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Dingell calls on Biden administration to press Saudi Arabia to end Yemeni blockade Posted: Tuesday 04.06.2021 5:41 pm Revised: Friday 04.09.2021 5:41 pm on Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade on Yemen immediately, unilaterally and comprehensively. The letter asserts that the blockade has been a leading driver of Yemen’s humanitarian catastrophe since 2015 and has contributed to shortages of fuel, affordable food, clean water, electricity and transportation. The World Food Program projects 400,000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 could die from acute malnutrition this year as th...

Last week 43 hawkish senators sent a letter to the White House pushed by the Israel lobby group AIPAC calling on President Biden not to return to the Iran nuclear deal, as he promised, without addressing Iran’s “destabilizing activities” in the region. The great news is that only 43 senators signed the letter, including 14 Democrats, one of them Israel lobby tool Bob Menendez. Forty-three is quite a fall from an AIPAC lobbyist’s boast 20 years ago (to Jeffrey Goldberg) that “In twenty-four hours, we could have the signatures of seventy senators on this napkin.” Foundation for ...

Progressives say Biden’s foreign policy is the same as Trump’s. They’re wrong. Vox.com 4 days ago Alex Ward © Brendan Smialowski, Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden during the final 2020 presidential debate. There’s a growing argument, coming mostly from the left, that President Joe Biden’s foreign policy is essentially the same as former President Donald Trump’s. It goes something like this: Two months into his administration, Biden is pursuing many of the same objectives as his predecessor. Sure, the ton...

Friday, 12 March 2021, 6:49 am GENEVA (11 March 2021) – The Myanmar junta’s brutal response to peaceful protests likely meets the legal threshold for crimes against humanity, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council today, calling for a united global response in the country’s hour of need. “The people of Myanmar need not only words of support but supportive action,” said Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. “They need the help of the international community, now.” Andrews stressed that a growing body of reporting indicates that th...

How Joe Biden Can Stop Donald Trump’s Massive UAE Arms Deal The president has temporarily paused the $23 billion weapons package. His final decision will show if he's serious about building a more progressive foreign policy. By Akbar Shahid Ahmed 03/08/2021 05:45 am ET One hour before Donald Trump left office, he quietly tried to secure one of the bloodiest parts of his legacy: funneling American weapons to Middle Eastern dictators committing war crimes and human rights abuses. As America’s political elite gathered for Joe Biden’s inauguration, officials from the United Arab Em...