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Swedish PM Stefan Lofven Loses Vote of Confidence…

Swedish PM Stefan Lofven lost a mandatory confidence vote on Tuesday. The confidence vote is mandatory after a general election. Lofven’s ouster was expected and now it is up to the speaker, Andreas Norlen of the opposition Alliance bloc, to task Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson with forming a new government. Former Swedish Prime Minister […]

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EU to Create Special Payment Channels with Iran Despite U.S. Sanctions…

European Union foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini says the EU signatories remain committed to the nuclear deal with Iran that the US has quit. The group is working to create special payment channels to do business with Iran. Mogherini read from a statement following a ministerial meeting of the remaining signatories of the Joint Comprehensive […]

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Russia Beefs Up Syria’s Air Defenses – Tells “Hotheads” to Cool Down…

The Russian Minister of Defense today announced some of the measures to be taken in Syria in response to last weeks destruction of its electronic warfare plane with 15 airmen on board. Yesterday the Russian MoD held Israel responsible for the incident. Shortly after the event happened we noted: On Netanyahoo’s personal request Russia had […]

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German Catholic Church Reveals Scope of Sexual Abuse…

The scope of sex abuse within Germany’s Catholic Church has been laid out for all to see following a four-year investigation. Head bishop Cardinal Reinhard Marx admitted that the Church has lost public trust. The German Catholic Church was forced to confront decades-worth of sexual abuse allegations with the presentation of a large-scale investigation at […]

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New Satellite Images Reveal Aftermath of Israeli Strikes on Syria; Putin Accepts Offer to Probe Downed Jet…

An Israeli satellite imaging company has released satellite photographs that reveal the extent of Monday night’s attack on multiple locations inside Syria. ImageSat International released them as part of an intelligence report on a series of Israeli air strikes which lasted for over an hour and resulted in Syrian missile defense accidentally downing a Russian […]

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Court Orders Psychiatric Evaluation for Marine Le Pen, She Slams It As ‘Mind-Blowing’…

French politician Marine Le Pen said a court ordered her to undergo psychiatric evaluation over a series of images she posted on Twitter showing Islamic State executions. She slammed the order as a “mind-blowing.” The president of France’s National Rally (formerly Front National) has released an order saying it comes from the magistrates in Nanterre […]

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Kremlin Denounces Claims on Russia’s Involvement in New Poisonings in Salisbury As Absurd…

The Kremlin believes there is no need to comment on new statements about Russia’s alleged involvement in the new poisonings in Salisbury, UK, where a couple were hospitalized last week. “I don’t think there is any sense in commenting such reports,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. “The absurdity of the most part of information […]

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Il-20 Downed by Syrian Missile After Attacking Israel’s F-16s Used It As Cover…

Russia has stated that it “reserves right to response” after claiming that Israel’s actions led to downing of Il-20 by Syrian S-200 missiles. The Russian military accused their Israeli counterparts for causing the downing of a Russian Il-20 plane by the Syrian air defense forces, which were responding to an Israeli air raid on Latakia…

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Syria – The Rationale Behind the Delay of Idleb’s Liberation…

Southfront has an excellent longread on the Turkish role in the war on Syria from its very beginning. The piece includes a list of the groups Turkey currently supports and gives an outlook on Turkey’s plans: Turkish Strategy In Northern Syria: Military Operations, Turkish-backed Groups And Idlib Issue. The conclusion: In the contemporary military and […]

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Putin: Israel Didn’t Down Il-20, Chain of Tragic Circumstances Led to Incident…

Vladimir Putin has addressed the downing of a Russian IL-20 by a Syrian surface-to-air missile on Monday evening. Earlier Moscow blamed Israeli jets for having provoked the tragic accident. Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences over the death of the crew of the aircraft Il-20 downed in Syria. “When people die, especially in such […]

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The Skripal Affair: Petrov, Boshirov and the Burden of Proof…

For some time now, I have been concerned that our generation has been busy burying some of the most cherished legal concepts that many of our forebears seemed to instinctively understand, and which were enshrined into English Common Law. Concepts such as innocent until proven guilty, and that the burden of proof rests with the […]

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Merkel Confronts a Defining Moment as the Global Order Realigns…

Ask Angela Merkel to reflect on her political legacy and she’ll tell you she’s got too much on her plate to worry about it. “I’m totally busy,” Merkel said on RTL television when quizzed on life after politics in an interview aired Thursday. “I haven’t thought about that question.” After nearly 13 years in office, […]

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Monster Storm #Mangkhut Batters Hong Kong and Southern China…

Monster storm Mangkhut ripped through Hong Kong, Macau and cities dotted around the coastline of southern China as it swept across the region. On Saturday, it barreled into the Philippines, causing extensive damage and killing up to 50 people. Already the United Nations Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System is predicting that 43.4 million people […]

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Anti-Nazi Hashtag Campaign Tries to Correct East Germany’s Far-Right Image…

A new social media campaign is aiming to redress the perception that eastern Germany is in the grip of far-right populists and neo-Nazis. The blogger Stefan Krabbes has started “the other East” hashtag, which has been taken up enthusiastically. Eastern Germany is divided these days, but if there’s one thing that unites people who join […]

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Pope Francis to Meet with U.S. Cardinals Thursday to Discuss McCarrick Debacle…

Pope Francis will meet with USCCB President Cardinal Daniel DiNardo and other U.S. prelates to discuss the ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick aspect of the Church’s sex abuse crisis Thursday, the Vatican has announced. DiNardo made the request for a papal audience in August. Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the head of Pope Francis’ papal Commission for the […]

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Leaked Sex Abuse Report Rocks German Church, 3,677 Victims…

Two German major media outlets – Der Spiegel and Die Zeit – leaked today the findings of a sexual abuse commission funded by the German Bishops’ Conference and which Cardinal Reinhard Marx had planned to present to the public on 25 September. The report shows that many abusing priests were simply transferred to other parishes […]

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Joint China-Russia Week Long War Games Signals Growing Military Ties…

More details have emerged revealing just how extensive the joint China-Russia week long ‘Vostok’ war games will be, set to kick off Tuesday, which is to involve a combined total of 300,000 troops, 36,000 military vehicles, 1,000 aircraft, two Russian naval fleets and all airborne units, along with a contingent from China, a clear sign […]

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Iraq’s Haidar Abadi Has Fallen with the Burned Walls of the Iranian Consulate in Basra…

The US favourite candidate for the prime ministership Haidar Abadi lost his last chance to renew his mandate for a second term when riots caused arson around the southern city of Basra and burned down the walls of the Iranian consulate in the city. While the inhabitants demonstrated for their justified demands (fresh water, electricity, […]

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