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Journalist Detained in China for Reporting on Covid-19
A 37-year-old journalist may face five years in prison in China for spreading ‘misinformation’ about the government’s response to the virus, The Guardian has reported. Zhang Zhan, was arrested...
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Israel and U.S. May Take Military Action Against Iran During Lame Duck Period
Speculations are swirling that Israel and the U.S. may attack Iran before a potential Biden Administration takes office. Former Trump Advisor Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster confirmed in an interview...
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Experts: Progress in Middle East Likely to be Upheld By Freedom-Seeking Youth
Author and Former Advisor to President Trump, Dr. Walid Phares and Former White House Advisor, Bijan Kian say it would be difficult, if not impossible, to reverse the progress...
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Iran to Arab neighbors: ‘Trump’s Gone. Show Allegiance to Iran, Or Else!’
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif sent a message to its neighboring Persian Gulf states, warning that they can no longer rely on the U.S. for protection and must begin...
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Abraham Accords Likely to Experience Setbacks Under Biden Administration
The Abraham Accords, the pact normalizing relations between Israel and a number of her Arab neighbors which was brokered by the Trump administration, will likely experience setbacks under a...
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Iranian Foreign Minister Doubles Down on Biden as Iran’s Preferred Candidate
Javad Zarif, Iran’s Foreign Minister said he finds Joe Biden’s campaign “more promising” for Iran in an interview with CBS News this week. “The statements by the Biden camp...
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Iran Compares U.S. to ‘Pirates’ for Selling Seized Iranian Oil
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh compared the U.S. to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” after the United States announced it seized and sold Iranian crude oil intended for...
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Social Media and the Internet Are Contributing to Rise in Global Anti-Semitism
Elan Carr, the U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Countering anti-Semitism says social media and the internet are significantly contributing to the rise in global antisemitism, in an interview...
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Jewish Americans Supporting BLM Taunted and Assaulted By Protestors
A group of Jewish Americans who showed up in solidarity of the Black Lives Matter movement in Philadelphia were taunted and assaulted by rioters, according to a video circulating...