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Nearly 70 killed
in fresh Yemen fighting:
Air raids by a Saudi-led
coalition and fighting
killed at least 52
fighters among Shiite
Huthi rebels and allied
troops loyal to
ex-president Ali
Abdullah Saleh, the
sources said. Fourteen
members of
pro-government forces
were also killed.
Trumps first US
drone strike kills 3
alleged al-Qaida in
Yemen:
Suspected U.S. drone
strikes have killed
three alleged al-Qaida
operatives in Yemen's
southwestern Bayda
province, the first such
killings reported in the
country since Donald
Trump assumed the U.S.
presidency Friday.
Yemen army
claims control of port
city of Mokha:
The Yemeni army said it
has taken full control
of Mokha, a port city
southwest of the capital
Sanaa, that had been
taken by Houthi rebels
in November 2014.
Turkish Forces
Kill 65 Daesh Militants:
The Turkish armed forces
have eliminated 65 Daesh
militants over the past
24 hours as part of the
Euphrates Shield
operation in northern
Syria, the Turkish
General Staff said
Monday.
Syrian Army
nears Turkey-backed
rebels in new advance:
The Syrian Army and its
allies on Sunday drove
ISIS from several
villages east of Aleppo,
a military media unit
run by Hezbollah and
pro-opposition war
monitor reported,
bringing them closer to
territory held by
Turkey-backed rebels.
Syria : War of
words as peace talks
open in Astana:
The Syrian government's
lead negotiator has
denounced what he called
his rebel counterpart's
"provocative" comments
at the start of peace
talks in Astana.
US under Trump
won't send a delegation
to Syria talks:
The Trump administration
has decided against
sending a U.S.
delegation to Kazakhstan
for talks on the war in
Syria, despite receiving
a formal invitation from
the Kazakh government
with the backing of
Russia and Turkey
Here’s how and why the
US has been helping ISIS
take Deir El-Zour;
The US has been
materially helping ISIS
capture the strategic
eastern Syrian town of
Deir El-Zour because it
is a vital link binding
together the territories
of the Middle East's
Axis of Resistance.
Dozens of IS
leaders flee toward
Syria:
“Dozens of vehicles
belonging to the Islamic
State, carrying leaders
and their families, were
seen while withdrawing
from eastern Mosul
toward the Syrian
territories,” pointing
out that, “The
liberation battles of
eastern Mosul finished.”
Iraq executes 31
convicts in Speicher
Camp massacre:
Iraqi judicial
authorities executed on
Monday 31 convicts
linked to a massacre
carried out by the
Islamic State that left
1700 Iraqi air force
cadets dead in 2014.
Mortar shelling
kills, wounds 8
civilians in western
Mosul;
“A civilian was killed,
while seven others were
wounded by mortar shells
in the the old
industrial area and al-Zera’i
neighborhood in western
Mosul.”
Iraqi forces
take complete control of
eastern Mosul: defense
ministry;
Iraqi forces have
captured all of eastern
Mosul, dislodging
Islamic State militants
from the last pocket
they held east of Tigris
river, the defense
ministry said on Monday.
Suicide bombers
blow themselves up in
Saudi Arabia:
Security forces engaged
'terrorists' in a
firefight with suspects
who later detonated
explosives in the city
of Jeddah.
Israel approves
permits for 566 illegal
squatter homes:
Building plan in
occupied East Jerusalem
approved by local
council after being held
up until Donald Trump
took office in the US.
Israel lifts
restrictions on building
more homes in occupied
East Jerusalem:
"We can build where we
want and as much as we
want," the statement
quoted Netanyahu as
saying, adding that he
also intended to allow
the start of building in
the West Bank.
1,000s of
Israeli Arabs protest
against housing
demolitions & killing of
Bedouin teacher:
Several protesters were
injured after police
deployed stun grenades
against the crowd,
Haaretz newspaper
reported.
Donald Trump ‘to
announce US embassy will
move from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem on Monday':
The White House will on
Monday announce that the
US embassy in Israel is
to move from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem, according to
an unconfirmed report by
an Israeli news outlet.
Mattis and Iran;
Op-Ed:
Mattis’ record at
Centcom would be less of
a concern if he weren’t
joining an
administration that is
already overflowing with
vocal Iran hawks.
Three Malian
soldiers killed in
landmine blast:
Three Malian soldiers
died Sunday and a fourth
was seriously injured
when their vehicle hit a
landmine in the troubled
north, the army said.
Nigeria botched
air strike may have
killed up to 236 people:
As many as 236 people
may have been killed in
the botched Nigerian air
strike against Boko
Haram that hit a camp
for civilians displaced
by the unrest, a local
official told AFP
The Gambia:
Ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh
'plundered coffers':
Exiled former leader
accused of 'stealing'
state funds as regional
troops prepare to secure
arrival of President
Barrow.
25 killed in
Pakistan blast:
At least 25 people
including two children
were killed and more
than 50 others injured
when a strong bomb blast
hit a fruit and
vegetable market in
northwest Pakistan on
Saturday morning, local
administrator said.
Air strikes kill
21 ISIS loyalists in
Afghanistan's Zabul
province
13 Marine
Aircraft to Deploy to
Australia:
The Marine Corps this
spring is sending its
largest aircraft element
to date, all out of
Hawaii -- to the next
$25 million rotation of
Marines to northern
Australia as the Corps
continues to
redistribute its forces
around the Pacific.
A police officer
has been shot and
wounded in north
Belfast, police said:
The Police Federation
which represents rank
and file officers said
it was a terrorist
shooting and added that
their thoughts were with
the officer and his
family.
