Author: Jmedia Manager

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Following the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, Donald Trump took to the stage at a rally in Ohio on Friday (AEDT) to define his foreign policy. “We seek friends, not enemies,” the US President told the cheering crowd. “But if you dare to threaten our citizens, you do so at your own peril.” Superficially, at least, it…

Couple flies Nazi flag over Victorian home

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in Print, The Age

A Victorian couple is flying a flag featuring a swastika over their home in a small town in the state’s north-west, reigniting calls to ban people publicly displaying the symbol. The red and black flag, which has a swastika surrounded by several other Nazi-related symbols, has been flying for at least several weeks over a private…

Iran protests turning violent in ongoing anger over downed jet

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in Australian Financial Review, Print

Toronto/Tehran | Conditions boiled over as Iranians gathered for a second night of protests after the government admitted it had mistakenly downed a Ukrainian passenger jet, triggering global outrage as well as internal dissent. Security forces stepped up their patrols as protesters, many of the them students, came out in force in Tehran’s landmark Azadi Square and at…

Could Iran and Hezbollah really strike in Latin America?

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Mexico City: After then-candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed at a Brazilian presidential campaign rally in 2018, some of his allies advanced a perplexing theory. Despite widespread evidence that a Brazilian man with a history of mental health problems had carried out the attack alone, they suggested it had actually been planned by Hezbollah, the Shiite Muslim…

Israel’s Education Minister, Rafi Peretz, criticised over gay remarks

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in Other Print, Print

Israel’s Education Minister, Rafi Peretz, is facing criticism after he said none of his children could be same-sex attracted because they had been brought up in a “health and natural way”. “Thank God my kids grew up in a healthy and natural way.” Peretz answered wh he was asked how he would respond if one of his children…

Leaders demand co-operation, compensation from Iran over plane tragedy

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Istanbul: In Iran’s account, the missile operator had 10 seconds to decide whether the plane was a threat. The decision was made. And a surface-to-air missile streaked toward the passenger jet. Iran’s admission on Saturday that “human error” brought down Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 after it was mistaken for a cruise missile, added fresh details…

Iran admits ‘unintentionally’ shooting down Ukrainian plane

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Tehran: Iran announced on Saturday that its military ‘unintentionally’ shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 aboard. The statement blamed “human error” for the strike. The jetliner, a Boeing 737 operated by Ukrainian International Airlines, went down on the outskirts of Tehran during take-off just hours after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at US…

Iran admits it shot down plane by mistake

Jan 12, 2020

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in Print, The Canberra Times

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has acknowledged that it accidentally shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it was responsible. The plane was shot down early Wednesday, hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on two military bases housing US…

US House approves measure to restrain Trump’s actions on Iran

Jan 12, 2020

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Washington: Reigniting a debate over who has the power to declare war, the Democratic-controlled House has approved a resolution asserting that US President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran. The war powers resolution is not binding on the President and would not require his signature. But House…

The Hollow Bones: the weird world of Nazi ‘science’ meets mysticism on the road to Tibet

Jan 12, 2020

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