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07.02.2025 - 00:51 [ Junge Welt ]

Entlassung von Bundesbediensteten: Richter bremst Trump

Washington. US-Präsident Donald Trumps Plan, im großen Stil Bundesbedienstete zur Kündigung zu drängen, stößt auf juristischen Widerstand. Ein Bundesrichter hat am Donnerstag vorerst eine Frist ausgesetzt, nach der sich Bundesbedienstete bis Donnerstag entscheiden mussten, ob sie das Angebot der Regierung annehmen, wie mehrere US-Medien übereinstimmend berichteten. Der Richter setzte demnach eine neue Anhörung für Montag an.

06.02.2025 - 23:35 [ American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) ]

ADC Announces Its 24/7 Legal Hotline

(January 24, 2025)

With the signing of a new Executive Order that threatens to replicate the discriminatory 2017 “Muslim Ban,” and the swift advancement of IHRA bills at both federal and state levels, the ADC Legal Hotline comes at a pivotal time for Arab and Muslim communities.

For nearly 45 years, ADC has stood at the forefront of defending Arab Americans—particularly during moments of heightened profiling, speech suppression, and persecution. From the post-9/11 era to the original Muslim Ban in 2017, ADC’s legal team has repeatedly exposed and challenged policies designed to silence and intimidate our communities. Today’s increased momentum behind xenophobic Executive Orders and IHRA legislation further underscores the urgent need for robust legal support and community solidarity.

06.02.2025 - 23:22 [ secure.EveryAction.com ]

Emergency Fund to Protect Palestinian and Arab Students on College Campuses

ADC has answered the call of several students for legal support against repression and discrimination by their universities, and more support is needed.

03.02.2025 - 20:20 [ Fox News ]

Mexico agrees to deploy 10,000 troops to US border in exchange for tariff pause

Sheinbaum made the announcement on social media Monday morning, roughly 12 hours before the tariffs were set to take effect. Trump and Sheinbaum spoke on Monday and agreed that Mexico will do more to combat drug trafficking into the U.S., and that the U.S. will step up efforts to block the flow of firearms into Mexico.

Sheinbaum also said officials with the U.S. and Mexico were beginning talks on wider trade and security issues.

01.02.2025 - 19:32 [ Common Dreams ]

Biden‘s Enduring Legacy: Awful. No Worse

If ever there was a searing, sanctimonious self-immolation in presidential politics, this was it and the costs are incalculable. The damage will reverberate for decades and might never be recovered.

It will be all but impossible for the Democratic Party to accept responsibility for the catastrophe it has inflicted on America, through its head, Joe Biden, and the complicity of all of the party’s upper echelon. It will, thus, ensure that nothing will change. We desperately need a new party that reflects the interest and needs of the American people, and not those of the party’s corporate owners. Change cannot come too soon.

18.01.2025 - 17:59 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Hauptverhandlung im Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Yoon hat begonnen

Die Hauptverhandlung im Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Präsident Yoon Suk Yeol hat richtig begonnen.

Am Donnerstag fand die zweite Anhörung am Verfassungsgericht in Abwesenheit von Yoon statt. Sie dauerte über drei Stunden an.

18.01.2025 - 12:32 [ Middle East Eye ]

HTS raids and forced disappearances fuel fear in Syria’s Alawi heartlands

MEE is not aware of any evidence linking Assad’s departure to a deal with Israel. However, there have been reports suggesting that the former president shared sensitive military information with Israel in exchange for a guarantee of safe passage out of Syria.

Since the government collapsed, Israel has conducted hundreds of strikes on Syrian military positions nationwide and launched a ground invasion, capturing the entire buffer zone along the occupied Golan Heights and beyond.

The government, Hussem said, had the means to resist but chose not to, opting instead to flee and leave their officers to fend for themselves.

13.01.2025 - 10:32 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Acting President Calls on Police, Secret Service to Keep Peace

The acting president’s remarks come after a second warrant was issued last Tuesday, allowing the president to be detained for questioning about the martial law incident for up to 48 hours.

13.01.2025 - 10:18 [ Korea Joon Gang Daily ]

CIO tells Defense Ministry, PSS not to impede next attempt to arrest Yoon

The letters were sent by the CIO two weeks after it obtained warrants to search the presidential residence in Yongsan District, central Seoul, and take Yoon into custody over his short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec. 3.

A CIO-led attempt to execute the warrant on Jan. 3 failed in the face of resistance from a combined force of 200 PSS and military personnel who blocked investigators and police from gaining access to the presidential residence.

13.01.2025 - 09:35 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Yoon will nicht zu erster Anhörung im Amtsenthebungsverfahren erscheinen

Nach dem Verfassungsgerichtsgesetz soll im Falle der Abwesenheit des Angeklagten ein neuer Termin festgelegt werden. Sollte er auch den neuen Termin versäumen, kann die Verhandlung ohne ihn laufen.

11.01.2025 - 14:20 [ Korean Joong Ang Daily ]

Who’s the traitor here?

(January 8, 2025)

Eighteen People Power Party (PPP) lawmakers who broke through police barricades to vote in favor of repealing martial law have since been labeled traitors. So too have the 12 alleged lawmakers who supported President Yoon‘s impeachment. Recently, acting President Choi Sang-mok faced similar accusations after appointing two Constitutional Court justices. But this raises a critical question: Who is betraying whom?

Without the actions of those 18 lawmakers, the PPP would remain tarnished by its complicity in shielding martial law. Without Choi’s decision, the impeachment trial could have descended into a legal quagmire, leaving the nation paralyzed.

