Category Archives: Global Politics

Watch: Chinese soldiers stage assault on replica of Taiwan’s presidential palace, Taiwan not pleased

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While playing war games in the wilds of Inner Mongolia, the People’s Liberation Army decided to spruce up the barren desert environment with a building that just so happens to look a whole lot like Taiwan’s Presidential Office Building.

via Watch: Chinese soldiers stage assault on replica of Taiwan’s presidential palace, Taiwan not pleased.

Khadija Ismayilova on trial – a lesson in courage for the international community – Reporters Without Borders

Azerbaijan freely accepted its obligations as party to the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and many other treaties. These obligations include respect for freedom of information. There is no reason why Azerbaijan’s partners should yield to its blackmail, to its angry accusations of interference, arrogance and destabilization in response to the smallest allusion to its repressive methods.

via Khadija Ismayilova on trial – a lesson in courage for the international community – Reporters Without Borders.

Chile charges former military officers over Victor Jara killing

A Chilean judge has charged ten former military officers with the killing of folk singer and political activist Victor Jara. The popular singer was killed days after dictator Augusto Pinochet came to power in 1973.

via Chile charges former military officers over Victor Jara killing.

First Draft: Donald Trump Visits Border in Laredo, ‘Despite the Great Danger’

LOL politics – remember the don’t wear hats that make you look funny rule? Trump in any hat looks odd – – Within minutes upon landing in Laredo, Tex., Donald J. Trump repeatedly cited the danger he faced in visiting the Mexican border but insisted that he had to do it, because “I love this country.”

 

via First Draft: Donald Trump Visits Border in Laredo, ‘Despite the Great Danger’.

Video: Settlers continue Al-Aqsa Mosque provocations

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Around 45 extremist settlers broke into Al-Aqsa mosque compound this morning from al-Maghrebi gate under armed protection from Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and special units of Israeli police.

 

Tensions rose in and around the mosque due to the provocative incursion of the settlers into the holy site, and especially after so-called ‘Temple Mount’ organisations called recently for the area to be closed to Muslims during the Jewish holiday commemorating the ‘Destruction of the Temple’.

The settlers were met by the worshipers stationed at Al-Aqsa chanting ‘Allahu akbar’ (God is great).

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