Guyana: Global Witness Accuses Exxon of 'Exploitative' Contract
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-06
Guyana loses $55 billion with its current oil license deal with Exxon shows an analysis of the international human rights and anti-corruption group Global Witness. | RELATED: | Houthis Bombs Aramco Oil Field in New Attack on Saudi Arabia | The group urged the Guyanese government to renegotiate the deal as they found that the rushed deal left the country with a lower profit share from Exxon's Stabroek oil license than countries generally get from such negotiations. | The investig…
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Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) Lawyers Question Legality of Saudi Arms Ship Due to Dock in UK
CAAT, Campaign Against Arms Trade | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
Lawyers from Leigh Day, representing Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), have written to the Government Legal Department seeking clarification as to the licence under which a Saudi vessel will be allowed to enter and subsequently leave the UK following its …
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US neutralizes top al-Qaeda leader in Yemen… 5 years after 'promoting' him with previous drone strike
rt.com | 2020-02-06
The leader of al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was killed in a counter-terrorism raid in Yemen, US President Donald Trump has stated. The group may be no closer to defeat then in 2015, when its last "emir" was killed. | Trump announced the death of Qassim al-Raymi on Thursday evening, without noting the exact date or method of execution. "Under [al-Raymi], AQAP committed unconscionable violence against civilians in Yemen and sought to conduct and inspire numerous attacks against the United States and our forces," the president said in a statement. | His death further degrades AQAP and the global al-Qa'…
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As Houthis Close in on Al-Qaeda in Yemen, US Drone Strikes Target its Leaders
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-05
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ACLU: Trump Is Expanding His Racist Travel Ban, This Time Targeting Africans
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-03
The Trump administration has expanded its contested travel ban to six additional countries