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‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police
The Observer 06 Feb 2023
On the evening of 15 October 2022, when the street protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini were at their peak, 25-year-old Dorsa* was stopped at a checkpoint while driving through a city in the country’s northern Gilan province ... Dorsa was with her sister and two male friends ... Finally, she was taken to another room ... He then left.” ... .
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Japan's new security policy: normalizing or remilitarizing?
Korea Times 06 Feb 2023
By Kim Won-soo. The Japanese government has announced a new security policy aimed at acquiring counter-strike capabilities and doubling its defense expenditure over the next five years. This is a significant departure from Japan's long-held policy of limiting its security posture strictly to self-defense ... Two opposing views exist ... Security Council ... .
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Powerful earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria, killing more than 1,600 people
Live Mint 06 Feb 2023photo: AP / Mahmut Bozarsan
Powerful quake kills at least 560 people in Turkey, Syria
Moosejaw Today 06 Feb 2023
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and killing at least 568 people. With hundreds injured, the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched the rubble in cities and towns across the area ... Millions of Syrian refugees live in Turkey ... The U.S ... ___ ... .
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Turkey’s two-faced ‘sultan’ is no friend of the west. It’s time to play hardball
The Observer 05 Feb 2023
That Turkey is a “vital strategic ally” of the west is the sort of truism on which people such as Joe Biden and Jens Stoltenberg, Nato’s secretary general, are raised ... Geography doesn’t change ... Turkey’s trade with Russia grew by nearly 200% in the six months after the invasion, including higher energy imports ... skip past newsletter promotion ... .
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Russian forces keep up pressure as Ukraine anniversary nears
The News-Gazette 06 Feb 2023
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are keeping Ukrainian troops tied down with fighting in the eastern Donbas region as Moscow assembles additional combat power there for an expected offensive in the coming weeks, Ukrainian officials said Monday ... “The battles for the region are heating up,” Donetsk Gov ... In Luhansk, Gov ... 24 ... The U.N ... .
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China building new satellite station in Antarctica
Asiatimes 06 Feb 2023
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) had been selected to build a new ground station in Antarctica to serve China’s National Satellite Ocean Application Service (NSOAS) ... A ninth is scheduled to be launched this year. The new Antarctica ground station will facilitate the transmission of data from these satellites ... Image. Xinhua ... ....
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China expresses 'strong dissatisfaction' over US shooting down balloon
Korea Times 05 Feb 2023
Beijing on Sunday blasted the Pentagon's decision to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over North America, accusing the United States of "clearly overreacting and seriously violating international practice" ... American officials first said on Thursday that they were tracking a large Chinese "surveillance balloon" in US skies ... .
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Zelenskyy: Situation Getting Tougher in Eastern Ukraine
Beijing News 05 Feb 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday the situation is getting tougher in Eastern Ukraine, with a fresh wave of Russian shelling in Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk and Mykolaiv regions ... It will target the trade and technology that supports its war against Ukraine, von der Leyen said ... ....
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Georgian Authorities Face Backlash Over Russian Purchases
Moscow Times 06 Feb 2023
News that Tbilisi is moving forward with the purchase of Russian-made subway cars has been met with outrage in Georgia, where dealings with the northern neighbor have become particularly controversial amid the Ukraine war ... At the time, City Hall officials said the EBRD had approved Metrovagonmash as the supplier ... Read more ... 1 ... 1 ... EBRD confirmed on Feb.
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Israel commander distributes book encouraging the confiscation of Palestine land
Middle East Monitor 06 Feb 2023
The publication encourages the confiscation of Palestinian land. The book, entitled "Ours in the Land Registry.
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Pakistan's ex-president Pervez Musharraf dies aged 79 after prolonged illness
Press TV 05 Feb 2023
Former Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, has died at hospital after years of self-imposed exile in Dubai. He was 79. Local news outlets on Sunday quoted his family members as saying that the former leader succumbed to Amyloidosis after being hospitalized for months due to health complications ... He then declared himself the president of Pakistan.
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Hunter Biden begs friends, dad Joe's employees to get him off the hook
Sott 04 Feb 2023
Hunter Biden has friends in high places ... In other developments in the laptop story. Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell tried to walk back his prior admission that the laptop did indeed belong to his client.
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DeSantis ramps up ‘war on woke’ with new attacks on Florida higher education
The Guardian 05 Feb 2023
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Death toll in Chile forest fires rises to 23
RTE 05 Feb 2023
At least 23 people have died in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior government official has said. "We want to mourn the passing of 23 persons," said Deputy Interior Minister Manuel Monsalve, adding that 979 people have been injured in the fires ... .