11.01.2025 - 13:22 [ Korean Joong Ang Daily ]

Parents of soldiers irate over using sons as ‚human shield‘ to prevent Yoon‘s arrest

The Ministry of National Defense reportedly conveyed to the Presidential Security Service (PSS) on Jan. 3 that deploying the 55th Guard Corps to block the arrest was inappropriate. On Thursday, the PSS reportedly responded that it „understood“ the ministry’s position.

A ministry official said soldiers from the 55th Guard Corps would not be deployed again to obstruct similar attempts to execute the president’s arrest warrant. However, the ministry clarified that it was not considering withdrawing the battalion from its assignment under the PSS.

10.01.2025 - 10:51 [ Washington Post ]

Supreme Court refuses to delay Trump’s hush money sentencing

Trump turned to the high court in a last-ditch effort to stop the hearing, citing the conservative majority’s explosive opinion in July that granted him and other former presidents immunity from criminal prosecution for their official acts.

But five of the nine justices said Trump’s immunity concerns about evidence presented at his trial can be addressed “in the ordinary course on appeal.”

10.01.2025 - 10:41 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Polizei lässt vor neuem Verhaftungsversuch gegen Yoon Kommandeure antreten

Es gab kritische Stimmen, nach denen beim ersten Versuch der Verhaftung von Yoon am 3. Januar zu wenig Personal im Einsatz gewesen sei. Demnach wird damit gerechnet, dass beim zweiten Versuch das Einsatzpersonal stark aufgestockt wird.

08.01.2025 - 11:36 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Yoons Verteidiger fordern Anklage oder Beantragung von Untersuchungshaftbefehl

(Update: 2025-01-08 15:45:31)

Die Verteidiger machten zugleich deutlich, dass sie nicht akzeptieren würden, sollte ein solcher Befehl beim Bezirksgericht Seoul West beantragt werden. Denn nicht dieses Gericht, sondern das Bezirksgericht Seoul Zentral sei das zuständige Gericht für das Büro für Korruptionsermittlungen gegen hochrangige Beamte (CIO).

08.01.2025 - 11:25 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Gericht erlässt weiteren Haftbefehl gegen Präsident Yoon Suk Yeol

(Update: 2025-01-08 15:45:43)

Das Bezirksgericht Seoul West hat einem weiteren Antrag auf einen Haftbefehl gegen den suspendierten Präsidenten Yoon Suk Yeol stattgegeben.

Das Büro für Korruptionsermittlungen gegen hochrangige Beamte (CIO) gab diese Bewilligung am Dienstag bekannt. Der erste Haftbefehl war am Vortag abgelaufen.

07.01.2025 - 14:45 [ CTVNews.ca ]

Justin Trudeau to step down as PM following Liberal leadership race

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stepping down as Liberal leader, and is proroguing Parliament as the Liberal Party of Canada embarks on the journey to replace him.

In an historic announcement outside his official Rideau Cottage residence, Trudeau declared his intention to stay on as prime minister until a new leader is chosen.

05.01.2025 - 17:28 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Next Thursday in Berlin: A Meeting with Prominent Activists in the Anti-War Movement in Israel

A meeting with Reem Hazan and Sapir Sluzker-Amran, two prominent activists in the anti-war movement in Israel, who are fighting against Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza and advocating for an end to the occupation will be held in Germany next Thursday, January 9, 2025, 18:00 at Heiners Bar, Weserstraße 58, Berlin-Neukölln 12045.

In a conversation hosted by the Berlin-based group Israelis für Frieden (Israelis for Peace), Hazan and Sluzker-Amran will discuss the link between Israel’s current war crimes and the deep-rooted heritage of discrimination and oppression within Israeli society—targeting the Arab-Palestinian minority as well as Mizrahi Jews and other marginalized communities, and their analysis and experiences from the past 15 months of struggles against intense state violence and oppression within a public opinion that supports the war. In addition, they will share their perspectives on the situation and potential paths toward a future of equality and peace for both Palestinians and Israelis.

05.01.2025 - 13:48 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Yoon’s Lawyer: Yoon to Attend Constitutional Court Hearing to Testify

Under the Constitutional Court Act, the parties to the case must attend the oral argument sessions.

If one of the parties does not appear at the first session, the court will adjourn the trial and set a new date.

If the party does not appear on the second session as well, the trial can proceed without the party.

04.01.2025 - 16:07 [ NewArab.com ]

Controversy as Syria‘s de-facto ruler declines to shake hands with German FM Annalena Baerbock

Baerbock and her French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot visited Syria in a sign of support for the transitional government, where they expressed willingness to help the war-torn country after Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled last month, making them the first European officials to do so.

04.01.2025 - 15:44 [ AfricaNews.com ]

Police and soldiers from Guatemala, El Salvador arrive for Haiti mission

The 83 security personnel included an advance team of eight soldiers from El Salvador and the first 75 of 150 military police officers from Guatemala.

While the Salvadorans will be providing casualty and medical evacuations in support of the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support mission, the Guatemalans will be joining operations to take down Haiti’s gangs.

04.01.2025 - 15:25 [ AfricaNews.com ]

Security Council welcomes five new non-permanent members

The Security Council on 2 January welcomed Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia as the five newly elected non-permanent members for the 2025–2026 term. (,,,)

The five newly elected countries will join Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia as non-permanent members of the Council.

04.01.2025 - 15:15 [ Forbes.com ]

Trump Congratulates Mike Johnson For Winning House Speaker Vote

The election of a House speaker had largely been seen as a rubber stamp action in modern times, though former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., needed 15 rounds of voting held over multiple days to win his speakership in 2023, prior to his historic ousting later that year, ushering in Johnson’s speakership. In addition to Trump’s endorsement, Johnson captured another endorsement from Tesla chief and Trump ally Elon Musk.

