Today the Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri resigned after -at times- violent protests. In Iraq the gadfly cleric Moqtada Sadr joined protesters after previous protests in Iraq also led to violence. In both countries at least some protesters demand the resignation of their governments. While the demonstrations in both countries are about local economic […]
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Is This the End of Netanyahu?…
Ever since he joined politics, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been dogged by scandals and controversies that never seem to go away. Known to his supporters as “Bibi”, in July this year he became Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister surpassing, David Ben-Gurion the founding father of the Jewish state. But just like the proverbial cat […]
21st Consecutive Week: Police Make Arrests Before Protests Begin in Hong Kong…
Clashes flared once again between protesters and local police in Hong Kong on Oct. 27. Police made arrests before a rally was set to kick off, and firing tear gas and other crowd control weapons at protesters to disperse them. The protests mark the 21st consecutive weekend of unrest stemming from opposition to an extradition […]
France Yields on January 31 Brexit Extension…
France has agreed to the three-month Brexit extension suggested by European Council President Donald Tusk, softening its previously hard stance on only granting the U.K. a short technical extension of a few weeks. The change in position happened over the weekend after Emmanuel Macron had a phone conversation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on […]
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Scores of Demonstrators Dead as Major Protests Resume in Iraq…
At least 41 demonstrators were killed in Iraq, a watchdog and security sources said, as mass anti-government protests resumed across the country. Eleven protesters died late on Friday while setting fire to the headquarters of the Badr organisation, a powerful armed faction in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniyah, a security source told AFP news […]
Maria Butina Released from Florida Prison, Heads Home to Russia…
Russian citizen Maria Butina was quietly released from a Florida prison Friday morning and is now set for speedy deportation after having served most of her 18-month sentence for pleading guilty to acting as an unregistered agent for the Kremlin, Fox News has learned. The 30-year-old initially was scheduled to be released from a prison […]
Merkel Says German Multicultural Society Has Failed…
Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have “utterly failed”, Chancellor Angela Merkel says. She said the so-called “multikulti” concept – where people would “live side-by-side” happily – did not work, and immigrants needed to do more to integrate – including learning German. The comments come amid rising anti-immigration feeling in Germany. A recent […]
NATO Chief Warns ‘Fight Against Islamic State Is Not Over’…
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Wednesday that “Islamic State” could revive itself following the US withdrawal in Syria. In a press conference setting the agenda for an upcoming, high-level NATO meeting, Stoltenberg said the fight against IS must continue. “Ending IS was the reason NATO went in (to northeastern Syria). We have to […]
A Drug Cartel Just Defeated the Mexican Military in Battle…
The southwest U.S. border might be quieter now than it was this spring at the height of the migrant crisis, but south of the Rio Grande the Mexican state is disintegrating. Last Thursday in the city of Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, a battle erupted between government forces and drug cartel gunmen after the […]
By Blocking Boris Bercow Bins any Real Brexit…
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow denied Boris Johnson’s government a meaningful vote on his EU Withdrawal Treaty on Monday after allowing Oliver Letwin to table an amendment designed to force the Government to withdraw it on Saturday. That amendment passed and the vote was withdrawn. And the question now is what’s next? The better […]
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Canadian Election Night – Open Discussion Thread…
Tonight the results of the Canadian election will start to be announced. Canada is a parliamentary system and therefore voters do not vote for a national candidate, instead they vote for a local representative, MP’s, who belong to a national party. There are 338 separate district races called ‘federal ridings’ from coast to coast. In […]
Netanyahu Tells President He Can’t Form Government; Now it’s Gantz’s Turn to Try…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening announced he had failed to muster a coalition after almost four weeks of effort, and therefore returned the mandate to form a government to President Reuven Rivlin. Netanyahu’s 28-day deadline for building a government was due to expire on Wednesday. Rivlin is now expected, probably on Tuesday morning, […]
Military Police Deployed as More Than 500,000 Catalan Independence Protesters Shut Down Barcelona…
Central Barcelona has reportedly been paralyzed as mass protests which international reports estimate to number over a half-million people are driven by outrage at harsh prison sentences for pro-independence leaders handed down by the top Spanish court. Protest leaders are vowing “the streets will be ours” as they push for Catalan independence, and as riot […]
Brexit: Over to Parliament…
I have to confess that I did not anticipate that the EU Council would be willing to sign off on a political draft of a deal where the text that is not final (it has not gone though the legal review) nor been presented to the sherpas for their close reading and advice to their […]
Mass Marches of Pro-Independence Protesters Descend on Barcelona…
Thousands of pro-independence supporters blocked several major roads in Barcelona on Friday as part of a general strike called by pro-independence unions to protest a ruling by the Supreme Court that sentenced nine separatist leaders to prison for their role in the 2017 unilateral breakaway attempt. Earlier in the day, the main highway entry points […]
Hong Kong Leader Jeered out of Legislative Council During Policy Speech…
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was forced to abandon her annual policy address on Oct. 16 after some lawmakers jeered as she began speaking, causing an unprecedented cancellation of the speech in the legislature of the Chinese-ruled city. Lam, who has rejected calls to stand down, had been set to announce a raft of property […]
Brexit Deal Is ‘Within Sight’…
Boris Johnson is closing in on a possible Brexit deal this evening. Following a day of intense negotiations, sources in both Brussels and London said the details of a possible deal were ‘within sight’. However, with talks set to go to the wire, both sides cautioned that negotiations could still stall or even collapse ahead […]
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In Unprecedented Move, London Police Ban Extinction Rebellion Climate Protests Throughout Entire City…
Protests by climate activist group Extinction Rebellion has continued to roil cities around the world, including London. And after shutting down parts of Central London, police banned the group from conducting protests anywhere in the city on Monday evening. The move comes after eight days of protests centered on Trafalgar Square resulted in more than […]
Weep for Catalonia, Weep for Liberalism in Europe by Craig Murray…
The vicious jail sentences handed down today by the fascists (I used the word with care and correctly) of the Spanish Supreme Court to the Catalan political prisoners represent a stark symbol of the nadir of liberalism within the EU. That an attempt to organise a democratic vote for the Catalan people in pursuit of […]
Ecuador’s Indigenous People Are Leading the Anti-Government Protests. They Have a Record of Ousting Presidents…
Juan Oshcu traveled more than six hours from his rural farm, walking and hitching rides, to reach the Ecuadoran capital. For three nights, he’s slept on wooden benches in one of the city’s cultural centers, a temporary base for the thousands of indigenous protesters who have arrived here this week. “We have risen to say, […]
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