2023-08-11: News Headlines

teleSUR (2023-08-11). Iran Awaits Release of Its Assets Held in Korean Banks. telesurenglish.net On Friday, an exchange of prisoners between Iran and the United States will take place simultaneously with the release of Iran's frozen assets in banks of the Republic of Korea (ROK). | RELATED: | "The U.S. prisoners in Iran will leave simultaneously with the irreversible release of our illegally held citizens and the full transfer of illegally held assets in South Korea, similar to the recently freed assets in…

Staff (2023-08-11). Headlines for August 11, 2023. democracynow.org Maui Wildfire Death Toll Rises to 55 as Residents Survey Unfathomable Devastation, ECOWAS Says Use of Force Is Possible in Niger Coup Response as Bloc Activates "Standby Force", One Dead, Six Arrested over Assassination of Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio, 23 Rohingya Refugees Drown, Dozens Missing After Shipwreck, Americans Jailed in Iran Transferred to House Arrest on Way to Possible Release, SCOTUS Blocks Purdue Pharma Settlement Deal That Would Protect Sackler Family from Civil Liability, Louisiana Gov. Orders Pardon Board to Review Clemency Requests for 56 Death Row Prison…

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-10). Report: US, Iran Reach Deal on Prisoner Release and Frozen Funds. news.antiwar.com The US and Iran have reached a deal that will free five Americans in exchange for the US releasing some Iranians and granting Tehran limited access to $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds, The New York Times reported Thursday. Sources told the Times that the negotiations have been going on quietly for two years. Prisoner …

Anonymous669 (2023-08-11). Israel's Shin Bet Says It Arrested Iranian Jewish Spy (Photos). southfront.org File image. | On August 11, the Israeli Shin Bet security agency announced that it had arrested an Iranian Jew on suspicion of spying for his home country. | The suspected spy, who has relatives in Israel, was detained right after landing in Israel, The Shin Bet said that he admitted that he had come to Israel to gather intelligence and take photos for Iranian intelligence. | Before coming to Israel, the suspect met with Iranian security officials who handed him a tissue box intended for the disp…

Editor (2023-08-11). Biden is risking war with Iran—and the media is ignoring the danger. mronline.org The Biden administration plans to station Marines on commercial ships in the Persian Gulf. This could trigger war with Iran, but most of the mainstream U.S. press is not paying attention.

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Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (2023-08-11). Niger Accuses France Of Destabilization. popularresistance.org On August 9, Niger's military leadership, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), announced that it was raising the alert level throughout the country in response to alleged acts of "destabilization" carried out by France to undermine the security of the country. | In a communique issued on Wednesday, the CNSP stated that at 6: 30 am local time, the Niger National Guard's position near the Samira Hill Gold Mine had come under attack. The CNSP's spokesperson, Col. Major Amadou Abdramane, also added that "through direct communication with Western partners, the behavior of French forces has bee…

Alan Macleod (2023-08-10). From Wallet to War Machine: The Startling Truth About Your Tax Dollars Revealed, with Lindsay Koshgarian. mintpressnews.com Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director of the National Priorities Project, joins MintCast to discuss the shocking everyday impact of military spending on Americans.

Mnar Adley (2023-08-10). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.


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