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UN expert describes detention of Chelsea Manning as “amounting to torture”
Jan 06, 2020 12:54The year 2019 has been a nightmare for whistleblower Chelsea Manning and her supporters. While US President Donald Trump cleared three members of the United States Army who reportedly murdered Afghani civilians, Manning is, once again, confined for acting in accord with her own principles.
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America shoots itself in the foot
Jan 06, 2020 12:46The capital crime of Donald Trump the terrorist in ordering the murder of some prominent Iranian and Iraqi military commanders who played the leading role in defeating the terrorism of Daesh, is being condemned worldwide by all conscientious people as Iran and Iraq are in the state of mourning for General Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Forces and Abu Mahdi al-Muhanddis, the Deputy Commander of Hashd ash-Sha’bi or the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).
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Iran in 2019 at a glance (2)
Jan 06, 2020 12:40Welcome to the second and final episode of the series "Iran in 2019 at a glance". Today, we will review some of the other most important developments of Iran in 2019.
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Soleimani’s sacred blood signals Trump’s ignominious end
Jan 05, 2020 12:57The recent cowardly act of terrorism by the U.S. in martyring Iran’s famous military strategist and his companions near Baghdad airport, including a renowned Iraqi commander in the fight against the Daesh terrorists, is surely bound to boomerang devastatingly on their murderers.
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Insulin prices triple since 2010, leaving Americans to ration or travel abroad for affordable meds
Jan 05, 2020 08:04According to surveys, over one in four American diabetics ration their insulin, putting their lives at risk because they cannot afford the cost of constantly injecting $290 medicine into their bodies.
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Bushfires are a catastrophe for Australia
Jan 05, 2020 07:59As a society Australians should admit that their current policy, operational, knowledge-gathering and research capacity is inadequate to deal with such a new, fiery world.
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After 18 years of US occupation, poll finds zero percent of Afghans thriving, 85 percent “suffering”
Jan 05, 2020 07:56The United States attacked Afghanistan in October 2001, invading just weeks after the suspicious September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington D.C.
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Iran-China-Russia combined naval exercise: A security trilateral to counter US presence
Jan 03, 2020 13:39Iran and its allies can maintain regional security without any need to foreign forces, says a top Iranian military commander following naval maneuvers jointly carried out by the Islamic Republic, Russia and China in the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean. The drills kicked off on Friday and covered 17,000 square kilometers consisting of various tactical exercises, such as target practice and rescuing ships from assaults and fires.
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Developing Asian economies will grow fastest in 2020
Jan 03, 2020 13:36The re-emergence of Asia is among the most important shifts that will occur in our lifetimes. This year, in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms, Asian economies will become larger than the rest of the world combined for the first time since the 19th century. Not only is Asia growing richer; as it becomes more integrated, it is also coalescing as a constructive force for global governance.
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Free trade elusive for China, Japan, South Korea
Jan 03, 2020 13:04The annual China, Japan and South Korea summit wrapped up recently in Chengdu, China, with attending leaders making generalized commitments to free trade and regional peace and security.