#57 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[刘汉]

From Russia with love:

The Russian Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defense are working with Azerbaijan and Armenia to normalize the situation - Zakharova. There is no information on possible meetings between the foreign ministers of the three countries.

https://caucasus.liveuamap.com/en/2020/16-july-the-russian-foreign-ministry-and-the-ministry-of

[KneelB4Zod!]

#Armenia Ministry of Emergency vehicles was destroyed by #Azerbaijan Military today. Most likely kamikaze drone hit. pic.twitter.com/QDFrWDHJXe

— Aldin (@aldin_ww) July 16, 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

during a peaceful protest in LA this week the LAPD knocked a disabled man out of his wheelchair, and then they broke it. there is absolutely no excuse for this - it’s disgusting.
who exactly are they protecting & serving???
DEFUND THE POLICE @MayorOfLA @GavinNewsom @KTLAnewsdesk pic.twitter.com/XYyAS5PmAd

— AK (@allykerans) July 16, 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

It looks like there are some problems with logging in.

[KneelB4Zod!]

AS-Source News / MILITARYPart
@ASBMilitary
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BREAKING: The coalition forces have withdrawn from the Taji base in #iraq and military site in Bismayah, south of the Iraqi capital. #UK #USA #EU

[KneelB4Zod!]

AS-Source News / MILITARYPart
@ASBMilitary
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BREAKING: Al-Nujaba: Al-Shammari: “The Americans have no choice but to withdraw from Iraq or stay and bear the losses that will affect their forces.”

[KneelB4Zod!]

A Turkish drone plane targets a point for Russian forces in the Al-Darbasiyah area, on the Hasaka road.
Two Russian point elements were wounded pic.twitter.com/fa5N99eNMJ

— Sohayb Masri (@Sohayb_Masri1) July 16, 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

It looks like there are some problems with logging in.

It seems to be o.k. now...

[KneelB4Zod!]

A Turkish drone plane targets a point for Russian forces in the Al-Darbasiyah area, on the Hasaka road.
Two Russian point elements were wounded pic.twitter.com/fa5N99eNMJ

— Sohayb Masri (@Sohayb_Masri1) July 16, 2020

BREAKING: Unknown UAVs bombed #Russia’s communications center in #Darbasiyah, lightly wounding two Russian soldiers.

Rumours are they’re #Turkey’s UAV following Russia’s airstrike yesterday — but munition used in the attack is not what Turkish UAV’s usepic.twitter.com/ruumEwhR9t

— AS-Source News / MILITARY (@ASBMilitary) July 16, 2020

[Zambadoozee]

Drilling down on the $400B 25yr Agreement (no wonder fat mike is arsonist setting global fires hahaha. FU Mike.)

Joint Military Bases, Silk Route Access to China In Return for Buying Oil: Tehran-Beijing deal
http://archive.is/veK3h
https://www.defenseworld.net/news/27432/Joint_Military_Bases__Silk_Route_Access_to_China_In_Return_for_Buying_Oil__Tehran_Beijing_deal#.XxB-i8HnhhF


