Posts Tagged ‘confrontation’

Climate confrontation: Over 50 arrested as activists target Citigroup’s climate policies

Protesters descend on Citigroup’s Manhattan HQ, igniting a ‘Summer of Heat’ against banks fueling fossil fuel projects and escalating the climate crisis. Source

West Bank Resistance Clashes with IOF in Tulkarm: Explosion Reported in Confrontation

April 19, 2024 Live News – Middle East – News – Palestine – Top The Palestinian fighters in the Tulkarm refugee camp confronted Israeli occupation forces during a recent raid. Palestinian media reported that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were set off by the Resistance fighters in response to the incursion. The clashes escalated in the Al-Manshiyeh neighborhood of Nur Shams camp, where a […]

Israel wants to pull the U.S. into a regional confrontation, but Biden remains reluctant

Earlier this week, U.S. President Joe Biden dispatched one of his top security advisers, the Israeli-American Amos Hochstein, to Israel. According to a U.S. official, the purpose of the trip was to “emphasize that restoring calm along Israel’s northern border is of utmost importance to the United States and it should be a top priority […]

Palestinian Resistance Escalates Confrontation with Israeli Enemy Afraid of Invading Gaza

October 24, 2023 Despite the Israeli genocidal aggression on Gaza, the Palestinian Resistance has been showing an unprecedented steadfastness for over 16 days. The Military Spokesperson for Al-Quds Brigades, Abu Hamza, indicated that, after eighteen days since the battle of Al-Aqsa Flood, it has become clear to us that the occupation government does not want […]

Jenin Confrontation: Palestinian Heroes Rise while Zionist Forces Pay the Price

June 19, 2023 During the early hours of this morning, a violent confrontation unfolded as the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) conducted a raid on the city of Jenin. The incident led to intense clashes between the IOF and Palestinian Resistance groups, who were steadfastly defending the city against the recurring acts of aggression perpetrated by […]

Unequal confrontation between Vilnius and Beijing

At the end of April in Lithuania, one of the “major” NATO countries, the local Foreign Ministry initiated a conference on “NATO and the Indo-Pacific Region,” where Vilnius tried to contribute to the unfolding confrontation with China in accordance with the trends set by the United States. It is noteworthy that the Baltic state stood […]

The Gangneung self-immolation: a sign of the acute confrontation between the government and the unions, in which there is no clear right or wrong

On May 1, 2023, 50-year-old Yang Hoe-dong doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire around 9:35 a.m. in front of the district courthouse in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, 163 kilometers east of Seoul. Yang suffered serious burns and was taken first to a nearby hospital and then airlifted to a specialized hospital […]

In a US-China confrontation, West Asia will bow out

A significant increase in geopolitical and economic ties with China has offered West Asian states an alternative to the US, which has traditionally been the region’s security guarantor. February 24 2023 By F.M. Shakil The prospect of a US-China war has entered the realm of reality. Increased provocations from US military and political officials regarding the […]

Operation “Gladio” as a new form of confrontation between F. Gülen and R. Erdogan

Over the past 20 years of the new century, for various reasons, relations within the NATO alliance have undergone certain transformations. It should be acknowledged that after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the USSR, for some time the threat of nuclear confrontation between the leading powers was lessened. However, this state of global […]

Israeli Army Kills 2 Palestinians In Occupied West Bank Confrontation

Officials say Israeli forces killed Samer Houshiyeh and Fouad Abed after raiding the village of Kafr Dan to demolish their homes and coming under fire. Source

Jeh Johnson: U.S. ‘Getting Closer and Closer’ to ‘Direct Military Confrontation with Russia’

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said Friday on CNN’s “Situation Room” that the United States was “getting closer and closer” to a direct military confrontation with Russia. Blitzer said, “President Biden said today that Putin would pay, in his words, a severe price if he were to use chemical weapons. If Biden is […]

Will ASEAN Survive the China-US Confrontation?

China has been actively pushing the US out of its place as “world hegemon” for a number of years now. Through soft power – lucrative trade agreements, economic aid, generous loans and investments – the PRC gains partners and allies across the world. The scale of China’s “offensive” is such that the PRC is cooperating […]

The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine 

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies The border between post-coup Ukraine and the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, based on the Minsk Agreements. Map credit: Wikipedia A report in Covert Action Magazine from the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine describes grave fears of a new offensive by Ukrainian government forces, after […]

Violent Confrontation Within Afghanistan’s Taliban Government Reported

Afghan Minorities Concerned by Apparent Political Victory by Group’s Hardliners 09/16/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that infighting within the newly formed Taliban government in Afghanistan intensified to such a degree that rumors of betrayal and murder needed to be officially denied on Wednesday, September 15. According to […]

US Congress Resolution 413: Option for Sri Lanka to choose either Confrontation or Conciliation

The recently tabled US 413 Resolution in the US Congress led by Ms. Ross breathes fresh air, confidence and hopes for the Tamils, particularly the victimized Tamils whose grievances which commenced in 1948 reached the climax with the genocidal war crimes committed during the war [2006-2009] However, structural genocide has now taken a strong hold […]

Israel, Hamas trade deadly fire as confrontation escalates

Hamas said it launched a total of 130 rockets, its most intense strike so far, in response to Israel’s destruction of a high-rise building in Gaza earlier in the evening. The sound of the outgoing rockets could be heard in Gaza. As the rockets rose into the skies, mosques across Gaza blared with chants of […]

Israel and Iran Tensions Spiraling into a Direct Confrontation

Against the background of a possible return of the United States to a “nuclear deal” with Iran, Tel Aviv has recently demonstrably intensified the actions of its intelligence services to undermine Tehran’s nuclear program and damage not only this industry, but the Islamic Republic as a whole. And at the same time, Israeli officials make […]

Holiday Inn Worker Beats Himself Up But Keeps Mask On During Confrontation With Customer

A video shows a Holiday Inn Express worker beating himself in the head, smashing his head against a computer monitor, but being careful to ensure his face mask didn’t slip during a confrontation with a customer. The clip shows the employee talking to an irate customer who blames him for apparently overcharging for his stay […]

US House Democrat to Move Office After Confrontation With Republican Lawmaker

Democratic candidate for the US House of Representatives Cori Bush poses for a portrait after beating incumbent Rep.William Lacy Clay in their primary election, in St Louis, Missouri, U.S. August 5, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant In the latest sign of rising tensions within the US Congress, a Democratic congresswoman said on Friday she plans to […]

For Farmers’ Movement, This Time is Ripe for Consolidation, Not Confrontation

The ninth round of talks between the farmers’ movement and government representatives on January 15 again did not yield any breakthrough, but kept some hopes alive by scheduling a next round of discussions—the tenth one—for January 19. In the meanwhile the farmers’ unions and organizations will be deliberating on the course of actions during the […]

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