03.01.2025 - 11:44 [ Jurist.org ]

South Korea acting president to move quickly to fill Constitutional Court vacancies amid political turmoil

(January 1, 2024)

The Yonhap News Agency evaluates that, despite one vacant seat in the Constitutional Court, the main obstacle to President Yoon Seok-yeol’s impeachment trial has been resolved, as the same eight judges who presided over the dismissal of former President Park Geun-hye in 2016 have been appointed.

According to Article 22 of the Korean Constitutional Court Act, the Constitutional Court requires the consent of six judges to cite the impeachment petition, and seven people to hear the case.

03.01.2025 - 11:26 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Investigators Fail to Arrest Yoon after Hourslong Standoff with Secret Service

The CIO told reporters that its investigators were confronted by around 200 secret service officials and troops, who formed a human wall some 200 meters ahead of Yoon’s residence.

A few CIO prosecutors were eventually allowed to approach the residence to present the arrest warrant to secret service chief Park Chong-jun around 10:10 a.m., but he denied access to the residence, citing presidential security regulations.

About 100 officials from the CIO and the police had been in the presidential compound during the standoff.

03.01.2025 - 11:17 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Vollstreckung von Haftbefehl gegen Yoon unterbrochen

Die Entscheidung traf das Büro für Korruptionsermittlungen gegen hochrangige Beamte (CIO) am Freitagnachmittag.

Das CIO begründete die Entscheidung mit der fortgesetzten Auseinandersetzung mit dem Sicherheitsdienst des Präsidenten. Daher gehe das Büro davon aus, dass die Vollstreckung des Haftbefehls de facto unmöglich sei.

Wegen der Besorgnis über die Sicherheit der vor Ort eingesetzten Mitarbeiter stelle es die Vollstreckung ein, fuhr das Büro fort.

03.01.2025 - 11:12 [ KBS.co.kr ]

US-Außenminister Blinken wird am Sonntag zu Abschiedsbesuch in Südkorea erwartet

Einer diplomatischen Quelle zufolge wird Blinken am Montag zu einem Gespräch mit Außenminister Cho Tae-yul zusammenkommen.

Blinken wird dabei voraussichtlich das feste Bündnis zwischen Südkorea und den USA hervorheben. Er wird sich möglicherweise auch zur kurzzeitigen Verhängung des Kriegsrechts am 3. Dezember und der Demokratie in Südkorea äußern.

31.12.2024 - 08:35 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Gericht erlässt Haftbefehl gegen Präsident Yoon

Es ist das erste Mal in der Verfassungsgeschichte Südkoreas, dass ein Haftbefehl gegen einen amtierenden Präsidenten erlassen wurde.

Das CIO wird voraussichtlich die Residenz von Präsident Yoon aufsuchen, um den Haftbefehl zu vollstrecken.

31.12.2024 - 03:04 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Poll: 68% of Israelis Dissatisfied with Netanyahu’s Far-Right Govt

(December 29, 2024)

A Channel 12 poll published on Friday, December 27, and held ahead of the far-right government’s two-year anniversary on Sunday finds that 68 percent of the public disapprove of its performance, as opposed to just 26% who approve and six percent who say they didn’t know.
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In addition, according to this week’s Maariv poll if new Knesset elections were held today the opposition earned 72 seats, including six for Hadash-Ta’al. Survey respondents were asked for whom they would vote said Netanyahu’s Likud and the rest of the ruling coalition far-right parties emerged with a combined 48 seats, one fewer than last week. The coalition has 64 seats and therefore needs at least 13 more seats to form a government.

30.12.2024 - 09:10 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Haftbefehl gegen Präsident Yoon beantragt

Das gemeinsame Ermittlungsteam des Büros für Korruptionsermittlungen gegen hochrangige Beamte (CIO), der Polizei und des Verteidigungsministeriums teilte am Montag mit, um Mitternacht beim Bezirksgericht Seoul West einen Haftantrag gegen Yoon gestellt zu haben.

Es ist das erste Mal in der Verfassungsgeschichte Südkoreas, dass ein Haftbefehl gegen einen amtierenden Staatspräsidenten beantragt wurde.

Das CIO hatte zuvor Yoon wegen Hochverrats und Machtmissbrauchs im Zusammenhang mit der Verhängung des Kriegsrechts am 3. Dezember dreimal vorgeladen.

27.12.2024 - 13:52 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Parlament stimmt für Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Interimspräsident Han

Der Parlamentschef Woo Won-shik erklärte vor der Abstimmung, dass der Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Premierminister Han Duck-soo gemäß Artikel 65 Absatz 2 der Verfassung eine einfache Mehrheit der Abgeordneten erfordere.

27.12.2024 - 13:44 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Verfassungsgericht beendet erste vorbereitende Anhörung im Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Yoon

Das Richtergremium gab die Streitpunkte bekannt, die im Amtsenthebungsverfahren behandelt werden sollen. Dazu zählen die Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts am 3. Dezember und die Veröffentlichung der Proklamation Nummer 1 durch den Kriegsrechtskommandeur.

Weitere Streitpunkte sind die Blockade der Nationalversammlung durch die Mobilisierung des Militärs und der Polizei, die Behinderung der Aktivitäten des Parlaments, die Truppenmobilisierung sowie die Durchsuchung der Nationalen Wahlkommission ohne Durchsuchungsbefehl.

26.12.2024 - 17:56 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Han vor Plenum der Nationalversammlung vorgelegt

Die Demokratische Partei (DP) hat auf der Plenarsitzung der Nationalversammlung am Donnerstag über einen Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen den kommissarischen Präsidenten Han Duck-soo berichtet.

Dies erfolgte unmittelbar, nachdem Han öffentlich angekündigt hatte, die Ernennung neuer Richter am Verfassungsgericht zu verschieben, bis Regierungspartei und Opposition eine Einigung gefunden haben.

