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The Biden administration’s missile sale to Saudi Arabia is offensive, and must be stopped
Dec 02, 2021 16:23The Biden administration should halt all U.S. arms and maintenance to the Saudi regime as leverage to get it to end the air and sea blockades.
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International community must swiftly send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, neighbors: Iran
Dec 02, 2021 08:55An Iranian diplomat says the international community must speed up the delivery of humanitarian aid not only to Afghanistan but also to its neighboring states hosting a large flux of Afghan refugees before the winter encroaches.
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Belarus to halt Russian energy flow to Europe amid tensions with Poland
Dec 01, 2021 08:41Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko says his government will suspend Russian energy flows to Europe in response to Poland's closure of the border with his country amid a migrant crisis.
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UN human rights envoy slams racist voter suppression in US
Nov 28, 2021 17:55A top human rights official at the United Nations has concluded that new voting restrictions pushed by conservatives in Texas and other states are diluting the political representation of people of color in the United States, where human rights protections are “far from comprehensive” and “even incoherent.”
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Belarus urges Germany to welcome migrants stranded at Polish border
Nov 26, 2021 12:08Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has called on Germany to take in the migrants stranded on the Belarusian border with Poland.
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Indian farmers mark one year of protests against agricultural reforms
Nov 26, 2021 12:04Hundreds of farmers gather on the outskirts of Delhi on Friday to mark one year of protests against agricultural reforms. This comes a week after India's Prime Minister Modi announced a move to repeal the three controversial agricultural reform laws.
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Despite pledge, Biden leaves tap open, approving billions in arms deals to Saudi Arabia (2)
Nov 25, 2021 15:26A new MintPress News study based on Dept. of Defense documents can reveal that U.S. weapons manufacturers have sold well in excess of $28.3 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the Yemen War began, including 20 separate deals inked during Biden’s presidency.
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People cry foul after India allots land to its paramilitary forces in Kashmir
Nov 25, 2021 03:36In the southern district of Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Pulwama, Fareeda Bano grows vegetables to sustain her family. For decades this family has survived on this small farmland which is surrounded by a huge agricultural land.
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Despite pledge, Biden leaves tap open, approving billions in arms deals to Saudi Arabia (1)
Nov 24, 2021 14:12A new MintPress News study based on Dept. of Defense documents can reveal that U.S. weapons manufacturers have sold well in excess of $28.3 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the Yemen War began, including 20 separate deals inked during Biden’s presidency.
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'Honest mistakes': How US and Israeli regime justify targeting and killing civilians
Nov 24, 2021 14:09The “honest mistake” is a continuing colonial narrative western nations tell themselves, and the rest of us, when they kill civilians. When western troops invade and occupy other people’s lands - and maybe help themselves to some of the resources they find along the way - it is done in the name of bringing security or spreading democracy. We are always the Good Guys, they are the Evil Ones. We make mistakes, they commit crimes.