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NATO, EU Powers Talk Tough Over Belarus But Cant Protect Exiled Dissidents On 5/28/21 at 6:46 AM EDT Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shocked the world when a fake bomb threat forced a passenger plane to divert to Minsk where security forces arrested prominent dissident journalist Roman Protasevich and his partner. The operation was shocking in its brazenness, prompting condemnation from the international community and threats of additional sanctions against Lukashenko and his authorit...

6th Plenary meeting of the Council of Europe Committee on Counter-Terrorism (CDCT) Newsroom Strasbourg 21/05/2021 Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page th Plenary meeting via videoconference, on 18-20 May 2021. The Committee approved two draft Recommendations, namely the draft Recommendation on measures aimed at protecting children against radicalisation for the purpose of terrorism, in addition to the draft Recommendation on the use of ...

Whitewashing terror groups on Xinjiang ‘will backfire on US’ Liu Xin Published: May 17, 2021 12:56 AM Armored vehicles move during a joint anti-terrorist exercise held by China and Kyrgyzstan frontier forces in Kizilsu Kirgiz Prefecture, northwest Chinas Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 27, 2017. The drill, carried out under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), was witnessed by representatives from Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekis...

The goodwill and cooperation generated by the Abraham Accords continue. Just last month, Israel and the UAE signed an agreement for the two countries to collaborate on healthcare and healthcare technology. But more than that, there have been public expressions of goodwill on holidays and condolences on other occasions. How far can this spirit of goodwill go? Advertisement ); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: /, type: banner, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, secure: true }); Last Decemb...

Jammu and Kashmir: 1 foreign terrorist trapped in encounter ANI 04 May 2021, 23:37 GMT+10 Sopore (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 4 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday said that one foreign terrorist involved in the killing of two councillors and a policeman (in Sopore last month) is trapped in the ongoing encounter in Nathipora. "One foreign terrorist involved in killing of two councillors and a policeman, is trapped in the encounter", tweeted IGP of Jammu and Kashmir police. "Op Na...

Why Palestinian Elections Should Get Back on Track Format Citing Israeli obstruction, President Mahmoud Abbas has put off elections that were slated to begin in May. The decision is disappointing, as Palestinian institutions need refreshing. The polls should be rescheduled, with the full backing of outside powers, including the European Union and United States. This publication is part of a joint initiative between the International Crisis Group and the United States/Middle East Project (USMEP)...

Elections or not, the PA is intensifying its authoritarian rule online The run-up to PA elections has alarmingly shown what Palestinian political activism is facing in the digital age: more surveillance, more repression. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a tour in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 15, 2020. (Flash90) When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for elections in January, the news was met with profound skepticism. Abbas has previously declared elections without goin...

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WASHINGTON — Insisting that the administration is “standing by” as Mexican cartels terrorize South Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has demanded that President Joe Biden add the crime groups to a list of terrorist organizations that includes al-Qaida and the Islamic State. “In November 2019, cartel gunmen fatally ambushed nine U.S. citizens, all women and children,” Abbott wrote to Biden, invoking that and other brutal attacks to justify the designation. All of the attacks he ci...

The Arabs are warning the world that Turkey and Iran are funding and arming terrorists, that they a major threat to security and stability in the Middle East, and that they keep meddling in the internal affairs of Arab countries. The Arabs are also telling the world that the only way to deal with Turkey and Iran is by increasing political and economic pressure on them and holding them to account for their malign actions. Turkey and Iran, in other words, are telling the Arabs that they can go to...