Preparation for War? U.S. deploys covert mission to Jordan
By RT.com (RT.com) - A covert task force was sent to Jordan in case Syria loses control of its chemical weapons, U.S. officials said. The team will be stationed at a base 35 miles from the Syrian border, making it the U.S. military’s closest presence to the embattled nation. A 150-member team of planners and other military specialists was covertly deployed...
No handshake–but can Iran-U.S. relations shift?
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - An anticipated handshake between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani didn't happen, but tweets and positive statements renewed hope the two countries might move toward better relations. The excitement around the 68th General Assembly at the United Nations–where President Obama and President Rouhani did not meet–was given a cold chill Sept. 30 by...
Uproar Over Expulsion Of Famed Anti-Colonialist Professor
GINNEWS (GIN)–China's influence in Africa has some leaders trying hard to please their new, rich and seemingly generous foreign partners. Recently, Zambian authorities roiled the nation's waters by deporting an influential pan- Africanist professor before he could disembark at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport and before he could address a class of graduating university seniors on the topic: “Africa in the age...
UN prepares for up to 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan
NAIROBI, Kenya—The United Nations refugee agency says about 32,000 people have fled Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region into neighboring Sudan, and it is preparing for up to 200,000 in the next six months if necessary. Axel Bisschop, the agency’s representative in Sudan, told reporters Nov. 20 that “nobody at this stage can say exactly how many will come,” as deadly fighting...
Families of Iran’s assassinated nuclear scientists sue U.S. for supporting Israel’s acts of terror
The families of Iran’s assassinated nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against the United States for supporting Israel’s acts of terror against the Iranian nation. Somayeh Afzali Niku, the lawyer, said in an exclusive interview with Press TV on Jan. 11 that the 400-page case, with about 500 pages of appendices, had 32 defendants and 11 plaintiffs. Afzali Niku censured the...
Chocolate multinationals charged with complicity in Mali’s child slavery rings
(GIN)—A federal class action suit filed on behalf of eight Malian citizens against Nestle SA, Cargill, Hershey and Mars, Inc. among others for their alleged complicity in the trafficking and forced labor of African children, is now under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The plaintiffs are former child slaves trafficked from Mali to harvest cocoa beans in Côte d’Ivoire,...
Haiti court orders release of those accused in alleged coup
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A Haitian appeals court on March 24 ordered the release of more than a dozen people accused of plotting a coup against embattled President Jovenel Moise, a decision that opposition leaders celebrated. Police in early February arrested people, including a judge and a police inspector general, for the alleged plot, a move that unleashed protests led by opposition leaders....
One year old among 29 children injured in Israeli aggression
The United Nations’ children agency reports that the Israeli regime’s recent aggression in the holy occupied city of Jerusalem al-Quds has injured 29 children, including a one-year-old, saying some of the victims have suffered head and spine injuries. The casualties have been caused during the regime’s violence across al-Quds, including in its Old City and Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, UNICEF said...
Cuba protests spotlight suffering caused by U.S. embargo and punishing sanctions
Much of the world took notice when thousands of Cubans began demonstrations in Havana, and other cities, towns and villages to protest severe shortages of flour, bread, sugar, other basic items and the scarcity medicine and vaccines to combat an alarming increase in Covid-19 cases. But discontent has been brewing at least since last year when rappers, artists and creative...
Indigenous language endures in Peru despite centuries of discrimination
CCARHUACC LICAPA, Peru—Leila Ccaico walked slowly to the front of her class in a rural village in the Andes. Reluctantly, she faced her classmates, obeyed her teacher’s orders and started to sing softly in Quechua. This is the first year that the sixth grader has been taking reading and writing lessons in the Indigenous language she learned from her parents,...