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Putin’s state visit to North Korea: Warm welcome, bilateral agreements and a new comprehensive partnership treaty
North Korea, Russia

Putin’s state visit to North Korea: Warm welcome, bilateral agreements and a new comprehensive partnership treaty

Posted by: John Phoenix Moscow and Pyongyang have agreed to enhance cooperation in all spheres and defend each other from potential foreign aggression Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ©  Kristina Kormilitsyna;  RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Wednesday, where he met with the country’s leader Kim Jong-un and participated in comprehensive bilateral talks on economic, security, and global issues. The trip marked the first time the Russian president had traveled to North Korea since first taking office in 2000, when he visited Pyongyang to meet with then-leader Kim Jong-il. Putin’s delegation included Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense...
Press freedom ‘shrinking’ in Ukraine
Ukraine

Press freedom ‘shrinking’ in Ukraine

Reporters Without Borders Posted by: John Phoenix The non-profit group has cited surveillance and threats of forceful enlistment into the military faced by independent journalists FILE PHOTO. ©  Marcus Yam/Getty Images Independent media outlets are being subjected to growing pressure in Ukraine, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has warned. The non-profit group urged the government in Kiev to combat impunity for violent crimes against reporters and to end arbitrary restrictions regarding coverage of the conflict with Russia. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky signed a law in 2022 that significantly expanded the government’s media regulation powers, allowing for outlets to be temporarily banned. The legislation came under fire both domestically and in the We...
Hamas: Cannot be Destroyed
Gaza, Holocaust, Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, Politics

Hamas: Cannot be Destroyed

Posted by: John Phoenix “Hamas cannot be destroyed. As long as Israel oppresses Palestinians and takes their land, there will be Hamas” Hamas leaders in Gaza Add you name to the Letter to the UK Home Secretary Hamas objectives on 7th Oct – “self-defence” – and – Can you help? Debunking Statements from UK Politicians on Hamas Netanyahu, Hamas vs ISIS and British Tory History Background Hamas – Policies Oil, gas and the Ben Gurion canal is at the heart of Israel’s plans for Gaza United Nations on Decolonisation United Nations on Self-Defence United Nations on Genocide United Nation articles and Palestine International Court of Justice Lawsuit Against Israel News articles Scott Ritter and Chris Hedges Booklist Galit Atbaryan Nazi MP i...
‘No place’ is safe if ‘Israel’ starts war
Human Rights, Lebanon, Palestine Affairs, USA, ZIO-NAZI

‘No place’ is safe if ‘Israel’ starts war

Posted by: John Phoenix The Lebanese militia has also warned Cyprus against getting involved File photo: Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, speaks in Beirut, Lebanon. ©  Marwan Naamani/Getty Images Hezbollah is prepared for a full-scale conflict with Israel, the Shia militia’s head Hassan Nasrallah has said. He also warned Cyprus that it could be targeted if it hosts Israeli forces. Nasrallah gave a televised speech on Wednesday, following a memorial service for Hajj Sami Taleb Abdullah, a senior Hezbollah commander who had been killed in an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon earlier this week. “The enemy knows it must expect us on land, in the air, and at sea, and if war is imposed, the resistance will fight without constraints, rule...
French first lady transgender libel case goes to trial
France

French first lady transgender libel case goes to trial

Posted by: John Phoenix Courts previously ruled Brigitte Macron had no cause for an invasion of privacy or violation of public image prosecution French President Emmanuel Macron and first lady Brigitte Macron, Paris, France, June 8, 2024. © Getty Images / Marc Piasecki Two women have gone on trial for defamation in France after claiming that President Emmauel Macron’s wife, Brigitte, was a man once named “Jean-Michel,” France24 reported on Thursday.  Amandine Roy, a self-proclaimed spiritual medium, was questioned in a Paris court on Wednesday, while the second defendant, independent journalist Natacha Rey, cited illness and was absent. In a 2021 interview, Roy quizzed Rey on her YouTube channel, where the journalist aired the theory that B...
UK Labour Party ditches candidate for sharing RT content in 2018
United Kingdom

