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Thursday, 07 November 2019 21:56
North Korea / USA / Iran: nuclear programmes
South Korea’s national intelligence service told a closed-door parliamentary audit session that it expected working-level denuclearisation talks between Kim and Trump to resume by early December. As recently as 31 October Kim test-fired two short-range missiles…
Thursday, 07 November 2019 21:52
USA: corporations blamed for anti-Muslim violence
The ‘Fanning the Flames’ report published on 31 October said that corporations with global reach in the tech, finance, and media sectors have resourced anti-Muslim individuals and groups both domestically and internationally to create the infrastructure…
Thursday, 31 October 2019 23:55
Vietnam: Phuc, poverty and prayers
Prime minister Phuc has asked the public security and foreign ministries to investigate the trafficking of Vietnamese citizens into foreign countries after 39 people died in a refrigerated truck in Essex. Vietnam’s UK embassy and the…
Thursday, 31 October 2019 23:51
USA: new wildfires as crews brace for winds
The US national weather service has issued an ‘extreme red flag’ warning for wildfires in Los Angeles county, Ventura county and the Simi valley. ‘I don't know if I've ever seen us use this warning,’ forecaster…
Thursday, 31 October 2019 23:49
Syria: al-Baghdadi’s ugly legacy
In 2014 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the establishment of an Islamic caliphate and that the world’s Muslims owed him their allegiance as ‘Caliph Ibrahim.’ It was an attempt to establish Islamic sovereignty across the Earth much…
Thursday, 31 October 2019 23:46
DRC: Justin Welby visits Ebola zone
The Archbishop of Canterbury has visited areas affected by the Ebola crisis in the DRC, which surfaced in August 2018 and has killed 2,169 people so far. Following strict anti-contamination procedures he toured hospitals transformed into…