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Journalists since fired from the British state broadcaster’s Arab section have alleged they were discriminated against and unfairly dismissed The BBC has been accused of restricting Gaza war coverage and misleading the public in a case brought by five of its former Arabic journalists.The allegations emerged during a UK employment tribunal hearing, where the journalists accused the British state broadcaster of discrimination and unfair dismissal linked to their coverage of the Gaza war, Middle East Monitor reported on Sunday.The case is reportedly the first of its kind to be brought by a group from the BBC Arabic service. Coverage of…
A worst-case scenario could be just weeks away. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been essentially paralyzed by the war with Iran, and there is a lot of speculation that the Houthis could soon bring commercial traffic through the Red Sea to a screeching halt. If such a scenario actually materializes, it would be catastrophic for the global economy. The good news is that so far we are not witnessing widespread panic among investors. Most of them still seem to believe that this crisis is just temporary. So even though the price of oil is up over 40 percent…
The populist National Rally claimed a historic “breakthrough” for the party on Sunday’s French municipal elections, which saw major establishment figures fall by the wayside and the craven political partnerships made with the far-left prove toxic to voters. Rassemblement National (RN) and its allies secured mayoral victories in at least 50 towns and cities across France during the two-round elections, which concluded on Sunday evening. Although the populist party fell short in some contests, including the mayoralty in Marseilles, it successfully expanded its power base in regions such as Alsace, Carcassonne, Montargis, Orange, the Pyrénées, and Pas-de-Calais. The RN also notably flipped the…
The bloc backs the country’s opposition and is attempting to smear government parties ahead of a key election, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has claimed Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has denied and condemned claims that he leaked the details of EU meetings to Moscow.The allegations were reported by the Washington Post and Politico some three weeks prior to the Hungarian parliamentary election scheduled for April 12.On Friday, the WaPo cited security officials claiming that Szijjarto had made regular phone calls during breaks at EU meetings to provide Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with “live reports on what had been discussed.”On…
The Iranian military is placing stickers on missiles with messages thanking Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for his opposition against the U.S and Israel over the war in Iran, outlets reported on Sunday. HispanTV, Iran’s Spanish-language regime propaganda network, published a video clip of stickers presumptively being placed on missiles through social media. The outlet published the video alongside a message written in Spanish that reads, “The Iranian Armed Forces have thanked Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez by placing a thank-you sticker on a ballistic missile before it was fired at Israel.” “Of course, this war is not only…
President Donald Trump flagged a pause in strikes targeting Iran and its power generation capabilities on Monday morning, taking to social media to declare his hopes for a peaceful resolution to hostilities sooner rather than later. Trump says the U.S. and Iran have held talks on the “complete and total resolution of hostilities” in the Middle East driven by Operation Epic Fury. The president says that, as a result of the diplomatic exchanges, he has postponed threatened future strikes on Iranian power plants and infrastructure. Trump says he will “postpone any and all strikes against Iranian power plants and energy…
By attacking Iran, Trump has cornered himself. Yet history offers a lesson – and a victory on his terms. Foreign policy is the choice of the least ill among ills.By attacking Iran at Israel’s behest, US President Donald Trump has maneuvered himself into an unenviable position between a rock and a hard place.Donald’s rock: EscalationIf America’s commander-in-chief continues his war of choice against Iran, he is likely to lose by any meaningful measure. Caught in a spiral of violence, escalation instinctively seems to him the only way forward.His Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, captured the fatally flawed logic: “Sometimes you have…
Champagne socialists from Europe and the U.S. flew to communist Cuba to perform a concert Saturday and stayed in a 5-star hotel while Cuban citizens suffer food shortages and power outages. The privileged leftists including the radical leftist Irish rap group Kneecap flew in to Havana for the benefit concert and stayed in a luxury hotel as 11 million Cubans suffer extreme privation thanks to their failed, oppressive communist leaders, the New York Post reported. Along with the radical leftist rap group, the cadre of western leftists included controversial Twitch personality Hasan Piker, members of Code Pink, and Isra Hirsi,…
It’s crunch time for talks to reopen the Department of Homeland Security — and President Donald Trump is making things messier. The House and Senate are scheduled to leave in a few days for a two-week recess. If they go home with no deal, the DHS funding lapse could end up lasting at least two months and break a new record for the longest shutdown of a federal agency. Now Trump is saying he doesn’t even want a deal if the Senate doesn’t pass the SAVE America Act. Despite Trump’s warning, the threat of a two-month shutdown is spurring an…
U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies are scrambling to determine who is actually running Iran after the regime’s newly installed “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei — who has not been seen or heard from publicly since the opening strikes of the war that killed his father — again failed to appear publicly for Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Officials are warning there is “no proof that he is taking the helm” and describing the situation as “beyond weird.” The uncertainty has intensified as the CIA, Mossad, and other intelligence bodies step up efforts to assess Mojtaba’s condition, whereabouts, and role in Iran’s…