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Newly public document shows US has intensified spying operations against China

Posted on Wednesday, January 13, 2021

A formerly-secret National Security Council strategy document publicly confirms that the CIA and other US agencies have increased their intelligence and spying activity against China in an effort to counter Beijing’s global network of spying operations, the Washington…

EU Concerned About Iran’s Ambitions

Posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2021

The European Union has warned Iran that its decision to increase uranium enrichment could undermine efforts to keep a nuclear deal alive. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to bring the United States back on board under a…

Pompeo: Al-Qaeda has new home base in Iran, threatening region, Abraham Accords

Posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2021

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused Iran of harboring al-Qaeda, saying the country has become a “home base” for the terror group.

Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan hold talks on reopening regional transportation routes

Posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the Kremlin Monday, to discuss the reopening of transportation routes that were shut down amid the decades-long regional conflict…

Facebook shuts down “fake accounts” allegedly linked to Ugandan Ministry of Information

Posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Facebook has closed the accounts of a network connected to Uganda’s Ministry of Information on the grounds that the network has been using fake accounts to promote Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM)…

WHO team set to arrive in Wuhan to investigate origins of pandemic

Posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2021

A World Health Organization (WHO) team of international experts will fly from Singapore to Wuhan, China on Thursday in order to try and investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reports. This mission has been relaunched following…

Iranian nuclear deal must be restored soon, UN atomic watchdog warns

Posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2021

The United Nations’ atomic watchdog chief stressed urgency Monday in reviving an Obama-era nuclear deal aimed at thwarting Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, a report says.

Pompeo, in Tuesday speech, to accuse Iran of al Qaeda links

Posted on Monday, January 11, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to use newly declassified U.S. intelligence on Tuesday to publicly accuse Iran of ties to al Qaeda, two people familiar with the matter said, as part of his last-minute offensive against…

Cuba re-added to U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism

Posted on Monday, January 11, 2021

The outgoing Trump administration, in one of its last foreign policy acts, is putting Cuba back on the official list of state sponsors of terrorism, reversing an Obama-era decision that aimed to normalize diplomatic relations between the U.S.…

Some 80 Die In Indonesian Plane Crash and Landslides

Posted on Monday, January 11, 2021

Indonesia was dealing with the aftermath of two significant disasters, including a plane crash and two landslides in which at least nearly 80 people perished.

Thousands of Refugees Stuck in Bitter Balkan Winter

Posted on Monday, January 11, 2021

The United Nations says thousands of migrants fleeing war, persecution, and poverty urgently need proper shelter and care in Bosnia-Herzegovina after weeks outdoors in the freezing cold. With authorities declining to open more adequate facilities, many are now…

Iran threatens to start enriching uranium to 90 percent: report

Posted on Monday, January 11, 2021

Iran warned Thursday that the country could ramp up its uranium enrichment to 90 percent -- just around the weapons-grade level.

Indonesia Plane Carrying Dozens Plunges Into Sea

Posted on Saturday, January 9, 2021

A passenger plane carrying dozens of passengers plunged into the Java Sea after leaving the Indonesian capital, investigators suggested.

China: New defense law increases military control of war powers, makes it easier to deploy against U.S.

Posted on Friday, January 8, 2021

China has amended a defense law to give increased control for its military to the Central Military Commission (CMC) which oversees the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and is chaired by President Xi Jinping, Anti-War reports. The Chinese military…

China builds 135 factories inside Xinjiang detention camps; Rights advocate says ‘stop producing and sourcing from Xinjiang’

Posted on Friday, January 8, 2021

A new report by Buzzfeed News reveals that among hundreds of detention camps recently built by China in Xinjiang, at least 135 compounds hold factories where prisoners can be forced to produce goods for export into major supply…

WHO Concerned About New COVID Variant

Posted on Friday, January 8, 2021

In a controversial move, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to do more to curb the new COVID-19 variant. The WHO has expressed concern about the rapidly spreading mutation new of the novel coronavirus.

Pompeo angers China with Hong Kong threat, plan to send envoy to Taiwan

Posted on Friday, January 8, 2021

Washington may sanction those involved in the arrest of over 50 people in Hong Kong and will send the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to visit Taiwan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, drawing anger…

U.S. Government Says Russia ‘Likely’ Behind Massive ‘Intelligence-Gathering’ Hack

Posted on Friday, January 8, 2021

The U.S. government said January 5 that Russia was “likely” behind a massive hack of government and private company networks discovered last month and the intrusion was an “intelligence-gathering effort.”

China has not authorized WHO experts to enter and investigation pandemic origin

Posted on Thursday, January 7, 2021

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that he is “very disappointed” China has not authorized a team of international experts to enter the country and investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reports.

Iran says it is rolling out 1,000 additional centrifuges

Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Having just announced it plans to enrich uranium at a level far above that allowed by the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Iranian regime said Tuesday that it is installing 1,000 additional centrifuges and increasing its supply of…

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• Moldova’s Pro-Western Governing Party Wins Elections, Overshadowed By Russian Interference Allegations
• Ukraine Accuses Hungary of Violating Its Airspace With Drones (Worthy News Radio)
• U.N. Security Council Rejects Russian-Chinese Push to Delay Sanctions on Iran
• Philippines Storms Kill Dozens, Christians See Hope Amid Misery
• Iran and Russia Seal $25 Billion Nuclear Power Deal Amid Sanctions Tensions
• UK to Roll Out Digital ID System by 2029 to Tackle Illegal Immigration

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