Exactly 68 years ago on this day, March 15, 1951, the Iranians managed to wrest their main national treasure, oil, out of the imperialists’ grab. By doing this, they kicked off struggle for independence and economic development of their land. Through the efforts of Mohammad Mossadegh, the leader of the National Front party during the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza ...
At least 49 people were killed and 48 injured on Friday at around 1:30 pm (local time) in anti-Muslim terrorist attacks against two mosques in downtown Christchurch, New Zealand. Four suspects have been arrested. The main shooter filmed the attack with GoPro and broadcasted it live to social networks. The video was promptly removed by Facebook at the request of ...
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron launched his four-day tour of East Africa, where he intends to conduct a charm offensive for French companies to counter the growing influence of China in the region of “la Corne de l’Afrique.” After a short stop in Djibouti, Macron visited Ethiopia and Kenya, signing three contracts totaling €3 billion. Since the “yellow vest” ...
On March 11, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced that elections would be postponed and he would remain in power. The situation remains restless – now people are protesting against his decision to extend his fourth term indefinitely – on March 15, the Algerian opposition is threatening to take to the streets in new mass protests opposing Bouteflika’s 20-year rule. What ...
Avrupa Parlamentosu’nda Türkiye ile müzakerelerin askıya alınmasını öneren rapor kabul edildi. “Avrupa Birliği’nin (AB) Türkiye ile katılım müzakerelerini resmen askıya alması” önerisinin yer aldığı rapor, 109’a karşı 370 oyla kabul edildi. 143 parlamenter ise çekimser kaldı. Karara Türkiye sert tepki gösterdi: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sözcüsü İbrahim Kalın, AP’da kabul edilen Türkiye raporuna ilişkin, “Avrupa Parlamentosu tarafından onaylanan, hiçbir bağlayıcılığı olmayan tek taraflı ...
“We need time,” says Etienne Chouard, one of the intellectual “gurus” of the Yellow Vest movement. For years, he has been campaigning in favor of citizens’ right to hold referendums. Now, he sees his ideas finally being embraced by people. The demand to provide people with the possibility of calling Referendums (on adopting or annulling bills or revoking elected representatives) ...
The situation in Kashmir remains tense and residents of the state are living amid the fears for its further deterioration. It would be naïve to pin hopes on the mechanisms of reciprocal deterrence of the two nuclear countries. The international community is discussing the ways of setting up new alternative platforms for prevention of a new large-scale Indian-Pakistani war. The ...
A couple of months ago, President Trump visited Iraq by the cover of darkness, and, as he claimed in one of his interviews, the Americans actually had to shut off all the lights so that no one could recognize him, fearing for his safety. Though the US has invaded Iraq and still has many military bases in the country, the ...
Reading about the thousands of innocent people dying as a result of aerial bombardments, and the tens of thousands of women and children being forced to fight for life in inhuman conditions in refugee camps, one feels an urged to share the information across social media in order to shed light on the tragic situation. Nonetheless, the question remains: despite ...
Venezuela In the center of the capital of Venezuela, a march of supporters of President Nicolas Maduro took place alongside protests by supporters of self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido who crossed the border back into the country on Monday. The republic has been experiencing periodic blackouts due to the failure of the automatic control system at the Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Plant. In ...