October, 2021

• 16 October

  U.S. Antigovernment Groups Are Influencing the French Far Right

  

  The top French intelligence official, who is visiting Washington this week, said QAnon and other conspiracy theories were spreading to Europe. Right-wing extremist groups in the United States have been influencing French groups, spreading antigovernment conspiracy theories in Europe, the top French intelligence official said on Wednesday. The official, Laurent …

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• 16 October

  Russia draws red lines for US

  

  Moscow has categorically stated that it will not accept a US military presence in the Central Asian region. This reiteration has come at the level of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov who told Tass that Afghanistan had been discussed at a meeting with Victoria Nuland, the visiting US Undersecretary …

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• 16 October

  US-EU rift over relations with China widens after AUKUS pact

  

  Recent weeks have seen mounting conflicts between Washington and the European imperialist powers over China. Last month, Australia suddenly repudiated a €56 billion French submarine contract to sign instead the Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) alliance targeting China, and European countries this month successfully overrode US accusations that IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva improperly …

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• 16 October

  The Killing of a Terrorist Behind the Death of 4 US Troops Sheds Light on France’s Quiet but Intense Fight in Africa

  

  In August, a French counterterrorism operation in northern Mali killed the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), avenging four U.S. troops who were killed in Niger in 2017. French President Emanuel Macron revealed in September that a French drone strike killed Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the …

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• 16 October

  UN Human Rights Council Abandons Yemen

  

  The UN Human Rights Council has quashed an ongoing investigation into possible war crimes in Yemen. The HRC rejected a draft resolution on October 7 which would have continued the mandate of the UN Group of Eminent Independent and Regional Experts on Yemen (GEE) to investigate war crimes and human …

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• 16 October

  Jailing of terminally ill Gulen disciple stirs hearts across Turkey’s ideological divide

  

  Ayse Ozdogan, an imprisoned end-stage cancer patient, has been denied release, despite a recommendation by a government-run hospital. A well-known saying of the Prophet Mohammed intones, “Allah has no mercy for him who has no mercy for his fellows.” It appears to be lost on Turkey’s Islamist Justice and Development …

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• 16 October

  Israel, Sudan discuss next steps for normalization

  

  Israel is hoping that Sudan will soon finalize the normalization process it agreed upon several months ago in the framework of the Abraham Accords. Sudanese Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari met Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej in Abu Dhabi Oct. 13 in a rare …

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• 16 October

  Iranian and Pakistani military leaders discuss cooperation, Afghanistan

  

  The military chiefs of staff of Iran and Pakistan met near Islamabad and pledged to strengthen ties. Iranian and Pakistani military leaders vowed to improved cooperation and discussed Afghanistan on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, met his Pakistani counterpart Gen. Nadeem …

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• 16 October

  Iraqi and Kurdish prime ministers discuss election tensions in Kirkuk

  

  Tens of Kurdish residents of disputed Kirkuk were arrested and later released after celebrating the victory of Kurdish parties in the election. The heads of the Kurdistan Region and federal governments in Iraq attempted on Wednesday to defuse election tensions in the disputed city of Kirkuk.

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• 16 October

  Blinken warns Iran ‘time is running short’ on nuclear deal return

  

  In a joint press conference with his counterparts from Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Blinken said the United States is prepared to pursue “other options” if Tehran doesn’t resume compliance under the nuclear deal. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned “time is running short” for Iran to re-enter the …

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