►Military agreement
As part of the military agreement, joint military bases are planned around the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, Tehran and Beijing will allow one another’s ships and aircraft to refuel and dock at each other’s airports and ports.
Beijing pledges to help Tehran develop its air, sea and land weaponry. A proposal to establish Chinese weapons production plants on Iranian soil is under consideration.
►Silk route railway/highway/ports/gas and oil pipeline Chabahar to Mediterranean: connecting Syrian-Lebanese ports Baniyas & Tripoli
(Tehran obtained Damascus approval to manage Banias port as long-term investment.)
with Russia linking Sea of ​​Oman/Persian Gulf with N.Europe and the coast of southern Iran with the Baltic Sea.
►Railway Modernization to 400km/h speeds would deliver goods from Chabahar to St. Petersburg in less than 24 hours.
►Iranian oil purchase China pledges to buy at least one million Iranian oil barrels per day and pay for it in Chinese currency, Yuan
allows Iran to buy warehouses in China to store oil and re-export it tax free.
China build out of oil and gas extraction facilities in southern Iran in exchange for 25-year investment contracts.
►Iranian tourist islands securing special tourist areas for the Chinese not subject to Islamic laws regarding food, drink, and clothing.
►Iranian free trade zones Leasing lands on the islands of Kish and Qeshm, and some small islands in the Gulf and in the Iranian free trade zones for 25 years.
►Technology 5G Internet infrastructure in Iran, in exchange for Tehran helping Beijing obtain 5G contracts through joint companies in Iranian spheres of influence including Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Lebanon.
►Factories and construction Tehran gives Beijing comprehensive tax exemptions, secures its land in the form of investment for 25 years, to build Chinese factories inside Iran in exchange for operating with Iranian labor (at least 60 percent of workers) and transferring technology to Iran.
►Housing/Dams joint construction companies with Tehran will build about six million apartments during a five-year period in Iran.
These companies participate in contracts for dams and engineering installations inside and outside Iran in West Asia and Africa.
►Cultivation, fishing and digital currency
China will invest in agriculture in Iran through Chinese companies obtaining 25 year land leases. Iran will allow Chinese companies to fish in Iranian territorial waters for 25 years for 10 billion dollars annually, provided that Chinese ships do not approach the Iranian coasts more than 8 nautical miles and allow Iranian fishermen to fish.
Iran allows China to establish farms to extract a digital currency on its soil, which can benefit from the production of electricity via solar energy and distribute the profits of the factories equally between the two countries.
Iran allows Chinese companies to extract non-strategic minerals from their lands, recycle them inside Iran, or export them to China or any other country.
►Banks
Iranians cannot transfer money in US dollar in due to the US ban on Tehran's use of SWIFT. To circumvent this, a joint Iranian-Chinese bank will be established to oversee financial cooperation between the two countries.
China will allow Iranian merchants in China to open bank accounts in Chinese currency, exchanging them in other currencies and transferring them to Iran or any other country, subject to the laws of money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism.
►Political and nuclear cooperation
In the political sphere, the two countries support each other's policies in international institutions. China supports Iran's request to enter the Shanghai, the BRICS and the World Trade Organization, and Iran supports China in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Non-Aligned Organization. The two sides also establish a common center for security, intelligence and judicial cooperation and the exchange of criminals.
China will help the Iran rebuild its nuclear centers, including the Arak Heavy Water Reactor and transfer of peaceful technology in various fields of nuclear science for Iran, in addition to helping Iran benefit from nuclear technology in the field of medicine, agriculture and energy.
►Shiism and student exchange
The two sides will exchange one thousand students from each side every year. The University of Mustafa in the city of Qom establish centers for religious education and education in Muslim regions in China, and China allows this university to promote Shiism in these areas in the face of Sunni Salafi ideas in the Uyghur community of China.
Mustafa University will give 1,500 educational scholarships for Chinese religious students to study in the seminary in Iran every year and return to China to promote Shi'a jurisprudence among Muslims there.

[Zambadoozee]

CNN
China's economy is growing again. That's good news for the rest of the world
http://archive.is/jir6V
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/15/economy/china-gdp-intl-hnk/index.html

China's own records debunk 'historic rights' over disputed seas
http://archive.is/HHRk7
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/china-records-debunk-historic-rights-disputed-seas-200712124059625.html
(40+ world news bites at this link)


Turkish court sentences Germany-based journalist to jail on terrorism charges
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-germany/turkish-court-sentences-germany-based-journalist-to-jail-on-terrorism-charges-idUSKCN24H1WK

Putin orders full recovery of Russia's labour market in 2021
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-budget-putin/putin-orders-full-recovery-of-russias-labour-market-in-2021-idUSKCN24H1ST

Food commodities still at risk of coronavirus 'market shock' -FAO/OECD
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-agriculture-outlook-idUSKCN24H19U


►Great read
Hotline became lifeline for migrant workers secretly reporting poor conditions on Canadian farms
http://archive.is/l9w1o
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/migrant-farm-workers-covid-19-1.5650437

[Mr Badger]

...said Kambyses and lost his army in the Libyan desert.

