Category: Nations
Inside the Secretive Facility Housing Migrants at Guantánamo Bay
New York Times Reports and interviews shed new light on the holding center, where migrants’ calls with lawyers are monitored and some say they’ve been forced to wear blackout goggles. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/us/politics/migrants-guantanamo-bay-cuba-detention.html
Read MoreUS-led coalition’s aircraft violate Syrian airspace eight times in past day
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The incidents were related to UAV flights that were not coordinated with the Russian side https://tass.com/defense/1845443
Read MoreMFA calls UN resolution on Palestine important step to recognize Israel’s illegal actions
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Russian diplomats pointed out that it would also help develop concrete measures to uphold international law, end the longest occupation in modern history and implement a two-state solution https://tass.com/politics/1845441
Read MoreRussian military in Syria help 26 refugees leave US-occupied Al-Tanf zone
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. No attacks on Syrian pro-government forces were registered in the Idlib de-escalation zone in the past day, the Russian military official added https://tass.com/defense/1845435
Read MoreEU may cancel visa-free regime with Georgia due to ‘backsliding on democracy’ — newspaper
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the newspaper, under the 2017 agreement, Georgian citizens do not need visas to visit EU countries, where they can stay for six months a year https://tass.com/world/1845431
Read MoreSecret Service, DHS sued over first Trump assassination attempt
Fox News A conservative legal watchdog group is heading to court to get the U.S. Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to explain how gunman Thomas Crooks had been able to “fire a relatively simple shot that came within an inch of killing President Trump and struck fellow Americans.” In a lawsuit filed…
Read MoreRussians wound 3 people in border area of Sumy Oblast
Pravda Ukraine The Russian army injured three civilians in Seredyna-Buda hromada on 19 September [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]. Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration on Telegram Quote: “Attacks with FPV drones were observed in Seredyna-Buda hromada (7 strikes). The bombardment…
Read MoreLebanon Mission to UN: Explosives implanted in devices before they arrived – report
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-820967
Read More29 vulnerable Dems vote with Republicans on bill cracking down on illegal immigrants
Fox News Nearly 30 vulnerable House Democrats voted for a bill Wednesday to deport illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes, signaling a shift in the party’s focus on the migrant crisis as the November elections draw near. The Republican-led bill passed 266 to 158, with 51 Democrats voting with GOP lawmakers. Democratic critics of the…
Read MoreLocal Teamsters unions in swing states rush to endorse Harris
Washington Post Kamala Harris has received an outpouring of endorsements from Teamsters local unions and regional councils in key states, despite the national union’s decision to not endorse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/19/teamsters-endorsement-harris-trump/
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