26.12.2024 - 17:49 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Polizei befragte Interimspräsident Han wegen Kriegsrechts-Verhängung

(December 20, 2024)

Ein für die Ermittlungen zur Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts am 3. Dezember zuständiges gemeinsames Team von drei Strafverfolgungsstellen hat mittlerweile den geschäftsführenden Präsidenten Han Duck-soo befragt.

Wie ein daran beteiligtes Sonderermittlungsteam der Polizei am Freitag bekannt gab, wurden bisher neun der zwölf Personen vernommen, die bei einer kurz vor der Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts abgehaltenen Kabinettssitzung anwesend gewesen waren.

23.12.2024 - 19:22 [ CNN ]

Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office

“President Biden has an opportunity to make history by addressing the racist and unjust federal death penalty system and keep an early campaign promise he made to the American people,” Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said this month after the ACLU and more than 130 other civil and human rights organizations sent Biden a letter urging him to commute the sentences of those on death row.

23.12.2024 - 18:48 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Scheidender US-Präsident Biden: 37 Todesurteile in Haftstrafen umgewandelt

Fortschritte in der Forensik sowie Enthüllungen über Justizirrtümer stellen die vermeintliche Schuld bereits hingerichteter Sträflinge infrage.

Gleichzeitig wird die Diskriminierung im Strafjustizsystem kritisiert – denn Studien zeigen, dass die Todesstrafe eher verhängt wird, wenn die Opfer weiß sind. Außerdem erhalten Schwarze bei ähnlichen Verbrechen oft härtere Strafen als Weiße. Auch die Qualität der Rechtsvertretung spielt eine entscheidende Rolle und führt oft zu Ungleichheiten.

20.12.2024 - 07:20 [ Antiwar.com ]

Turkey, Allies Violate Extended Ceasefire With Syrian Kurds, Dozens Killed

Turkey and their allies, collectively known as the Syrian National Army (SNA), hold territory in Syria’s northeast, but have gained considerable influence having backed the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the takeover of most of the country. HTS officials are already suggesting that stamping out Kurdish separatists is a near-term goal, and that Turkish involvement in Syria’s reconstruction is a priority.

US officials have been trying to reassure the Kurds that they don’t face any immediate threats to existence from Turkey’s allies, despite Turkish officials saying the “elimination” of the SDF’s largest faction, the YPG, is their strategic goal.

20.12.2024 - 06:29 [ Reuters ]

No talk of ceasefire between Turkey and US-backed SDF in Syria, Turkey says

(December 19, 2024)

There is no talk of a ceasefire deal between Turkey and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria, contrary to a U.S. announcement, a Turkish defence ministry official said on Thursday.

The State Department had said…

19.12.2024 - 22:55 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Verfassungsgericht hält erste Beratung zu Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Yoon ab

Das Verfassungsgericht hatte diesbezügliche Schriftstücke an Yoon übersandt, stieß jedoch wegen mangelnder Kooperation des Präsidialamtes auf Schwierigkeiten bei der Zustellung.

Unter anderem wurde der Amtsenthebungsbeschluss der Nationalversammlung per Post an das Präsidialamt gesendet. Der Empfang wurde jedoch mit der Begründung abgelehnt, dass der Empfänger nicht anwesend sei.

17.12.2024 - 11:19 [ CBC.ca ]

Trudeau faces frustrated MPs after Chrystia Freeland‘s shock resignation

This is just the latest challenge for Trudeau, who has endured a very tumultuous six months.

The party lost two federal byelections in formerly rock-solid Liberal ridings in Toronto and Montreal this summer.

He also faced a caucus revolt earlier this fall, when about 25 of his own MPs wrote to Trudeau demanding he resign to save the party from electoral ruin.

13.12.2024 - 19:23 [ CNN ]

South Korea’s ruling party backs impeachment as president refuses to step down over martial law

The People Power Party (PPP) had initially refused to back impeachment, hoping instead Yoon would resign from office. But its leadership said attempts to persuade him had made no progress.

“We tried to find a better way than impeachment, but that other way is invalid,” party leader Han Dong-hoon said. “Suspending the president from his duties through impeachment is the only way for now, to defend democracy and the republic.”

13.12.2024 - 19:15 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Zweiter Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Yoon im Plenum des Parlaments vorgelegt

Für die Verabschiedung eines Amtsenthebungsantrags gegen einen Staatspräsidenten müssen wenigstens zwei Drittel der Abgeordneten dafür stimmen.

Das Oppositionslager verfügt über 192 der 300 Parlamentssitze. Sollten wenigstens acht PPP-Abgeordnete für den Antrag stimmen, wird der Antrag angenommen.

12.12.2024 - 08:37 [ Bangladesh Sun ]

Bangladesh has assured action against perpetrators of violence concerning minorities, Foreign Secretary Misri tells parliamentary panel

It was the first high-level visit from India to Bangladesh since Sheikh Hasina was deposed as Prime Minister in August this year and since the interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus, assumed office.

There have been multiple attacks on Hindus and other minorities by extremist elements in Bangladesh. There also have been cases of arson and looting of minorities‘ homes and vandalism and desecration of deities and temples.

12.12.2024 - 08:31 [ New Age ]

CPB, BSD concerned over incitement of sectarian unrest

The leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal- BSD on Wednesday expressed concern over provocation of sectarian unrest in the country.

They also expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in several areas across the country.

12.12.2024 - 07:40 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Präsident Yoon lehnt in Fernsehansprache Rücktritt ab

Präsident Yoon Suk Yeol hat einen Rücktritt abgelehnt.

Stattdessen wolle er bis zum Ende kämpfen, erklärte er in einer am Donnerstag im Fernsehen übertragenen Ansprache und rechtfertigte dabei die Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts in der letzten Woche.

