April, 2023

• 6 April

  Suspect charged with terrorism offenses over killing of Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky

  

  Russian authorities have formally charged Daria Trepova with terrorism offenses over the killing of Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky. Trepova, 26, was charged under the criminal code pertaining to a “terrorist act committed by an organized group that resulted in the deliberate infliction of death on a person” and the …

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• 6 April

  Up to 1 mln people ‘disappeared’ in Iraq in last half century – UN

  

  Up to 1 million people have been “disappeared” in Iraq during a tumultuous last half century spanning the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein, U.S.-led military occupation and the rise of Islamic State militants, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The U.N. Committee on Enforced Disappearances urged Iraq, which has one …

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• 6 April

  Top PKK members go on trial in France for terror financing

  

  A trial of senior figures of the terrorist group PKK accused of extortion, terrorist financing and terror propaganda began in Paris Tuesday. Nine among 11 suspects, who are Turkish citizens, appeared before the criminal court in the French capital. Investigators believe that France, alongside EU neighbors, offers a staging ground …

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• 6 April

  Investigating Digital Threats: Disinformation

  

  Over the last 15 years, social media networks experienced unprecedented growth as more people came online around the globe. These users became ripe for exploitation, as platforms fell behind on investing in moderation, protection, and other safeguards. Online manipulation is an outgrowth of traditional propaganda tactics like black public relations …

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• 6 April

  Joe Biden et les multinationales font-ils des États-Unis un Honduras ?

  

  Je n’insulte pas le Honduras. J’ai vécu au Honduras en 1978, dans le « campo », où j’ai travaillé avec des campesinos à l’élaboration de projets agricoles qui ont permis d’augmenter la production de maïs et de haricots de 600%. Je leur ai simplement montré comment pratiquer l’agriculture en courbes …

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• 6 April

  Russia looks to reconcile Turkey, Syria as talks kick off in Moscow

  

  Russia seeks to normalize relations between Ankara and Damascus amid four-way talks in Moscow. Talks between the assistant foreign ministers of Syria, Russia, Iran and Turkey kicked off in Moscow Tuesday in the presence of Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, as part of a Kremlin-led effort to reconcile Ankara and …

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• 6 April

  Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa, arrest over 300 as clashes resume with Hamas

  

  Violent clashes at the Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa compound led to heavy rocket fire overnight from the Gaza Strip toward Israeli localities. Israeli forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on early Wednesday, arresting at least 300 Palestinians at the height of Ramadan as cross-border fire resumed between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. …

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• 6 April

  Turkey shuts its airspace to Sulaimaniyah flights citing Kurdish militants

  

  The move is likely retaliation against ties between Kurdish militants and the Iraqi Kurdish Patriotic Union Party. The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that Ankara sealed off its airspace to flights to and from northern Iraq’s Sulaimaniyah International Airport in an apparent retaliation against deepening ties between a major …

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• 6 April

  Iran rules out interim nuclear deal

  

  Iranian official dismisses talk of a “less for less” deal as “the outcome of some think tank brainstorming.” The latest signs indicate the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran doesn’t have much of a pulse. The Biden administration says the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not on the agenda. …

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• 6 April

  What is the goal of James Rubin’s return to the Western Balkans?

  

  “The visit of James Rubin, coordinator of the Center for Issues of Global Importance, to the Western Balkans should be seen in the context of the assessment of the American administration that a new impulse is needed to improve the implementation process of the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, with …

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