Several Sudanese ambassadors abroad vowed to resist Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s military junta in Khartoum. The leader of a military coup that overthrew Sudan’s civilian-led government on Oct. 25 dismissed several Sudanese ambassadors abroad after they publicly vowed to resist his takeover. Sudan’s ambassadors to the United States, the …
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Intel: Pentagon holds ‘productive’ talks with Turkey over F-35 dispute
All eyes are on next week’s Glasgow summit as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to talk F-35s and F-16s with US President Joe Biden. Pentagon officials met with representatives of Turkey’s Defense Ministry in Ankara Oct. 27 in a bid to resolve the two NATO allies’ dispute over Turkey’s …
Read More »US unveils sanctions targeting Iran’s drone program
The Treasury Department issued fresh sanctions on Friday targeting individuals and companies the United States says are supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ drone program. The Biden administration sanctioned several Iranian companies and individuals on Friday in connection with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ drone program, including an Iranian commander …
Read More »Sudan coup could offer boon for Moscow
Sudan’s military coup could hurry along the process of Russia’s deeper military involvement in the country. The Sudanese military detained the country’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, on Monday along with several other members of the government. Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who led the coup and alongside Hamdok headed the …
Read More »A storm brews over the Black Sea: Turkey’s contradictory maritime policy
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 18 months ago at Mariinsky Palace on a hilly bank of the Dnipro River, he saluted the honor guard with the traditional slogan Slava Ukraini! (“Glory to Ukraine!”). The honor guard returned the customary reply in seconds: “Glory to …
Read More »Hezbollah condemns Saudi designation of Lebanese association as terrorist entity
Lebanon’s Shi’ite group Hezbollah condemned on Thursday Saudi Arabia’s decision to designate the financial charity body Al-Qard Al-Hasan Association as a terrorist entity, calling it a form of aggression against Lebanon and interference in its internal affairs. “This rejected decision will not affect the work of this humanitarian institution, which …
Read More »Ethiopia’s Civil War: Cutting a Deal to Stop the Bloodshed
The combatants in northern Ethiopia are digging in for a long fight, despite high fatalities and famine conditions for civilians. The war looks set to worsen. Outside powers should back the African Union’s new envoy in urging the parties to move instead toward a ceasefire. What’s new? Ethiopia’s devastating civil war …
Read More »How the Western Leaders Destroyed the Muslim World: We, the People and Revival of Colonization
The Arab word’s a veritable mess. The cosmic leadership deficit, the absence of legitimate institutions, the lack of transparency, disrespect for human rights, abysmal regard for gender equality, and too much conspiratorial thinking make it impossible to come to terms with the magnitude of the problems. In short, this region …
Read More »Capitalism Is Not Your Friend
“The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force.” –Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The German Ideology “If you stick a knife in my back nine …
Read More »Climate education must become a legal requirement in schools – the future of the planet depends on it
Today will be the first time that climate education is debated in parliament – the first step towards making the teaching of sustainability and the climate crisis mandatory In four days’ time, Cop26 will open. It represents one of the last hopes for governments to get their acts together and …
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