UK Labour Party ditches candidate for sharing RT content in 2018

Posted by: John Phoenix The shadow chancellor says a party member was kicked out for “not sharing our values” FILE PHOTO: Party-branded keyrings at a stall during a Scottish Labour conference. ©  Andrew Milligan / PA Images via Getty Images The UK Labour Party has suspended one of its parliamentary candidates just two weeks before the general election, after senior members were made aware of his apparent sharing of RT content, six years ago, on his social media. Andy Brown is campaigning to represent the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency in northeast Scotland. The party’s decision to remove him was reported on Tuesday by The Press and Journal, a local newspaper, and has since become a national news story. The posts that got Brown in trouble ...
US surprised at speed Russia built new alliances
Russia, USA

US surprised at speed Russia built new alliances

Posted by: John Phoenix Washington reportedly did not see Moscow’s outreach to Beijing and Pyongyang coming Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attend a reception in Pyongyang, June 19, 2024 ©  Sputnik / Vladimir Smirnov Moscow’s security partnerships with Beijing, Pyongyang and other US “adversaries” were not anticipated by Washington, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing anonymous intelligence sources. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a strategic partnership and mutual defense treaty with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Wednesday, before flying on to Vietnam. Putin’s trip to China last month prompted one US policymaker to declare that decades of American efforts to k...
Both Hamas and the Nazi entity could have reasons to hide the truth about the deadly hospital blast in Gaza
Gaza, Holocaust, Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, USA, ZIO-NAZI

Both Hamas and the Nazi entity could have reasons to hide the truth about the deadly hospital blast in Gaza

Posted by: John Phoenix A former UN weapons expert attempts to use evidence to dispel the fog of war and provide insight into the attack Both Hamas and Israel could have reasons to hide the truth about the deadly hospital blast in Gaza Scott Ritter  @RealScottRitter@ScottRitter People standing before destroyed buildings at the site of the al-Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza on October 18, 2023 in the aftermath of an overnight strike there ©  Shadi AL-TABATIBI / AFP The fog of war is an ever-present reality, defined by factual uncertainty brought on by the imperfect recollections of people subjected to stresses that are unthinkable in everyday life. It is not uncommon for opposing parties to a conflict to put forward competing narratives about a gi...
Why the Pentagon is a multitrillion-dollar fraud
USA

Why the Pentagon is a multitrillion-dollar fraud

Posted by: John Phoenix The US Department of Defense has failed its sixth annual audit in a row, but taxpayer money will keep going down that drain Scott Ritter  @RealScottRitter@ScottRitter FILE PHOTO: Two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft at the international airport Petrovec near Skopje, on June 17, 2022. ©  Robert ATANASOVSKI / AFP Recently, the Pentagon admitted it couldn’t account for trillions of dollars of US taxpayer money, having failed a massive yearly audit for the sixth year running. The process consisted of the 29 sub-audits of the DoD’s various services, and only seven passed this year – no improvement over the last. These audits only began taking place in 2017, meaning that the Pentagon has never successfully passed one. This...
How the US misleads the world about its involvement in Yemen
USA, Yemen

How the US misleads the world about its involvement in Yemen

Posted by: John Phoenix While Washington maintains that the strikes on Houthi installations are defensive and fully legal, neither is the case Scott Ritter  @RealScottRitter@ScottRitter A RAF Typhoon aircraft taking off RAF Akrotiri to join the US-led coalition to conduct air strikes against military targets in Yemen. ©  AFP / British Ministry of Defence “The strikes in Yemen were necessary, proportionate, and consistent with international law.” With this statement, the United States delegate to the United Nations defended the joint US-UK military strikes against targets affiliated with the Houthi militia undertaken on the night of January 12, 2024. The irony of this statement is that it was made before a body, the United Nations Security Council,...