12.12.2024 - 07:19 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Nationaler Polizeichef und Seouler Polizeichef festgenommen

Das Sonderermittlungsteam des Nationalen Ermittlungsbüros teilte mit, dass es Cho Ji-ho, Generalkommissar der Nationalen Polizeibehörde, und Kim Bong-sik, Leiter der Seouler Polizeibehörde, gegen 3.50 Uhr am Mittwoch ohne Haftbefehl wegen Rebellionsvorwurf festgenommen habe.

Cho und Kim wird vorgeworfen, nach der Verhängung des Kriegsrechts durch Präsident Yoon Suk Yeol Polizeibeamte angewiesen zu haben, das Gelände der Nationalversammlung abzusperren, um Abgeordnete am Betreten des Parlaments zu hindern.

11.12.2024 - 19:48 [ RFI.fr ]

Senegal ‚making progress‘ convincing military regimes in Sahel to remain with Ecowas

(December 9, 2024)

According to the bloc, the departure of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger becomes effective one year after the announcement, in January 2025.

The trio have formed the Alliance of Sahel States after severing ties with France and pivoting towards Russia.

03.12.2024 - 01:02 [ CNN ]

Democrats left fuming over Biden’s decision to pardon his son — after he repeatedly said he wouldn’t

President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son has left some Democrats fuming over his choice to repeatedly and unequivocally claim that he would never take that step, even though a pardon long appeared possible to Hunter Biden’s legal team.

Multiple officials who recently worked for Joe Biden said they never believed the president or White House aides speaking on his behalf when they insisted in recent months that a pardon for Hunter Biden was off the table.

03.12.2024 - 00:56 [ Associated Press ]

Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family.

27.11.2024 - 20:34 [ LBCgroup.tv ]

New political phase: France pushes for swift presidential election in Lebanon after ceasefire agreement

In this context, French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian has arrived for his sixth visit to Beirut since the presidential vacancy began. His discussions will include meetings with Berri, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, several members of parliament, and ambassadors from the Quintet committee.

According to LBCI sources, Le Drian is not expected to present any new proposals but will urge Lebanese officials to elect a president as soon as possible. Paris believes that a presidential election would send a strong message that Lebanon is working to rebuild its constitutional institutions.

25.11.2024 - 18:26 [ Arirang.com ]

Trump „suggested meeting with S. Korean leader 3-4 times first“: S. Korean nat‘l security advisor

South Korea‘s top security advisor says U.S President-elect Donald Trump proposed an in-person meeting with President Yoon Suk Yeol a few times during their phone talks earlier this month.
National Security Advisor Shin Won-sik told a local broadcaster on Sunday that he had been present during the call and that Mr. Trump had taken the initial step of suggesting a face-to-face meeting to President Yoon.

25.11.2024 - 01:20 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Jeremy Corbyn and KKE Delegation Meets Hadash MK Ofer Cassif

British political leader Jeremy Corbyn welcomed today, Saturday, November 23, Hadash MK Ofer Cassif at the Peace & Justice Project office in London. “Dr Cassif was suspended from the Knesset for speaking out against the genocide in Gaza. We need more brave voices like his to bring about justice for the Palestinians,” said Corbyn to journalists.

On Friday, a delegation from the International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) met with Cassif, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Israel, during his brief stay in Athens.

16.11.2024 - 21:34 [ JillStein2024.com ]

Dr. Stein Comments on the Results of the Presidential Election

(November 6, 2024)

Democrats have no one to blame but themselves for another disastrous Trump win. We need a true opposition party for people, planet and peace.
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The pressure will continue to build for the political transformation that the American people demand. The political elites will continue to tell you that resistance is futile. Ignore them. This is our moment.

„Together, we are unstoppable.”

15.11.2024 - 17:55 [ ]

IAEA chief tours two key Iranian nuclear facilities

In 2015, Iran proved the peaceful nature of its nuclear program to the world by signing the multilateral nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — with six world powers.

However, Washington’s unilateral withdrawal in 2018 and its subsequent re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran left the future of the deal in limbo.

In 2019, Iran started to roll back the limits it had accepted under the JCPOA after the other parties failed to live up to their commitments.

15.11.2024 - 17:45 [ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ]

Joint Statement by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

(March 3, 2023)

The AEOI and the IAEA agreed on the following:

– Interactions between the IAEA and Iran will be carried out in a spirit of collaboration, and in full conformity with the competences of the IAEA and the rights and obligations of the Islamic Republic of Iran, based on the comprehensive safeguards agreement.

– Regarding the outstanding safeguards issues related to the three locations, Iran expressed its readiness to continue its cooperation and provide further information and access to address the outstanding safeguards issues.

– Iran, on a voluntary basis will allow the IAEA to implement further appropriate verification and monitoring activities. Modalities will be agreed between the two sides in the course of a technical meeting which will take place soon in Tehran.

15.11.2024 - 15:30 [ Gallup ]

Support for a Third Political Party in the U.S. Dips to 58%

Fifty-eight percent of U.S. adults agree that a third major party is needed in the U.S. because the Republican and Democratic parties “do such a poor job” of representing the American people, marking the 12th consecutive majority-level reading in Gallup’s trend that stretches back more than two decades. While down five percentage points from last year’s record high, it is still on par with the average 56% support level over the course of the trend since 2003.

13.11.2024 - 14:01 [ Donald J. Trump / Truth Social ]

I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (‚DOGE“)….

