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Canada Resuming Arms Exports to Saudis Despite Criticism
Canadian authorities say they have found a way around bans on the controversial weapons exports to Saudi Arabia despite growing calls for a full halt to sales of arms to a regime involved in numerous cases of human rights violations. Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a Thursday statement that his government has renegotiated a contract to sell General Dynamics Corp armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia. Champagne (pictured below) said that ...
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OPEC, allies agree to cut output by 10mn bpd: Zanganeh
TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh informed on Friday that OPEC and its allies have agreed on a historic production cut that would take 10 million barrels per day offline as the coronavirus pandemic saps demand for crude.
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Pray for Boris, but Forget about Yemen?
Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement on the 27th of March that he had tested positive for COVID-19, and his subsequent admission to the Intensive Care Unit of London’s St. Thomas’ Hospital last Sunday, the reaction of th...
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Covid-19 pandemic forces more countries to distance themselves from US
Bianca Rahimi Press TV, London The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have given added urgency to discussions within Europe, about preserving the Iran nuclear deal. For the signatories of the JCPOA it has been another opportunity for Europe to prove it can withstand US pressure. Donald Trump withdrew from the hard-won deal in 2018, forcing France, Germany and the UK to come up with a way of circumventing the re-imposed sanctions, and ...
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Houthis dismiss Saudi ceasefire in Yemen as publicity stunt
The spokesman for Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement, Mohammed Abdul-Salam, has dismissed a two-week ceasefire announced by the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody military onslaught against the impoverished country as a publicity stunt. 'The ceasefire announcement by Saudi Arabia is a ploy indeed as it is pressing ahead with raids on Yemen, and conducting operations on various fronts, including areas where there were no clashes at all,' Abdul-Salam said in an exclusive interview ...
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Canada resuming arms exports to Saudis despite criticism
Canadian authorities say they have found a way around bans on the controversial weapons exports to Saudi Arabia despite growing calls for a full halt to sales of arms to a regime involved in numerous cases of human rights violations. Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a Thursday statement that his government has renegotiated a contract to sell General Dynamics Corp armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia. Champagne (pictured below) ...
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Turkish military dispatches another convoy to northern Syria
A Britain-based war monitor says Turkey has dispatched another military convoy to Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, as Ankara beefs up its military presence in the embattled region following a ceasefire reached earlier this month with Moscow to halt an escalation of violence there. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing activists requesting anonymity, reported that the Turkish convoy, consisting of nearly 25 military vehicles, crossed into the Syrian territory through ...
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