourners have paid tribute to George Floyd, whose death at the... |
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US enforces sanctions on Irans shipping network expected to hinder imports of food, medical supplies The file photo shows the coronavirus ward of a hospital in Tehran.
The United States has activated a set of sanctions it imposed on Irans shipping network six months ago, in a move expected to further hamper imports of food and medical supplies into Iran at a time when the country is fighting to contain... |
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North Korea severs hotlines with South, citing treachery In this January 3, 2018 file photo, a South Korean government official is seen communicating with a North Korean officer during a phone call on the dedicated communications hotline at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. (By the Associated Press)
North Korea has severed its military... |
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Spain accelerates deconfinement, regions aim to recover competency Customers shop at the Corte Ingles shopping center after its reopening as part of the loosening of a national lockdown, in Madrid, Spain, on June 8, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Some 25 million Spaniards moved to the last phase of deconfinement plan Monday as the other half of the country saw the further easing... |
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Ex-US diplomat: Trump evokes memories of Mussolini Bella ciao, Donald Trump - or at least thats what former US Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner is hoping American voters decide in November.
In an interview with Jack Blanchard, the editor of POLITICOs London Playbook, on Monday, Gardner said Trump evokes memories of Italian fascist dictator Benito... |
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Roadside bombing kills two, wounds eight in Turkeys Van Security forces were deployed at hospitals where victims of the IED explosion were taken, Van, Turkey, June 8, 2020. (Photo by Anadolu)
A roadside bomb planted by PKK terrorists has detonated in eastern Turkey, killing two and wounding eight others aboard a personnel shuttle.
The explosion occurred... |
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Rocket hits area near Baghdad Airport: Iraq military File photo of Baghdad International Airport
A rocket has landed in an area near Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military says.
The rocket was launched on Monday night from an area to the south of the airport, the military said.
There were no reported damages or casualties. No group has claimed... |
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Defund the police, some US protesters shout but Biden disagrees The presumptive Democratic nominee for the US 2020 election, Joe Biden, disagrees with the idea of defunding the police, a demand shouted in the streets of the country in the wake of George Floyds murder by a white police officer.
Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates told reporters on Monday that... |
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Harry Dunn father calls for Prince Andrew and Anne Sacoolas swap Tim Dunn (R), sat next to Harrys mum Charlotte Charles, has called for a formal swap involving the Duke of York and former CIA operative Anne Sacoolas
Following a formal request by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to speak to Prince Andrew as part of its Jeffrey Epstein inquiry, there is now growing... |
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Hong Kong security law like anti-virus software: Top Chinese official A large display showing the Goddess of Democracy (top C) and lettering that reads Free HK is seen a stall on a pavement near Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
A sweeping national security law that will soon be imposed on Hong Kong will be "like installing anti-virus software,"... |
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British intelligence recruited ex-Daesh member to spy on Russian military sites in Syria: Report A former member of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group says he had been recruited by the British intelligence to collect information about Russian military sites in Syria, a report says.
According to a report by Russias TASS News Agency, quoted by Syrias official news agency SANA on Monday, the man... |
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