13.11.2024 - 13:35 [ New York Times ]

Trump Picks Pete Hegseth, a Veteran and Fox News Host, for Defense Secretary

The choice of Mr. Hegseth was outside the norm of the traditional defense secretary. But he was a dedicated supporter of Mr. Trump during his first term, defending his interactions with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, embracing his “America First” agenda of trying to withdraw U.S. troops from abroad and energetically taking up the cause of combat veterans accused of war crimes.
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He served in the Army in Afghanistan and Iraq and at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

A Minnesota native, Mr. Hegseth graduated from Princeton University, where he was the publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative magazine, for which he wrote about seeing the statue of Saddam Hussein toppled in Baghdad in 2003.

10.11.2024 - 12:14 [ Fox News ]

Fox News Voter Analysis: How Trump regained the White House

(November 6, 2024)

Overall, Trump’s strongest support came from White evangelicals, rural voters, Whites without a college degree, conservatives, and men.

10.11.2024 - 12:00 [ Middle East Eye ]

Instead of looking inwards, white liberals are blaming Arab Americans for Trump‘s victory

(November 8, 2024)

Democrats actually benefitted from Trump‘s rise, which presented an opportunity for them to win votes freely by positioning themselves as the only alternative to outright fascism.

Yet, instead of looking inwards for answers on why Harris lost to a candidate as problematic as Trump, these liberal Democrats chose to reprimand minorities. Signalling a sense of superiority, they could not hide their racism, implying that it was incumbent upon these minority communities to vote within the guidelines provided by their liberal saviours.

By this logic, Arabs, Muslims and Latinos must vote for a Democrat no matter what.

09.11.2024 - 14:13 [ CNN ]

Trump’s new chief of staff is an unassuming figure in his brash inner circle. She’s also one of its most effective operators.

Wiles, the understated yet formidable force behind Trump’s third presidential bid, has operated in a sphere of discretion, wielding influence without the spotlight.

09.11.2024 - 14:04 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Trump ernennt Stabschefin: „Sie ist zäh, klug, innovativ“

Wiles ist eine langjährige republikanische Strategin, die bereits Trumps Wahlkampf 2016 und 2020 in Florida leitete. Ihr wird ein großer Anteil am Erfolg der diesjährigen Wahlkampagne zugeschrieben. Dabei mied Wiles das Rampenlicht weitgehend und weigerte sich sogar, auf der Bühne von Trumps Wahlfeier zu sprechen, als dieser am Mittwoch seinen Sieg feierte.

09.11.2024 - 13:56 [ CNN ]

Susie Wiles had some demands when she accepted role as White House chief of staff

Donald Trump announced that his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, will be named his White House chief of staff. She will make history by becoming the first woman to hold the position. CNN‘s chief national affairs correspondent Jeff Zeleny reports.

09.11.2024 - 13:53 [ Fox News ]

Trump names first-ever female as White House chief of staff

Former Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon joined ‚Fox & Friends First‘ to discuss the reaction to President-elect selecting Susie Wiles as his next chief of staff and why she considers the pick the ‚best case scenario.‘

07.11.2024 - 21:11 [ Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) ]

CAIR Calls on Democrats to Learn Lessons from Harris’ Defeat, Urges President-Elect Trump to End Gaza Genocide on Just Terms

Washington, D.C., based CAIR also pledged to work with partners and allies in the coming months and years to once again oppose the pursuit of any unjust or harmful domestic or foreign policies by the new administration.

07.11.2024 - 18:26 [ Fox News ]

Hollywood director declares it‘s ‚time to abandon‘ the Democratic Party in wake of Trump win

„Who would have guessed lying about Biden’s cognitive health for 2 yrs, refusing to do an open convention for a new nominee, never mentioning public healthcare & embracing fracking, the Cheneys & a yr long slaughter of children in Gaza wouldn’t be a winning strategy?“ he said.

„Anyone with half a brain?“ he continued. „But I thought liberals’ whole thing is being smart? It’s not? They actually just blindly cheer the parade of rickety optics wrapped up in New York Times fonts that is the modern Dem Party?“

07.11.2024 - 14:04 [ Les Leopold / Common Dreams ]

Why Did the Democrats Lose? Because They Gave Up on the Working Class 40 Years Ago

The Democrats assumed the working class had nowhere else to go. They were wrong!

07.11.2024 - 10:55 [ theHill.com ]

Sanders: Democratic Party ‘has abandoned working class people’

“Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign? Will they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing? Do they have any ideas as to how we can take on the increasingly powerful Oligarchy, which has so much economic power?” Sanders asked.

“Probably not,” he said in response to his own question.

07.11.2024 - 10:41 [ USA Tpday ]

‚The American people are angry and want change‘: Bernie Sanders slams Democrats for loss

Sanders, 83, highlighted several issues he believes the nation has failed to address under the Biden-Harris Administration, from wealth inequality and a worsening standard of living to high prescription drug prices and the lack of guaranteed medical leave.

Though he is an Independent, Sanders caucuses with the Democratic Party, and has long championed policies like Medicare for All and a higher federal minimum wage.

07.11.2024 - 09:55 [ Wikipedia ]

Jaime Harrison

Following President Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election, Harrison was nominated by Biden to be the chair of the DNC, succeeding Tom Perez.[23] DNC members elected him on January 21, 2021.[24]

07.11.2024 - 09:53 [ theNation.com ]

This Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe

With Trump winning his second term, it is worth noting that there was no absolutely accountability by the Democratic Party when he won in 2016. Losing an election to so dangerous and corrupt a figure as Donald Trump should cause a political party to do some major inward reflection on their own failures of policy and political strategy. Instead, all the Democrats who bore responsibility for the 2016 failure—starting with Hillary Clinton—found a way to blame anyone else but them.

07.11.2024 - 09:41 [ New York Times ]

A Party of Prigs and Pontificators Suffers a Humiliating Defeat

There was also the larger error of anointing Harris without political competition — an insult to the democratic process that handed the nomination to a candidate who, as some of us warned at the time, was exceptionally weak. That, in turn, came about because Democrats failed to take Biden’s obvious mental decline seriously until June’s debate debacle (and then allowed him to cling to the nomination for a few weeks more), making it difficult to hold even a truncated mini-primary.

