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Posted on March 17th, 2021 By shenali Waduge The Mshinda Rajapakse government sought the legal opinion of Prof D M Crane and Sir Desmond de Silva on the legal issues pertaining to the use of human shields and hostage taking by the LTTE. Their legal opinion sheds to pieces the findings of the PoE and the OISL as well as the OHCHR Heads reports and their insistence on war crimes tribunals against Sri Lanka. It is a good wake up call for all parties to realize that the ...

Posted on March 17th, 2021 By shenali Waduge The Mahinda Rajapakse government sought the legal opinion of a group of distinguished international legal luminaries who have been involved in war tribunals and who knew the laws related to conflicts. Reading these expert opinions against the PoE and the OISL reports as well as the biased and interfering statements of the OHCHR head, many would realize that the UNHRC has been compromised and the question is by whom! The le...

Here's a look at Iran's nuclear capabilities.Since 2003, worldwide concern over Iran's nuclear program has increased as Iran and the International Atomic

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 5:32 PM   [ Last Update: Tuesday, 16 March 2021 5:42 PM ] In this March 1, 2021 file photo, Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi addresses the media during a news conference at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. (By AP) The UN nuclear agency says a US return to the 2015 nuclear agreement is “difficult” but still “possible,” calling on Iran’s partners i...

3 min read The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court on Monday ruled that the arrest and detention of a Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, by Cape Verde was illegal. It also said the diplomat should be released and be paid $200,000 for unlawful detention. Mr Saab was arrested by the Cape Verdean authorities in June 2020 for alleged money laundering while on a humanitarian special mission to Iran. Femi Falana, counsel to Mr Saab, had filed a suit at the ECOWAS cou...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court sitting in Abuja on Monday has vindicated diplomat, Alex Saab, who was arrested in Cape Verde

Abu Dhabi: The UAE is the first Arab country with a functional power plant. By the end of this month, its Barakah Nuclear Power Plant is set to begin commercial operations. When the plant is complete, the electricity it produces without generating any carbon will be able to power more than half a million UAE households for a whole year. These 5,600 megawatts of clean electricity will prevent the release of 21 million tonnes of carbon emissions every year, which amounts to the carbon absorbed by...

The judge described Saab's arrest and subsequent detention as illegal, therefore, the court ordered Cape Verde to release Saab and stop all processes of extradition to the United States.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (File) UPDATED, 0800: Iran has begun enriching uranium with a more advanced centrifuge. The International Atomic Energy Agency finds, in its latest inspections report, that Tehran began feeding uranium hexaflouride to 174 IR-4 centrifuges at its underground Natanz complex. The installation breaches the 2015 nuclear deal with the 5+1 Powers, which limited Iran to its existing IR-1 centrifuges. But as the Rouhani Government suspended adherence to de...

By Salem AlKetbi, UAE political analyst and former Federal National Council candidate Reports, positions and reactions from the administration of President Joe Biden since he took office on January 20 give reason to believe that Iran’s mullahs’ regime has put the administration on the defensive. It has pushed it to take the back seat, only reacting to its […]...