Daily Archives: July 9, 2019

2019-07-09: News Headlines

Billy Briggs (2019-07-08). Export License System Lets 'Illegal' Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Continue. globalresearch.ca Bombs and missiles will still be exported to Saudi Arabia under a secretive licensing system that means business as usual for defence firms despite a landmark ruling that UK arms sales are illegal. | In a judgement on 20 June at …

United Nations (2019-07-02). DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri province. un.org Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world's second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen.

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-07-01). As Yemen Starves, International Aid Agencies Play Politics With Food. mintpressnews.com Yemeni authorities are accusing some international aid agencies of playing politics with food aid, correctly pointing our that financiers of the organizations are the very same countries participating in the war on Yemen.

unitedEditor (2019-07-01). US-Saudi Energy Relations. uwidata.com In 2017, according to the US Energy Information Administration, Saudi Arabia, following Russia, Iran and Qatar, had the fourth-largest natural gas reserves in the world. According to the US Energy Information Administration, the country's natural gas reserves amounted to 304 trillion cubic meters. Most of Saudi Arabia's natural gas is consumed in the petrochemical sector …

CGTN America (2019-06-28). How Trump's arms deal impacts US — Saudi relations. cgtn.com While the Congress will take up an arms deal with Saudi Arabia next month, President Trump has already vowed to veto any legislation. On the next The Heat Podcast we talk with Joel Rubin, professor and the U.S. State Department's former senior official to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Paul Kawika Martin (2019-06-20). Senate Votes to Block Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. peaceaction.org Washington, D.C. — June 20, 2019 — In response to the Senate voting to block arms sales involving Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other countries, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: "When Trump vetoed legislation earlier this year to end U.S. involvement …

2019-07-09: Social Media Postees

Export License System Lets 'Illegal' Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Continue
Billy Briggs | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
Bombs and missiles will still be exported to Saudi Arabia under a secretive licensing system that means business as usual for defence firms despite a landmark ruling that UK arms sales are illegal. | In a judgement on 20 June at …
globalresearch.ca/export-license-system-lets-illegal-arms-sales-saudi-arabia-continue/5683016

DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri province
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-02
Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world's second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041712

As Yemen Starves, International Aid Agencies Play Politics With Food
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-01
Yemeni authorities are accusing some international aid agencies of playing politics with food aid, correctly pointing our that financiers of the organizations are the very same countries participating in the war on Yemen.
mintpressnews.com/yemen-starves-world-food-program-politics-aid/260125/

US-Saudi Energy Relations
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-01
In 2017, according to the US Energy Information Administration, Saudi Arabia, following Russia, Iran and Qatar, had the fourth-largest natural gas reserves in the world. According to the US Energy Information Administration, the country's natural gas reserves amounted to 304 trillion cubic meters. Most of Saudi Arabia's natural gas is consumed in the petrochemical sector …
uwidata.com/4101-us-saudi-energy-relations/

How Trump's arms deal impacts US — Saudi relations
CGTN America | cgtn.com | 2019-06-28
While the Congress will take up an arms deal with Saudi Arabia next month, President Trump has already vowed to veto any legislation. On the next The Heat Podcast we talk with Joel Rubin, professor and the U.S. State Department's former senior official to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
america.cgtn.com/2019/06/28/how-trumps-arms-deal-impacts-us-saudi-relations

Senate Votes to Block Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2019-06-20
Washington, D.C. — June 20, 2019 — In response to the Senate voting to block arms sales involving Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other countries, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: "When Trump vetoed legislation earlier this year to end U.S. involvement …
peaceaction.org/2019/06/20/senate-votes-to-block-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-and-the-uae/