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Iranian regime directly involved in poisoning hundreds of students in effort to stifle protests: report
Fox News More than 300 poisoning incidents have occurred at schools around Iran, which critics argue could not happen without Tehran’s acknowledgment or approval. “These attacks are most probably designed to punish and scare the Iranian people for the widespread protests that erupted in September 2022 after the murder of Mahsa Amini,” Saeed Ghasseminejad, senior…
Read MoreUS forces kill ISIS leader, two others in Syria – US officials
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-739411
Read MorePutin critic facing up to 25 years in jail to learn fate on Monday
Jerusalem Post Russian state prosecutors have requested a 25-year prison sentence for Kara-Murza, who they accuse of treason and of discrediting the Russian military. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-739409
Read MoreSaudi to unilaterally release a number of detainees to Yemen -ICRC
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-739408
Read MoreSouth Korea, US start joint air exercise — Yonhap
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The exercise will involve more than 60 South Korean warplanes, including F-35A, F-15K and KF-16 fighters, while the US side will mobilize more than 40 aircraft, including F-16 fighters, A-10 attack aircraft as well as F-35B and FA-18 jets of the Marine Corps…
Read MoreTaiwanese scholars have mixed views on China’s latest rocket launch
Taipei, April 17 (CNA) Two Taiwanese defense scholars have mixed views on China’s rocket launch on Sunday, with one saying that it is a pure weather satellite, while another said Beijing could be using the launch to test a new bombardment system. https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202304170008
Read MorePLA on ‘high alert’ after US sends warship through Taiwan Strait
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. China’s military says it’s closely monitoring the USS Milius and will ‘resolutely’ safeguard national sovereignty and security. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3217296/pla-high-alert-after-us-sends-warship-through-taiwan-strait?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreG7 countries agree to respond better to sanctions evasion and arms supplies to Russia
Pravda Ukraine The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries have agreed at a meeting in Karuizawa, Japan, to strengthen control over compliance with anti-Russian sanctions and to respond better to third-country arms sales to Russia. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7398145/
Read MoreUS warship sails through Taiwan Strait days after China drills
Hong Kong Free Press A US warship sailed through the waters separating Taiwan and mainland China, the US Navy said, days after Beijing staged war games around the self-ruled island. Led by the United States, multiple Western navies regularly conduct “freedom of navigation operations” to assert the international status of regional waterways such as the…
Read MoreCroatia denies asylum to five Chechens who fled mobilisation in Russia
Pravda Ukraine A court in Croatia has denied political refugee status and international protection to five natives of Chechnya who claimed to have fled from being sent to the contact line in Ukraine. Source: Isa Daduyev, representative of the Assembly of Chechens in Europe, in a comment to Kavkaz. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/17/7398144/
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