2022-01-15: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-15). Turkish DM: with shift from Afghanistan to Ukraine, NATO more active than ever. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com We believe NATO more active than ever: Akar Turkey shares NATO's values and responsibilities and has "successfully" fulfilled all the duties and missions entrusted to it since 1952, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Jan. 14. "We believe that NATO, as the most successful defense alliance in history, is more active and vibrant than ever …

sputniknews (2022-01-15). Imran Khan's Party Accused of Neglecting Pakistani Region Bordering Afghanistan. sputniknews.com For months, Pakistani PM Imran Khan's government has been battling criticism from all quarters. While thousands of students protested in October on the issue of rising educational costs, the opposition has been on the offensive over the state of the nation's economy. But Khan appears to have found a new enemy in the form of his own party now.

Staff (2022-01-14). Afghanistan in Freefall: Deadly U.S. Sanctions Blamed for Shocking Humanitarian Crisis. democracynow.org As Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian crisis, we look at how more Afghans may die from U.S. sanctions than at the hands of the Taliban. The U.S.'s attempts to block support for the new de facto government have prevented vital funding from flowing to the nation's civil servants, particularly in education and the health sector. Dr. Paul Spiegel says conditions in the hospitals he visited in Kabul as part of a World Health Organization emergency team are rapidly deteriorating, and he describes the lack of heat and basic amenities as winter descended. "There's been a drought. There's food insecurity. And all of th…

Staff (2022-01-14). Headlines for January 14, 2022. democracynow.org Voting Rights Bills Appear Doomed in Senate as Sinema & Manchin Oppose Filibuster Change, Supreme Court Strikes Down Vaccination-or-Test Mandate for 84 Million U.S. Workers, White House Orders Another Half-Billion Coronavirus Tests for U.S. Residents, New York Mayor Considering Virtual Learning Option as COVID-19 Cases Surge in Classrooms, Head of Oath Keepers Among 11 Charged with Seditious Conspiracy over Jan. 6 Insurrection, RNC May Try to Block Future Candidates from Presidential Debates, U.N. Calls for Urgent Funding to Avert Millions of Deaths in Afghanistan, Specter of War Remains After Talks Fail to Resol…

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). IOM continues to expand relief operation in Afghanistan. ecns.cn The United Nations migration agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), continued to expand its relief operations across Afghanistan in response to mounting complex humanitarian needs.

Amy Goodman (2022-01-14). More Afghans May Die From US Sanctions Than at the Hands of the Taliban. truthout.org As Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian crisis, we look at how more Afghans may die from U.S. sanctions than at the hands of the Taliban. The U.S.'s attempts to block support for the new de facto government have prevented vital funding from flowing to the nation's civil servants, particularly in education and the health sector. Dr. Paul Spiegel says conditions in the hospitals he visited in Kabul as part of a World Health Organization emergency team are rapidly deteriorating, and he describes the la…

Brittani Banks (2022-01-14). Are Western Wealthy Countries Determined to Starve the People of Afghanistan? independentmediainstitute.org On January 11, 2022, the United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths appealed to the international community to help raise $4.4 billion for Afghanistan in humanitarian aid, calling this effort, "the largest ever appeal for a single country for humanitarian assistance." This amount is required "in the hope of shoring up collapsing basic services …

teleSUR, JDO (2022-01-14). Armenia y Turquía prosiguen diálogo para normalizar relaciones. telesurtv.net No tienen relaciones diplomáticas. Turquía no reconoce el genocidio de 1.5 millones de armenios, en 1915, por el Imperio Otomano.

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