06.11.2024 - 12:31 [ ABC News ]

Harris doesn‘t speak as tearful supporters leave watch party

The mood at Howard University had dampened after the evening started out with music pumping and crowds dancing.

As the night wore on, muted crowds watched with eyes glued to screens showing the results.

06.11.2024 - 12:00 [ DetroitNews.com ]

Detroit Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib gets easily reelected

Tlaib, an attorney and former state lawmaker, has sharply criticized the Biden administration‘s support of and arming of Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza following the Hamas Oct. 7, 2023 attack. She is among the few Democratic members of Congress who have not endorsed the party‘s presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.

06.11.2024 - 12:00 [ Middle East Eye ]

US elections 2024: After not endorsing Harris, Rashida Tlaib secures win in Michigan

The Associated Press called the race with just 18 percent of the votes counted.

Tlaib secured 77 percent of the vote, defeating the Republican Party‘s James Hooper who received just 19 percent of the vote.

06.11.2024 - 11:46 [ Middle East Eye ]

US elections 2024: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar defeats pro-Israel Republican opponent

Omar, who represents Minnesota‘s fifth district, faced Republican challenger Dalia al-Aqidi, an Iraqi-born immigrant who describes herself as a „secular Muslim“ and is pro-Israel, in contrast to Omar, who is a vocal proponent of Palestinian rights.

Omar won 76.4 percent of the vote compared to Aqidi’s 23.6 percent, according to the Associated Press, which called the race with 87 percent of the votes counted.

Prior to the November 2024 election, Omar faced an offensive by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), a pro-Israel lobbying group, during her August primary.

06.11.2024 - 11:46 [ MinnPost.com ]

AP Race Call: Democrat Ilhan Omar wins reelection to U.S. House in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District

Omar will get a third term representing the heavily Democratic 5th District, which includes Minneapolis and some suburbs. She’s one of the progressive House members known as the “Squad” and a sharp critic of Israel’s conduct in its war with Hamas.

When Omar first ran in 2018, she became one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. Her Republican challenger was Dalia Al-Aqidi, an Iraqi American journalist and self-described secular Muslim who called Omar pro-Hamas.

06.11.2024 - 11:23 [ CBS News ]

House elections live balance of power for 2024

3:01 AM
Control of the House in limbo as votes continue to be counted

Control of the House is still in limbo early Tuesday as votes in many states continue to be counted. CBS News has yet to project dozens of critical races.

Republicans have picked up two seats in North Carolina, while Democrats have picked up one in Alabama. The gains for both parties came after redistricting.

06.11.2024 - 11:15 [ ABC News ]

Republicans clinch Senate control with key flips

With Democrats currently holding a 51-49 majority in the Senate, these wins will now at least deliver a 51-seat majority for Republicans, barring any upsets.

05.11.2024 - 19:30 [ Forbes ]

These Key Swing States Don’t Count Mail Ballots In Advance—Results May Take Days

Americans may be waiting days to know the outcome of the presidential election if the vote count is as close in battleground states as polling suggests, as several key swing states don’t allow officials to start processing or counting mail-in ballots until Election Day—meaning it could take days to know who won

05.11.2024 - 14:10 [ CNN ]

It’s Election Day in America

• Americans are heading to the polls to vote for their next president. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win. The battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are expected to be pivotal to the path to victory.

• Polls are starting to open across the country. Harris and Trump tied with three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire community of Dixville Notch, which opened and closed its poll just after midnight ET in a decades-old tradition.

• The candidates held their final campaign events in battleground states last night. Harris ended her 107-day campaign in Pennsylvania, while Trump spoke in Michigan — where he has ended three of his presidential campaigns.

• Visit CNN’s voter handbook to see how to vote in your area and read up on the 2024 candidates and their proposals.

05.11.2024 - 14:10 [ Fox News ]

America to decide the next president of the United States today

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris go head-to-head at the ballot boxes across America today, November 5, 2024, in a race to determine the next President of the United States.

05.11.2024 - 13:44 [ NST.com.my ]

Harris or Trump: America decides in knife-edge election

As the first polling stations opened on Election Day, Democratic vice president Harris, 60, and Republican former president Trump, 78, are dead-even in the tightest and most volatile White House race of modern times.

05.11.2024 - 13:34 [ SRF.ch ]

US-Wahlen 2024 live – Die Ostküste der USA startet in den Wahltag

Heute finden die Präsidentschafts- und Kongresswahlen in den USA statt. An der Ostküste sind die ersten Urnen geöffnet.

04.11.2024 - 07:12 [ theHill.com ]

Harris, Trump both see paths to victory as election nears

Both campaigns say they have laid the groundwork to win. Both think they have the correct rationale for why they should win.

03.11.2024 - 11:13 [ FloridaPolitics.com ]

Jill Stein tops Kamala Harris in national poll of Muslim voters

According to polling conducted the last two days of October by the Council on American Islamic Relations of “1,449 verified Muslim voters,” Green Party candidate Jill Stein is marginally ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris with America’s 2.5 million voters of the Islamic faith.

“42% now favor Stein for president while 41% favor Harris. This is a statistical tie similar to the 29% support each candidate received in CAIR’s late August survey,” the group is announcing.

03.11.2024 - 10:47 [ Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) ]

BREAKING: CAIR’s Final Election Poll Shows Stein and Harris Still Tied Among Muslim Voters, Trump Trailing

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that the results of its latest and final poll of Muslim voter preferences in the 2024 presidential election show that 42% now favor Green Party nominee Jill Stein for president while 41% favor Vice President Kamala Harris. This is a statistical tie similar to the 29% support each candidate received in CAIR’s late August survey.

