Daily Archives: March 22, 2024

2024-03-22: News Headlines

Simon Hooper (2024-03-22). Website for UK charity fundraising for Israeli soldiers no longer online. middleeasteye.net Website for UK charity fundraising for Israeli soldiers no longer online | Content also disappears from UK-AWIS's Facebook page and YouTube channel as charity regulator says it is still assessing fundraising concerns | | The homepage of UK-AWIS's website, as captured on 1 December 2023 (Sc…

Staff (2024-03-22). Israel's illegal attacks on Syria must end immediately: Iran UN envoy. muslimmirror.com New York : Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani emphasized that there is no military solution to the Syrian crisis and said that the Islamic Republic of Iran considers the Israeli regime's military and illegal attacks in Syria provocative and strongly condemns them. Iravani made the remarks at the meeting …

Staff (2024-03-22). Israel's illegal attacks on Syria must end immediately: Iran UN envoy. muslimmirror.com New York : Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani emphasized that there is no military solution to the Syrian crisis and said that the Islamic Republic of Iran considers the Israeli regime's military and illegal attacks in Syria provocative and strongly condemns them. Iravani made the remarks at the meeting …

Netfa Freeman, Black Agenda Report. (2024-03-22). US Imperialism Raising Its Ugly Arrogance Again In Zimbabwe. popularresistance.org Despite its waning muscle and corroded facade, the U.S. insists on behaving as an entitled and malicious force in the world. So when the Zimbabwe government, in February, exercised its sovereign right to expel U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) agents from their country, the U.S. response was one of paternalistic and racist indignation befitting a bonafide settler colonial state. | USAID Administrator Samantha Power screamed that Zimbabwe's move was "unacceptable, inappropriate, and aggressive."

Editor (2024-03-22). Why Niger declared U.S. Military presence in its territory illegal. mronline.org Niger declared the U.S. military deployment in its territory "illegal" on Saturday, March 16, after a U.S. delegation allegedly threatened "retaliation" against the largest country in West Africa for its ties with Russia and Iran.

albawaba (2024-03-22). Turmoil in Turkey's USD exchange rate as interest rates surge to unprecedented levels. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – In response to mounting inflationary pressures, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) announced a significant hike in its policy rate, raising it by 500 basis points to 50%.Following the decision, the dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate, which stood at 32.4170, experienced a notable decline to 32.0230, representing a 1.2% decrease.The CBRT also made adjustments to its operational framework, widening the margin for overnight borrowing and lending rates in comparison to the one-week repo auction interest rate by +/- 300 basis points. Previously, this margin was +/- 150 basis points.Analysts int…

MEE correspondent (2024-03-22). Iranian press review: Afghans claim organ theft from deceased relatives in Iran. middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Afghans claim organ theft from deceased relatives in Iran | Meanwhile, unions argue proposed minimum wage increase would push workers deeper into poverty, and the closure of the pro-reformist Aftab daily highlights pressure on critical media
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GABIK (2024-03-22). KZN Premier inspects SA-Mozambique border. sanews.gov.za KZN Premier inspects SA-Mozambique border | The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has requested the Department of Transport to fast-track the raising of a concrete barrier wall along the South Africa and Mozambique border to curb the theft of vehicles and movement of illicit goods. | KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, conducted an oversight visit to the border between Mozambique and South Africa in Manguzi, in the Umkhanyakude District Municipality, under the auspices of Operation Siyahlola, to assess progress on the construction of jersey barrier walls. | The project, which covers about 25km of the vuln…

Ragip Soylu (2024-03-22). Has the PKK acquired kamikaze drones to hit Turkish aircraft? middleeasteye.net Has the PKK acquired kamikaze drones to hit Turkish aircraft? | The Kurdish group may have obtained Iranian-made UAVs to attack Turkey's combat drones | | A member of the PKK carries an automatic rifle on a road in the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq, 22 June 2018 (AFP/Safin Hamid) | The

newarab (2024-03-22). Houthis in Yemen blow up house, kill 9 from the same family. newarab.com Iranian-backed This came a day after two Houthi fighters were killed in an ambush allegedly set up by the house's owner, Ibrahim al-Zalei. | The deceased — a set of parents and their seven children — were killed in the explosion, according to residents Ahmed Baydawy and Arman Mahmoud. Rescuers and civilians were trying to pull out o…

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). President Raeisi calls for action to stop Gaza genocide in Nowruz address. presstv.ir Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi calls for serious practical steps to stop the Israeli regime's attacks on Gaza in his New Year message to Asian countries celebrating Nowruz.

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). Israel caught in Gaza 'quagmire', Netanyahu at 'end of line': Iran FM. presstv.ir The Iranian foreign minister says Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has led the regime into a "quagmire" in Gaza and now he has reached "the end of the line".

youtube.com (2024-03-22). LIVE: Outside Moscow concert hall after shooting by several gunmenRussia's Federal Security Service said 40 people died and more than 100 were wounded in an attack Friday at a Moscow concert hall.
  The attack, which Russian authorities are investigating as terrorism, is the deadliest in Russia in recent years.
  Several gunmen burst into the concert hall on the edge of Moscow and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, killing and wounding dozens and starting a massive blaze

PositiveUniverse.com Comment (2024-03-22). The duplicitous American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.The American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
  It was a trick resolution question. It did NOT call for a ceasefire and simply stated that a ceasefire is an 'imperative' (important), further enabling the march by Israel for an upcoming Rafah invasion and massive slaughter of Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). Iran: US, Israel take UN, Security Council hostage, world must urgently act. presstv.ir Iran says the international community should immediately free the UN and its Security Council from the US and Israel stranglehold.

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). US introduces new Iran sanctions over missile, nuclear programs. presstv.ir The US Treasury targets three procurement networks based in Iran, Turkey, Oman, and Germany for supporting Iran's ballistic missile, nuclear, and defense programs.

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). Leader calls for boosting production through people's participation in New Year message. presstv.ir Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei designates the Persian New Year as the year of "Surge in production through people's participation."

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). Iran rejects 'hypocritical' Nowruz messages of US leaders. presstv.ir Iran has hit out at "hypocritical ingratiation of American statesmen" in offering congratulatory messages to Iranians on the new Persian year, while piling on their maximum pressure on the country at the same time.

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). Iran urges lifting of sanctions on Syria, withdrawal of US troops. presstv.ir Iran has called for an immediate lifting of unilateral sanctions on Syria which is marking this month the 13th anniversary of the start of a destructive war on the country.

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). Leader: Axis of Resistance has thwarted US regional schemes. presstv.ir Ayatollah Khamenei was extending his remarks during an address marking the Persian New Year in Tehran.

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). US opposes Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline construction, trying to halt it: Official. presstv.ir A US diplomat says Washington opposes the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project and is exerting maximum efforts to prevent its construction.

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