Well, if Sisi loses his, he may find they've fallen down the back of the...Sophia.

[Zambeezi]

Australia looks almost certain to join key naval exercises with India, the United States and Japan as the four democracies tighten military cooperation to stare down a rising China.
http://archive.is/iradZ
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-15/australia-set-join-india-us-japan-malabar-naval-exercise-china/12455576

Russians to be offered free plots of land amid Arctic push - draft law
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-arctic-land/russians-to-be-offered-free-plots-of-land-amid-arctic-push-draft-law-idUSKCN24H2NY

London restaurants fret as going out goes out of style
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-goingout/london-restaurants-fret-as-going-out-goes-out-of-style-idUSKCN24H1NN

[Zambeezi]

Savagery & Animalistic behavior. pic.twitter.com/5lW7CXJCNf

— A Black Socialist (@SonOfAssata) July 15, 2020

[Zambeezi]

eeyup.social spy tech licking any & all balls. spit.
TikTok to separate organizationally from its Chinese owner Beijing ByteDance Technology and operate as a U.S. company, White House adviser says
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-tiktok/tiktok-to-operate-as-a-u-s-company-white-house-adviser-says-idUSKCN24H2X1

[刘汉]

#ليبيا — الخارجية الأميركية لـ"الحدث": تركيا أقحمت نفسها بليبيا وربما تعدّ أنقرة للتقدم نحو سرت

— ا لـ حـ ـد ث (@AlHadath) July 16, 2020

US State Department: Turkey has inserted itself in Libya and may prepare to advance towards Sirte

[刘汉]

Iranian MFA spokesperson Abbas Mousavi: "Tehran is ready to act as a mediator between Azerbaijan and Armenia."

— Cavid Ağa (@cavidaga) July 16, 2020

[Zambeezi]

This is a transfer of inmates in Xinjiang. CCP China has its dirt, we’ve exposed all their #COVID19 BS since day 1– that being said, FIGHT fake news— don’t be gullible and fall for every anti Chinese rhetoric coming from our social media.

Being impartial goes both ways. https://t.co/VlTzHShTYr

— AS-Source News (@ASB_Breaking) July 16, 2020

[刘汉]

Düşmənin avtomobil texnikası sərrast atəşlə məhv edilib - VİDEOhttps://t.co/dZbwxpUhDy pic.twitter.com/OF0dbjN9Kz

— Azerbaijan MOD (@wwwmodgovaz) July 16, 2020

Video by Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense of destruction of Armenian vehicle

[Zambeezi]

AS-Source News / MILITARYPart
@ASBMilitary
·Armenia says that Armenian Armed Forces downed 13 Azerbaijani UAVs during July 12-14, 10 of which were combat UAVs and 3 were reconnaissance UAVs. Most significantly, Armenia shot down #Azerbaijan’s $30mil Hermes 900– which has never been shot down before by anyone.

**@zod.. too funny we both trying to defer on simultaneous posts. derp.

[刘汉]

Statement by the MFA of #Armenia on threats of the Ministry of Defence of #Azerbaijan to launch a missile strike at the Armenian Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant - https://t.co/V40SffH8Mf https://t.co/te1xSmFKR2

— Mika (@unzippedblog) July 16, 2020

Statement by the MFA of Armenia on threats of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan to launch a missile strike at the Armenian Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant: The threats voiced by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan to launch missile attacks at the Armenian Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant indicate the level of desperation and the crisis of mind of the political-military leadership of Azerbaijan.

