Posts Tagged ‘abroad’

US elections: American voter turnout abroad could soar as ballot demands increase

Turnout among overseas voters could be much higher this year as Americans rush to register to vote from abroad, multiple groups helping Americans vote overseas have told Euronews. From federal ballot downloads to organisations helping Americans abroad, many have noticed that website traffic went up over the past few months with panicked Americans abroad inquiring […]

Under attack and losing hope, Iraqi activists flee abroad

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Gazans left stranded abroad due to PA decision to cut ties with Israel

For the last four months, Ahmed al-Kurdi, his wife and three children have been stranded in Jordan, where they traveled from their home in the Gaza Strip for life-saving medical treatment for his 2-year-old daughter. At a time when the coronavirus pandemic has led to border closures and travel restrictions, they find themselves stuck, not […]

US Crimes Against Humanity At Home And Abroad

Above photo: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony & Peace Message Lantern Floating Ceremony. This month marks the second year since former President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced to the world a campaign promoted by a group of Latin American writers and academics to declare August 9 as International Day of US Crimes against Humanity. Appropriately the day […]

America Loves Terrorists Abroad: ISIS as Proxy US Mercenaries

By all accounts, wherever the Islamic State has gained and held territory, its residents suffer terrible oppression and deprivation. Unless you are on their wavelength, you most likely agree that ISIS rule has been calamitous for its subjects. Both Obama and Trump have pointed out their badass nature on numerous occasions, not so much in […]

DOJ report shows vast majority of convicted terrorists in America were born abroad

     A new report released by the Department of Homeland Security Tuesday shows 75-percent of convicted terrorists in America were born abroad. From the data: According to a list maintained by DOJ’s National Security Division, at least 549 individuals were convicted of international terrorism-related charges in U.S. federal courts between September 11, 2001, and December […]

Man suspected of rape & killing spree detained in Russia as he was about to flee abroad

The detained man, born in 1970, was previously indicted on similar charges, the Russian Interior Ministry spokeswoman, Irina Volk, told journalists. He is suspected of carrying out a string of killings and rapes from 1992 to 2014 in different parts of Ekaterinburg. Nearly 17,000 people have been questioned over the last eight years of the […]

UK – Cambridge University Removes Ramallah As A Study Abroad Option Due To Israeli Policies

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Malak Mattar dreamed of studying art abroad, now she is stuck in Gaza

Malak Mattar’s paintings hang on the walls in the homes of her many fans around the world, from India to England to the U.S.  With vivid colors and haunting stares, they express, beautifully, as only the greatest art can do, the utter misery of life and death in the besieged Gaza Strip. They were smuggled […]

Trump Plans To Accelerate US Arms Sales Abroad

US President Donald Trump is planning to accelerate American weapons sales abroad and has prepared to ease the restrictions his predecessor, Barack Obama, in this regard, according to a new report. Trump’s move is likely to spark concerns about further flooding the global market with high-tech American weapons and fueling conflicts in hot spots like […]

Reagan Documents Shed Light On CIA ‘Meddling’ Abroad

Secret” documents, recently declassified by the Reagan presidential library, reveal senior White House officials reengaging a former CIA “proprietary,” The Asia Foundation, in “political action,” an intelligence term of art for influencing the actions of foreign governments. The documents from 1982 came at a turning-point moment when the Reagan administration was revamping how the U.S. […]

US Wages Cyberwar Abroad Under Cover of “Activism”

August 22, 2017 By Joseph Thomas The threat of cyberterrorism has competed for center stage in American politics with fears of “Russian hackers” disrupting everything from elections to electrical grids. And yet as US policymakers wield threats of cyberterrorism to promote a long and growing list of countermeasures and pretexts for expanding […]

Saudi government secretly abducting its critics from abroad, say dissidents

At least three prominent Saudi dissidents living in Europe, who openly criticized Saudi Arabia’s system of government, have been illegally abducted by the country’s monarchy in the past two years, according to a report by the BBC. All three, who are members of the Saudi royal family, are missing, believed to be dead […]

WHO: Israel delays Gazans seeking treatment abroad

Israeli occupation delayed 50.7 per cent of 2,282 requests for treatment permits submitted to related Israeli department in May, Wold Health Organisation (WHO) revealed on Monday. The treatment permits were submitted to the Coordination and Liaison Administration to the Gaza Strip –an Israeli department— and were held up with no explanation, WHO said. WHO’s report […]

US Meddles Abroad, Accuses Others of Meddling at Home

US Meddles Abroad, Accuses Others of Meddling at Home (Joseph Thomas – NEO) – The latest round of sanctions levelled by the United States government against Russia are predicated on allegations that Moscow interfered in the 2016 US presidential elections. Alleged interference includes leaking e-mails obtained from the US Democrat Party. However, compared to the […]

Fact Check: Trump Touts His Own Record While Abroad

Donald and Melania Trump wave to reporters before boarding the Air Force One to Brussels, at the end of a 2-day visit to Italy, May 24, 2017. (AP/Riccardo De Luca) In his speech in Saudi Arabia on Sunday during his first foreign trip as president, Trump claimed to have accomplished record spending on the armed […]

Funds to restore Iranian heritage sites abroad

Financial Tribune – A budget of 90 billion rials ($2.4 million) has been earmarked in the current fiscal year (started March 21) for the restoration of historical sites abroad with ties to Iran, such as Armenia and Tanzania, announced a top official at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization. “A fund for [restoration of […]

Empire Abroad, Empire At Home

Above Photo: A man sits in front of a mural in Caracas, Venezuela | Photo: Reuters “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Americans are taught to revel in our power and supremacy. Over 650 major military bases span the whole world.  We wage […]

VA Begins New Program to Serve Veterans Living Abroad

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has instituted a new program to provide comprehensive compensation and pension (CP) examinations to U.S. Veterans living overseas.  “We are proud to deliver these services to our Veterans living abroad,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki.  “This is an example of how VA is supporting […]

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