31.10.2024 - 09:44 [ APNews.com ]

Biden suggests Trump supporters are ‘garbage’ after comic’s insult of Puerto Rico

“Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. Well, let me tell you something, I don’t, I don’t know the Puerto Rican that I know, the Puerto Rico where I’m fr — in my home state of Delaware. They’re good, decent honorable people,” he said.

The president then added: “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American. It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been.”

31.10.2024 - 09:35 [ Forbes ]

Trump Rally Speaker Tony Hinchcliffe Calls Puerto Rico ‘Floating Island Of Garbage’—Campaign, GOP Lawmakers React

(Oct 28, 2024)

Hinchcliffe—a roast comic who hosts the podcast “Kill Tony”—opened Sunday’s rally as one of many speakers before Trump, and said: “There’s a lot going on. I don’t know if you know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”

The remark was met with uncertainty by the crowd, leading Hinchcliffe to laugh and say, “okay, we’re getting there, again, normally I don’t follow the national anthem.”

Trump campaign senior advisor Daniella Alvarez said in a statement to Forbes following the rally the “joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

28.10.2024 - 20:00 [ North Atlantic Treaty Organization ]

Doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte following the North Atlantic Council briefing on the DPRK’s troop deployment to Russia

Good morning. This morning, a delegation from the Republic of Korea, a close NATO partner, briefed the North Atlantic Council and our other Indo-Pacific partners – Australia, Japan and New Zealand – on North Korea‘s growing involvement in Russia‘s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.

The delegation included senior representatives from the Republic of Korea‘s National Intelligence Service and Ministry of National Defence. Allies also shared their intelligence assessments. Today, I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region.

28.10.2024 - 04:11 [ JillStein2024.com ]

Meet and Greet Jill in Tempe, AZ

Come Join Jill! Meet and Greet Jill and team and other supporters in your area!

When: Monday October 28, 1:30PM MT
Where: Islamic Community Center.
131 E. 6th st.
Tempe, AZ 85281
Why: People, Planet, and Peace

28.10.2024 - 03:55 [ Clifton West / CornelWest2024.com ]

Voting for the Lesser of Two Evils Still Leaves Evil.

Dr. Cornel West may not win the vote in this upcoming Presidential election but the truth is on his side. He has been vilified by the Democrats and attempted to be exploited by the Republicans due to his threat to the current power structure and each party’s personal gain.

What is the worth of a govt that exists only to lie to its people for the purpose of securing, exerting, and expanding its own power?

28.10.2024 - 03:41 [ theHill.com ]

Democrats look to quash threat from Green Party’s Jill Stein

(October 18,2024)

Kennedy, who has become a top surrogate for Trump since dropping out, posed a specific threat to Democrats in that he had a famous name attached to their party but aligned politically with the right on many issues. Stein, however, is to the left of most progressives and, in Democrats’ estimation, comes with her own unique baggage.

That lingering, eight-year-old resentment has prompted an uptick of activity across the party, with Harris’s allies strategizing multiple ways to cut off any support she has in states where 1 and 2 percent support could be decisive.

28.10.2024 - 03:25 [ New York Times ]

Voters Are Deeply Skeptical About the Health of American Democracy

Three-quarters of voters in the United States say democracy is under threat, though their perception of the forces imperiling it varies widely based on partisan leanings. And a majority of voters believe that the country is plagued by corruption, with 62 percent saying that the government is mostly working to benefit itself and elites rather than the common good.

28.10.2024 - 02:39 [ Japan Today ]

Japan‘s ruling bloc loses lower house majority

The dismal results underscored deepening distrust in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party due to a slush funds scandal, signaling a seismic shift in the support that enabled it to return to power in 2012 after a spell in opposition.

The coalition would still fall short of a majority in the powerful lower house even if Ishiba accepts back into the LDP former party lawmakers who ran as independents after being denied LDP endorsement over the scandal. The party fell short of 200 seats in the 465-member chamber.

28.10.2024 - 02:31 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Regierungskoalition in Japan verliert laut Hochrechnungen ihre Mehrheit

Die LDP regiert Japan seit Jahrzehnten fast ununterbrochen. Einige Parteimitglieder, die in den Parteispendenskandal verwickelt sind, hatte die LDP nicht als offizielle Kandidaten für die Wahl zugelassen. Mehrere von ihnen verloren Prognosen zufolge ihre Sitze. Diejenigen, denen die Unterstützung der LDP verweigert wurde, hatten enge Beziehungen zum ermordeten Ministerpräsidenten Shinzo Abe, der auch nach seinem Rücktritt als Parteivorsitzender 2020 erheblichen Einfluss auf die LDP ausgeübt hatte.

27.10.2024 - 13:24 [ Glenn Greenwald ]

CNN Town Hall Exposes Kamala‘s Inability To State Beliefs; Democrats‘ „Trump Is Hitler“ Tactic Failing Again

t‘s Thursday, October 24.

As some of you might have noticed, I was not here the last few days, but I am appreciative of Michael Tracey, the intrepid independent journalist, who sat in for me one night and of our excellent team who put together two great shows in my absence so that we weren‘t off the air even one night. But I‘m very happy to be back.

Tonight: From the moment Democratic Party elites imposed Kamala Harris on their party and then on the country, the most glaring weakness of her candidacy was manifest from the very beginning: she has no actual views or policy she‘s willing or able to express – to the point that they actually kept her away from any unscripted interviews, and her campaign site had no issue positions of any kind for weeks, not even vague banalities. The campaign strategy could not have been any clearer: to replicate Hillary Clinton‘s 2016 tactic of featuring as the overarching message that you should vote for her because she‘s not Donald Trump.