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Saudi Arabia Must Be Held Accountable for Its Crimes in Yemen

Tasnim Nazeer, Ambassador of the World Federation for Peace and Informatics, wrote an article in the site “Middle East Eye” in which she dealt with the Yemeni situation in light of the spread of the Corona pandemic in the weakest and poorest country in the world and in the midst …

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Leadership matters

SO we are back to a ‘smart lockdown’ after a month of mayhem that has seen a relentless rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country. There may be some signs of panic in the corridors of power with the latest projection crossing one million cases in …

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Trump backing losing policy on Iran: American writer

By:E. Michael Jones US President Donald Trump “has backed a losing policy” with the Islamic Republic of Iran, a policy which has turned the Trump administration into “a complete adjunct of the Israel lobby,” an American writer and former professor has said. E. Michael Jones, the current editor of Culture …

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The American republic of white supremacy

By:Joseph Massad The United States is a country built on the genocide of natives and theft of their lands and homes, and on the backs of Africans abducted from their homes and brought to the “Land of the Slaves” as property. Yet, rather than repent their sins, many white Americans …

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Yemenis do not need a fundraising conference. They need the war to end

By:Abdulaziz Kilani Saudi Arabia cohosted a United Nations fundraising conference this week for aid operations in Yemen. The kingdom’s foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, said his country “supports the UN efforts to reach a political solution in Yemen to alleviate the suffering and support humanitarian, economic and …

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Why Muhammad Ali is still right about American violence

By:Azad Essa Muhammad Ali, the heavyweight boxing champion, could float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. But the greatest boxer also cut deep with razor-sharp wit. Taunting his opponents with his rhymes and gifted one-liners, he both endeared himself to, and angered, America. In 1967, when the Vietnam …

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The implications of declining U.S. leadership

By Mahmood Monshipouri, PhD The Trump administration’s ongoing policy of withdrawal from international institutions—including the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the 2016 Paris Climate Change Accord, the Open Skies Treaty, and now the World Health Organization (WHO) in the middle of the greatest global health crisis—demonstrates the declining U.S. leadership ever …

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American backlash

By:Mahir Ali BACK in the 1940s, an American blues singer by the name of Big Bill Broonzy came up with a song that initially no recording label wished to release. This is how it begins: “This little song that I’m singin’ about/ People you know it’s true./ If you’re black …

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Fighting corruption

By:Shahab Usto POLITICAL stalwarts on both sides of the aisle are in the process of reviewing the controversial National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, in order to make it ‘just and fair’, particularly focusing on those draconian provisions and unfettered discretions that violate the recognised principles of the criminal justice system, and …

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Regional initiative for locust infestation

By Salman Parviz A trilateral plan among Iran, Pakistan and India is being formulated to address locust swarm infestations that devour crops and threaten the livelihood and sustenance in the region, already struggling with coronavirus pandemic. The desert locust is considered the most destructive migratory pest in the world and …

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