Yemen faces the world’s largest famine in decades “with millions of victims” if aid deliveries are not resumed, a senior UN official has warned. Mark Lowcock, the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, urged the Saudi-led coalition to lift its blockade of the conflict-torn country. On Monday, the coalition shut air, land and sea routes […]
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Raqqa’s Dirty Secret: Hidden Deal to Allow Hundreds of Islamic State Fighters Escape…
The BBC has uncovered details of a secret deal that let hundreds of IS fighters and their families escape from Raqqa, under the gaze of the US and British-led coalition and Kurdish-led forces who control the city. A convoy included some of IS’s most notorious members and – despite reassurances – dozens of foreign fighters. […]
He Cared for Haitian Orphans. Now He’s Been Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Them…
Each young woman told a similar story, detailing horrible sexual acts done to them as children while living at a Haitian orphanage in the seaside city of Jacmel. One young witness was so uncomfortable that she could not say the word vagina, and kept referring to her “front” through a Creole translator to describe how […]
‘Corruption in its purest form’ Rajoy’s Party Accused in Spain Bribery Investigation…
Manuel Morocho, chief inspector of Spain’s Unit of Economic and Financial Crimes (UDEF), claims the People’s Party (PP) acted as a “criminal organisation” in accepting payments from a slush fund. He also claims there is “circumstantial” evidence to link Mr Rajoy to the criminal activity. The corruption scandal has been ongoing for months after Mr […]
Saudi “Deep State” Prince Bandar Among Those Arrested In Purge…
According to a new report by Middle East Eye, Prince Bandar bin Sultan – Saudi Arabia’s most famous arms dealer, longtime former ambassador to the US, and recent head of Saudi intelligence – was among those detained as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) so-called “corruption purge” that started with the initial arrests […]
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: Saudi Arabia Inciting Israel to Attack Lebanon…
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon, claiming that the kingdom had incited Israel to strike Lebanon. “Saudi Arabia is inciting Israel to launch a war against Lebanon,” said Nasrallah. “I speak here about facts not analysis. Saudi Arabia is ready to pay […]
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Urges Its Citizens to Leave Lebanon…
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Thursday urged its citizens to leave Lebanon “as soon as possible”, days after Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation while visiting the kingdom. The announcement was followed on Thursday by a Bahraini order that told its citizens to leave Lebanon earlier in the week. “Due to the situation […]
“Explosive” Leaked Secret Israeli Cable Confirms Israeli-Saudi Coordination to Provoke War…
Early this morning, Israeli Channel 10 news published a leaked diplomatic cable which had been sent to all Israeli ambassadors throughout the world concerning the chaotic events that unfolded over the weekend in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, which began with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s unexpected resignation after he was summoned to Riyadh by his […]
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Saudi Banks Freeze More Than 1,200 Accounts in Probe…
Saudi Arabian banks have frozen more than 1,200 accounts belonging to individuals and companies in the kingdom as part of the government’s anti-corruption purge, bankers and lawyers said on Tuesday. They added that the number is continuing to rise. Dozens of royal family members, officials and business executives have been detained in the crackdown and […]
Second Saudi Prince Confirmed Killed During Crackdown…
Following the death of Prince Mansour bin-Muqrin in a helicopter crash near the Yemen border yesterday, the Saudi Royal Court has confirmed the death of Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd – killed during a firefight as authorities attempted to arrest him. The death has been confirmed by the Saudi royal court. The Duran and Al-Masdar […]
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Saudi’s Round Up of Prominent Princes and Businessmen in Anti-Corruption Crackdown…
In the dead of night, Saudi forces surrounded the compounds of several prominent princes across the Gulf kingdom, in a move to clamp down on corruption. Under the auspices of the newly formed anti-corruption committee, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, prominent Saudi princes and businessmen are now being held in the lavish Ritz […]
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Spain Issue Arrest Warrant for Sacked Catalan President as Eight of His Ministers Are Jailed…
A Spanish judge has issued an arrest warrant for ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, his lawyer told Belgian state broadcaster VRT on Thursday, after eight of his separatist ex-ministers were ordered jailed pending trial over the region’s ill-fated independence push. “I have just heard from my client that the warrant has been…
There Are Now 895,000 Cases of Cholera in Yemen…
Yemen’s cholera epidemic has now spread to more than 890,000 cases: Already struggling to cope with a dire humanitarian crisis, war-torn Yemen is now facing the fastest-growing cholera epidemic ever recorded, with some 895,000 suspected cases as of 1 November, the United Nations relief wing reported Thursday…
See Palestine Then and Now, 100 Years After the Balfour Declaration…
The Balfour Declaration of 1917, which backed the Zionist campaign for a Jewish homeland in Palestine, changed the history of the Middle East. But those 67 words also had fateful consequences for the environment in which Palestinians lived. Palestinian houses and cinemas, shops and mosques, train stations and markets were all lost…
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Islamic State Is Apparently Selling Stolen Artifacts on eBay, Amazon, Facebook, WhatsApp…
An increased amount of looted antiquities from the Middle East are being sold on Amazon, eBay, Facebook and WhatsApp, The Wall Street Journal reported today. Some of these antiquities are believed to be sold by Islamic State. Several art collectors told The Wall Street Journal that they received Facebook messages from strangers offering…
Westminster Sex Dossier Reveals 36 Accounts of Alleged Misconduct…
Westminster is awash with rumors of sexual impropriety after Conservative Aides complied a list of 36 MPs accused of misconduct. The Westminster dossier includes allegations the Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with a woman he is accused of having an affair with. The list also includes Damian Green…
North Korea Nuclear Base Collapses ‘Killing at least 200 People’ Amid Fears of Massive Radioactive Leak…
A TUNNEL at an underground North Korea nuclear site has collapsed with up to 200 people killed, according to reports. The collapse happened at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the north-east of the country on October 10, according to Japan’s TV Asahi. The disaster has prompted fears of a massive radioactive leak which could […]
North Korea’s Plot to Kill Kim Jong Un’s Nephew Foiled by Chinese…
Several North Korean agents were reportedly arrested after Chinese officials foiled an alleged plot to kill Kim Jong Un’s nephew— the son of the half-brother poisoned this year in a Malaysian airport. Two of the seven North Korean agents who were involved in the alleged plot were arrested in Beijing, South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo […]
Spanish PM Announces it Will Depose the Catalan Government, Dissolve Parliament, Impose New Elections…
Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has imposed direct rule on Catalonia after the region declared independence. Mr Rajoy has fired the Catalonia government, dissolved parliament and call new elections for the area that will take place on 21 December. The vote in the regional parliament followed a tense week of last-ditch negotiations between Madrid and […]
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Catalan Government Said to Back Off Independence Push, Will Seek Elections; Spanish Stocks Soar, Yields Tumble…
Yesterday Catalonia’s government was preparing to declare independence, as we discussed. Just hours after Puigdemont snubbed Madrid, canceling his visit to The Senate to discuss their imposition of Article 155, Catalan Deputy First Minister Oriol Junqueras told AP that the Spanish government had left Catalonia “no other option” but to proclaim a new republic. Mr. […]
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