Research Dept.News Erdoğan threatens to 'crush the heads' of Kurdish fighters refusing to withdrawThe Guardian - AgenciesRecep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish president, has said his country would “crush the heads” of Kurdish militants if they did not withdraw from a planned “safe zone” in northern Syria in time. Speaking at
Research Dept.European Union Europe is fed up with Brexit, but it’s still best for all if Britain stays inThe Guardian - Timothy Garton AshGranted, Brexit is driving everyone mad. We Brits owe all our European friends a sincere apology, a bottle of whisky and complimentary tickets to a Royal Shakespeare Company performance of Hamlet. For
Research Dept.Syria Engel: "There is ethnic cleansing underway" in northern SyriaMSNBC - MSNBC.com According to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, troops being withdrawn from Syria will be deployed to Iraq to fight ISIS. President Trump previously …
Research Dept.Heiko Maas Germany's Maas says Turkey 'invasion' illegitimate under international lawDW News - DW English German Foreign Minister Maas described Turkey's offensive against Syrian Kurds as an "invasion" and said Berlin saw it as illegitimate. The EU might …
Research Dept.Boris Johnson It looks like Boris Johnson was defeated. The opposite might be trueCNN - Analysis by Luke McGee, CNNLondon (CNN) — Boris Johnson has done the very thing he said he'd rather be "dead in a ditch" than do: request an extension to article 50 and possibly delay Brexit. The UK Prime Minister has done so kicking
Research Dept.Hong Kong Resurgent Hong Kong protesters stage huge rally, violence erupts againReuters - Anne Marie RoantreeHONG KONG (Reuters) - Police and pro-democracy protesters battled on the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday as thousands of people rallied in several districts in defiance of attempts by the authorities to
Research Dept.Hong Kong Hong Kong protesters stage major rally; tear gas, petrol bombs...Reuters - Anne Marie RoantreeHONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong riot police and protesters exchanged tear gas and petrol bombs on Sunday as an illegal anti-government march that attracted tens of thousands descended into chaos, with
Research Dept.United States Fallout from Trump's trade wars felt by economies around the worldReuters - Andrea Shalal, Heather TimmonsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The collateral damage of the United States’ trade wars is being felt from the fjords of Iceland to the auto factories of Japan. FILE PHOTO: Newly manufactured cars of the automobile
Research Dept.UK News March organisers hail ‘one of the greatest protest marches in British history’The Guardian - Mark TownsendIn one of the largest public demonstrations in British history, a crowd estimated at around one million marched outside parliament to demand MPs grant them a fresh referendum on Brexit. Organisers of march
Research Dept.Mossad Ex-Mossad head: Russia decided Trump was their best candidate, and ran him for president - U.S. News -haaretz.com Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo said Monday that Russia deployed tens of thousands of bots to influence the 2016 U.S. elections in favor of Donald …
Research Dept.Lebanon 15 Photos Of The Massive Protests In Lebanon That Were Sparked By A WhatsApp Taxbuzzfeednews.com - David Mack Protesters from various religious backgrounds are angry over the crumbling state of the country and what they say is cronyism at the highest levels …
Research Dept.Brexit Party Brexit and suspending Parliament: What just happened?BBC NewsIn a dramatic move on Wednesday morning, Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson set in motion the suspension of the UK Parliament - which means MPs have much less time to debate Brexit, the process
Research Dept.World News Stung by Parliament, Britain’s Boris Johnson asks EU to delay Brexit againLos Angeles Times - Associated PressPrime Minister Boris Johnson grudgingly asked the European Union late Saturday to delay Brexit after the British Parliament postponed a decision on whether to back his divorce deal. But the defiant Johnson
Research Dept.News Hillary Clinton suggests Russia is grooming Tulsi Gabbard for third-party runNBC News - Dareh GregorianThe Hawaii lawmaker responded by slamming the former first lady as "the queen of warmongers." Hillary Clinton says she believes that the Russians have "got their eye on somebody who's currently in the
