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Biden Pulling Out Three Defensive Missile Batteries From Middle East
A reduced U.S. military presence in the Middle East is empowering Iran and pushing Gulf states to unite.
A U.S. soldier stands with a Patriot missile system in the background
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In his foreign-policy speech on February 4, Joe Biden announced that the United States would be taking “additional steps to course-correct our foreign policy.” He pledged to end the war in Yemen and recalibrate the U.S.-Saudi relationship, including freezing the sale of offensive weapons that Saudi Arabia has used in its six-year battle in Yemen.
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The EU’s highest court upholds Belgian bans on kosher and halal slaughter practices.
December 28, 2020
The European Court of Justice (ecj)—the European Union’s highest court—upheld Belgium’s ban on slaughtering animals without first stunning them. This December 17 ruling upholds the prohibition on kosher and halal slaughter in Belgium in the name of “animal welfare” and clears a path for additional bans across Europe.
In 2019, two of Belgium’s three states banned the slaughter of animals without first stunning them, despite objections from Jewish and Muslim community leaders. Several groups filed a petition arguing that the bans illegally limit religious freedom. However the ecj’s decision on Thursday declared that these bans do not violate the EU’s principles on freedom of worship
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