Donald Trump
BATTERS Brussels with
order to STOP EU Army
plans or lose US Nato
support:
Despite comments by
President Trump calling
Nato “obsolete”, new US
defence secretary Gen
James Mattis affirmed
America’s commitment to
the Alliance – and
reinforced concerns
against Russia.
Republican
lawmakers sponsor bill
to ‘terminate U.S.
membership in the United
Nations’:
A bill co-sponsored by
about half a dozen
Republicans would force
the United States to
quit its membership in
the United Nations.
Swedish
politician resigns after
suggesting someone
should ‘shoot’ Trump;
“I believed that Donald
Trump would calm down
after he became the
president [of the US].
But how wrong I was! He
exceeded my worst fears!
Could anyone shoot him?”
UK government covered up
'disastrous failure' in
nuclear missile test:
report:
The British government
covered up a failed test
of a nuclear missile
system last year, just
weeks before lawmakers
voted to renew it, "The
Sunday Times" newspaper
alleged on Sunday.
Dutch PM Rutte: 'If you
don't like it here, then
leave':
"If you live in a
country where you get so
annoyed with how we deal
each other, you have a
choice. Get out! You
don't have to be here!"
Pope Francis warns
against populism, citing
Hitler:
Declining to directly
pass judgement on US
President Trump, the
pope condemned border
walls being built.
Rex Tillerson
Already Talking Regime
Change in Venezuela:
The new U.S.
administration of Donald
Trump has made it public
that it will seek a
regime change policy in
Venezuela disguised in
“transition to
democracy” rhetoric, the
country’s potential new
Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson said in an
interview this week.
Protesters Take Control
of Mexican Border
Crossing With US:
Protests closed
southbound traffic for
hours at the San
Diego-Tijuana San Ysidro
port of entry, the
busiest crossing along
the 2,000-mile border,
and halted southbound
traffic at one of two
crossings in Nogales,
Arizona.
March turns into
confrontation in
Tijuana:
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Millions of Americans
live in Mexico. Can we
continue to coexist?
; With nearly two
million Americans living
among us, Mexico is the
country with the largest
community of US citizens
living outside the
United States
Authorities Resume
Repression at Standing
Rock, Target Media:
Standing Rock
demonstrators against
the Dakota Access
pipeline and journalists
covering the resistance
are once again facing
violence from security
agencies emboldened by
the North Dakota state
legislature's attempts
at criminalizing
dissent.
Donald Trump
protests attract
millions across US and
world:
Larger numbers of
demonstrators than
expected turned out for
more than 600 rallies
worldwide.
Anti-trump
protesters all over the
world
: 1 Minute Video
Women protesters
swarm streets across
U.S.:
Hundreds of thousands of
women, many with
husbands, boyfriends and
children in tow, filled
the streets of several
major U.S. cities on
Saturday to protests
against President Donald
Trump the day after his
inauguration.
Ex-WSJ Reporter
Finds George Soros Has
Ties To More Than 50
"Partners" Of The
Women’s March:
What is the link between
one of Hillary Clinton’s
largest donors and the
Women’s March? Her
answer: "as it turns
out, it’s quite
significant."
Ex-CIA Boss
Brennan, Others Rip
Trump Speech in Front of
Memorial;
"Former CIA Director
Brennan is deeply
saddened and angered at
Donald Trump's
despicable display of
self-aggrandizement in
front of CIA's Memorial
Wall of Agency heroes,"
The CIA aren't
happy about Donald
Trump's first speech at
their headquarters:
During his speech, the
president addressed his
hostility towards the
media, calling them the
“most dishonest human
beings”, and tried to
brush aside any notion
of animosity between him
and the intelligence
agencies:
Trump places
hiring freeze on some
federal workers:
Also cuts off funding
for international groups
that perform abortions
Trump to
'massively' cut taxes
and regulation:
He pledged to lower
corporate taxes to 15%
or 20% from the current
35% and lift regulations
by up to 75%.
President Trump
To Immediately Withdraw
U.S. From Trans-Pacific
Partnership:
The president will in
the meantime reportedly
begin to work on
overhauling former
President Bill Clinton’s
North American Free
Trade Agreement.
Sanders praises
Trump for nixing TPP,
delighted to work with
him on pro-worker
policies:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt),
who campaigned hard
against the
Trans-Pacific
Partnership in last
year’s Democratic
presidential primaries,
praised President Trump
for an executive order
to officially pull the
United States out of the
deal.
Mexico set to
'mirror' policy on any
U.S. trade tax change:
minister:
Mexico's economy
minister said his
country was ready to
renegotiate trade rules
with the United States
and that any change in
U.S. tax policy that
affected imports would
have to be countered
with a "mirror action"
in Mexico.
Mexico's
president to meet with
Trump amid populist
pressure at home:
Enrique Pena Nieto and
U.S. President Donald
Trump will meet at the
end of this month to
discuss trade,
immigration and security
issues, as the Latin
American leader faces
increased populist
pressure at home.
Foxconn CEO says
investment for display
plant in U.S. would
exceed $7 billion;
Foxconn's proposal to
build a display plant,
which would be planned
with its Sharp Corp
unit, depend on many
factors, such as
investment conditions,
that would have to be
negotiated at the U.S.
state and federal levels
Trump
Administration Suspends
Insurance Cut for Risky
Mortgages:
Move effectively ends
attempt by Obama
administration to lower
costs for certain
mortgage borrowers.