Research Dept.News Lebanon Heads for Showdown as Reform Vows Fail to Quell ProtestsBloomberg - Dana Khraiche Lebanese officials were scrambling to finalize a plan to avert a financial meltdown as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets nationwide …
Research Dept.World News Amid turmoil in Barcelona, ex-Catalan president says of independence push: ‘We went too fast’The Guardian - Sam JonesThe push for Catalan independence, which has plunged Spain into its worst crisis in decades and riven the region itself, has moved too far, too fast, according to the former Catalan president who began
Research Dept.Oliver Letwin The 'super Saturday' Brexit amendments MPs are voting onThe GuardianMPs have a packed timetable for “super Saturday” – the first time the Commons has met on a Saturday since 1982. The Speaker, John Bercow, has selected two amendments from MPs trying to change, shape and
Research Dept.Politics Here’s what the protests in Lebanon and Iraq are really aboutThe Washington Post - By Bassel F. SalloukhMassive, unexpected protests erupted across Lebanon on Thursday. While the protests were triggered by the government’s plan to impose a tax on WhatsApp, a popular messaging app, the underlying anger went
Research Dept.Shia Islam Millions March in Iraq in Annual Arbaeen Shiite PilgrimageBloomberg Karbala, Iraq (AP) -- Millions of pilgrims made their way on foot to the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday for the Shiite pilgrimage of Arbaeen, …
Research Dept.Lebanon Thousands take to Lebanon's streets in third day of anti-government...Reuters - Laila BassamBEIRUT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands took to the streets of Lebanon on Saturday for a third day of anti-government protests, directing growing rage at a political elite they blame for entrenched cronyism
Research Dept.Donald Trump An appeal to Europe – stop the massacre of KurdsThe Guardian - LettersThere is a word that cannot be spoken in Turkey, and that is the word war. President Erdoğan and his backers are attacking Kurdish civilians, and are calling the military invasion an “operation” – Operation
Research Dept.Mexico Gun Battles Sweep Mexican City After Troops Locate El Chapo's SonTIME - ANDRÉS VILLARREAL and MARÍA VERZA / APCULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — An intense gunfight with heavy weapons and burning vehicles blocking roads paralyzed the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state Thursday after security forces located one of Joaquín
Research Dept.Catalonia Violent protests rock Catalonia following conviction of separatist leadersThe Washington Post - By Pamela Rolfe, James McAuleyMADRID — Violent clashes between protesters and police in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region have injured more than 90 people on both sides, Spanish media reported Thursday, amid rioting that followed
Research Dept.European News Boris Johnson seeks MPs’ support for Brexit deal in new race against timeEuronews - By Alasdair SandfordHaving secured a revised Brexit accord with the EU – against the odds in the eyes of many – Boris Johnson faces a second race against time with his battle to secure parliamentary support at home for the
Research Dept.UK News Catalonia protests: Marches and general strike paralyse Barcelonabbc.co.uk - BBC News Fresh clashes between riot police and protesters have broken out in Barcelona amid continuing anger over the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders.
Research Dept.Donald Trump Bernard-Henri Lévy: Trump's Syria withdrawal is 'a nightmare and completely predictable'The Guardian - Edward Helmore in New YorkAs Congress joined the widespread condemnation of Donald Trump’s withdrawal of US forces from northern Syria and exposed the Kurds living there to Turkish assault, the French philosopher Bernard-Henri
Research Dept.Mexico Mexico’s President Defends Government Response to Drug Cartel MayhemThe New York Times - Azam AhmedMEXICO CITY — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico on Friday defended the country’s security forces for capturing — and then releasing — a son of the infamous drug lord El Chapo. He said their
Research Dept.Extinction See Extinction Rebellion protesters dragged off London tubeCNN Scenes of chaos on London's subway on Thursday morning, as commuters clashed with climate activists who tried to disrupt travel during peak rush hour.
Research Dept.London City Airport Commuters Drag Climate Activists From London TrainsThe New York Times - Iliana MagraLONDON — A bearded man wearing a suit walks on the roof of a London Underground train as a crowd of clearly infuriated commuters yell and point at him. A few seconds later, another man leaps up and grabs
