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African nation poised to adopt death penalty for gay sex
Africa

African nation poised to adopt death penalty for gay sex

A controversial bill has passed the Ugandan parliament making ‘aggravated homosexuality’ a capital offense ©  AFP / Isaac Kasamani Uganda’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill making certain homosexual acts a capital crime. The measure has now been sent on to President Yoweri Museveni, who is expected to sign it despite vocal foreign opposition.  All but two of the country’s 389 MPs lent their support to the measure during a legislative session on Tuesday night. The bill imposes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” as well as life imprisonment for “recruitment, promotion and funding” of homosexual “activities.” Fox Odoi-Oyelowo, one of the two legislators to oppose the measure, described it as “ill-conceived” with “unconstituti...
Kremlin slams Western media’s take on Russia-China gas deal
China, Media, Russia

Kremlin slams Western media’s take on Russia-China gas deal

Dmitry Peskov calls Bloomberg’s claim that no agreement has been struck “low-skilled misinformation” © Sputnik / Pavel Byrkin Western media reports on the lack of a major natural gas deal between Russia and China are fake, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, referring to stories citing information published by Bloomberg. Peskov noted that earlier this week, Russian energy giant Gazprom announced a daily record in gas supplies to China through the Power of Siberia pipeline. “It [the Bloomberg report] looks like low-skilled misinformation. The reality is quite different,” Peskov told Russian business daily RBK. “The issues of expanding of supplies were discussed. By the way, just yesterday, on the day of negotiations [between Moscow and ...
Here’s the real reasons why US senators backed India in its border dispute with China
China, India, USA

Here’s the real reasons why US senators backed India in its border dispute with China

A bipartisan Senate resolution wades into the Sino-Indian conflict to further drive a wedge between the two Asian giants By Joydeep Sen Gupta, Asia Editor FILE PHOTO. An Indian Army soldier sits inside an upgraded L70 anti aircraft gun in Tawang, near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on October 20, 2021. ©  Money SHARMA / AFP Washington is inserting itself into the ongoing Sino-Indian border conflict in an effort to both win political points with India while further skewering China. The recent bi-partisan Senate Resolution introduced in the upper chamber reaffirms US recognition of the Arunachal Pradesh border state as India’s sovereign territory. The proposed resolution – co-sponsored by Sen...
UK lied about zero civilian deaths in Iraq
Iraq, United Kingdom

UK lied about zero civilian deaths in Iraq

A joint media and NGO probe found at least two, and as many as 26, civilian victims of British airstrikes FILE PHOTO. An Iraqi family fleeing Mosul on July 5, 2017, during the offensive by Iraqi government troops against Islamic State (IS) terrorists. ©  AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP The Royal Air Force did in fact kill civilians during the bombing of Iraq aimed against Islamic State terrorists, according to an investigation by the Guardian and the nonprofit Airwars, published on Wednesday. The British government continues to insist it did not kill any noncombatants. The UK joined the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS) in 2014, and carried out multiple airstrikes in Iraq and Syria through 2020, dropping more than 4,000 bombs. The ...
Danish Navy present near Nord Stream 2 – media
Russia, Ukraine

Danish Navy present near Nord Stream 2 – media

A ship used by military divers was spotted near the sabotaged pipeline after discovery of mystery object, national daily reports FILE PHOTO: The diving ship Soloven (Sea Lion). ©  Danish Armed Forces The Royal Danish Navy is believed to be conducting a diving operation to the east of the island of Bornholm, not far from the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline damaged by a blast. Newspaper Berlingske reported on Tuesday that a Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel used by military divers had been seen there along with two other military ships. The Danish military confirmed its presence east of Bornholm but would not comment on the ships’ mission, Berlingske said. Last week, Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen announced that his government could corroborate a report by th...
US Republicans demand banned weapons for Ukraine
Ukraine, USA

US Republicans demand banned weapons for Ukraine

Aside from an attack on Yemen in 2009, cluster munitions were not deployed by Washington since the Iraq invasion Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenhzia holds up "petal" cluster mine allegedly planted by Ukrainian military ©  Getty Images / Michael Santiago Four Republican congressmen have asked US President Joe Biden to send cluster munitions, a controversial weapon banned in 110 countries, to Ukraine, dismissing concerns about escalating the conflict as misplaced in a letter to the White House on Tuesday. The Biden administration shouldn’t hesitate to send cluster munitions – specifically dual purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM) – because of “vague concerns about the reaction of allies and partners and unfounded fears of ...
Daniel Kurtzer: ‘Biden must rein in illegal Israeli settlements’
Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

Daniel Kurtzer: ‘Biden must rein in illegal Israeli settlements’

By building on Palestinian land, Israel is breaking a deal it made with the US nearly 20 years ago, Daniel Kurtzer said A view of the entrance to the settlement of Kfar HaOranim in the West Bank, October 20, 2022 ©  AP / Ariel Schalit The administration of US President Joe Biden should remind Israel that its ongoing settlement of the West Bank violates a deal it struck with Washington in 2004, former US ambassador to the country Daniel Kurtzer said on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu granted retroactive authorization to nine settlements in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated afterwards that 10,000 homes for Jewish settlers would be built in these locations. While the UN Security Council issued a...
Nazi Jewish Minister: ‘Palestinian town should be wiped out’
Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

Nazi Jewish Minister: ‘Palestinian town should be wiped out’

The village of Huwara was ransacked by Nazi Jewish settlers on Sunday evening Nazi soldiers patrol an area damaged by fires from torched vehicles during a rampage by Nazi JEWISH settlers in Hawara, West Bank, March 1, 2023 ©  AP / Majdi Mohammed Nazi JEWISH Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has declared that the West Bank town of Huwara should be “wiped out” by the State of Israel. Smotrich’s comments, which came days after Jewish Nazi settlers mobbed the town in revenge for a Palestinian attack, have been called “incitement to war crimes.” Speaking at a business conference on Wednesday, Nazi Smotrich was asked why he ‘liked’ a tweet on Sunday evening by a regional councilor calling for the destruction of the village. The Nazi minister said that he liked the tweet “because...
Nazi Jewish minister claims there’s ‘no such thing’ as Palestinians
Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

Nazi Jewish minister claims there’s ‘no such thing’ as Palestinians

Bezalel Smotrich has alleged that the notion of seperate people is “an invention that is less than 100 years old” FILE PHOTO. Nazi Bezalel Smotrich There’s no such thing as Palestinian history or culture, and the Palestinians are not a legitimate ethnic group, Nazi JEWISH Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has claimed. The hardline politician, who is tasked with the administration of the Nazi occupied West Bank, made the inflammatory remarks on Sunday during a visit to France. Smotrich was speaking at a memorial event commemorating Jacques Kupfer, a prominent Nazi and activist with the right-wing Likud Party, who died back in 2021. The Nazi JEWISH minister delivered his speech while standing at a lectern draped with a flag depicting a variation of the so-called ‘Greater Israel...
Putin makes prediction about Africa
Africa, Russia

Putin makes prediction about Africa

The continent will become one of the leaders of the emerging multipolar world, the Russian president has said ©  Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich Moscow is “determined to continue building a strategic partnership” with African nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, expressing confidence that the continent is set to become one of the leaders of the emerging multipolar world. The president made the remarks at the International Parliamentary Conference ‘Russia – Africa in a Multipolar World,’ which kicked off in Moscow on Monday and brought together representatives of some 40 nations. The conference comes ahead of the second Russia-Africa summit, which is scheduled to take place in St. Petersburg in July. “African nations are continuously increa...