[Zambeezi]

Iran air defense systems on ‘high alert’

Airlines right now https://t.co/60cnaG1asH pic.twitter.com/yEf7JxNESP

— AS-Source News / MILITARY (@ASBMilitary) July 16, 2020

 

[刘汉]

в Кишинёве идет протест ветеранов Войны на Днестре-1992

ветераны зачитали претензии к Правительству Додона (капитулянтство перед РФ/сепаратистами) и заявили о намерении самостоятельно ликвидировать незаконные посты оккупантов на Днестре

звучит призыв ставить палатки в в центре pic.twitter.com/eDnv5ko4yQ

— Румынская сотня (@latiniano) July 16, 2020

Veterans of Trasnistria war protesting in central Chisinau, police intervened after attempt to deploy tents. Tensions now

В Кишиневе на протесте ветеранов задержали семь человек. Что об этом говорят в полиции https://t.co/t8O6Q6K74i

— NewsMaker (@NewsMakerMD) July 16, 2020

In Chisinau, seven people detained at a protest of veterans

[Zambeezi]

в Кишинёве идет протест ветеранов Войны на Днестре-1992

ветераны зачитали претензии к Правительству Додона (капитулянтство перед РФ/сепаратистами) и заявили о намерении самостоятельно ликвидировать незаконные посты оккупантов на Днестре

звучит призыв ставить палатки в в центре pic.twitter.com/eDnv5ko4yQ

— Румынская сотня (@latiniano) July 16, 2020

Veterans of Trasnistria war protesting in central Chisinau, police intervened after attempt to deploy tents. Tensions now

В Кишиневе на протесте ветеранов задержали семь человек. Что об этом говорят в полиции https://t.co/t8O6Q6K74i

— NewsMaker (@NewsMakerMD) July 16, 2020

In Chisinau, seven people detained at a protest of veterans

thanks 刘汉 for keeping up w/ this.
so many tensions simultaneous now..... seem set to explode in spectacular East/West mini-wars.
Who has time to sleep???
good thing 'land of Zod' has all time zones covered!
►hat tip to Zodster for creation of this site!!
   

[刘汉]

thanks 刘汉 for keeping up w/ this.
so many tensions simultaneous now..... seem set to explode in spectacular East/West mini-wars.
Who has time to sleep???

At your service. It's burning everywhere right now, nobody can keep up. Maybe that's the plan behind it. Who will be confused first, will lose the war. Up to now Lavrov and Shoigu seem to have control over all this little fires around the Federation.

good thing 'land of Zod' has all time zones covered!
►hat tip to Zodster for creation of this site!!
   

[刘汉]

Rus savaş uçaklarının El-Bab üzerinde uçuş gerçekleştirdiği rapor ediliyor.

— Bedrettin (@bedbolukbasi) July 16, 2020

Russian warplanes are reportedly flying over al-Bab again

[刘汉]

Spokesperson and deputy head of Iranian-backed Harakat al-Nujaba’a says that the “temporary” Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has no power to prevent targeting the #US troops. #Iraq https://t.co/SaTLOroCNW

— Lawk Ghafuri (@LawkGhafuri) July 16, 2020

[刘汉]

Spokesman for Iraqi Shiite militia Asaib Ahl al-Haq: "We prefer death than being forced to live with the presence of American forces... The attacks on the U.S. embassy are not at all by the main factions, and there may be an intelligence agency targeting the American embassy."

— Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) July 16, 2020

[刘汉]

Another protest in Khabarovsk this evening in support of jailed governor Sergei Furgal. "Through his lawyer he said he doesn't approve of the mass protests," Novaya Gazeta says. https://t.co/zXxqcR2iTm

— X Soviet (@XSovietNews) July 16, 2020

In Russian Far East (former Northern Manchuria) about an oligarch.

[刘汉]

The bully again

.@Southcom: “The illegitimate Maduro regime improperly claims excessive controls over those international waters, which extend three miles beyond the 12-mile territorial sea, a claim that is inconsistent with international law.”

— Ryan Browne (@rabrowne75) July 16, 2020