Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 1 May 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, We were warned that hospitals would be overrun.  They were sure to run out of ventilators, if not hospital beds.  Car companies were recruited to manufacture ventilators instead of cars.  Now nobody knows what to do with … Read More

11 European ambassadors warn Israel against West Bank annexation

posted in: Israel, News

Envoys from UK, France, Germany, other states say move would violate international law, harm regional stability, Israel’s international standing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Jordan Valley as he gives a statement, promising to extend Israeli … Read More

Trump says he’s seen evidence suggesting coronavirus emerged from Wuhan lab, compares WHO to PR agency

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. President Trump said Thursday he has seen evidence suggesting that the coronavirus originated from a laboratory in China while continuing his criticism of the World Health Organization‘s … Read More

Abbas says Palestinian accords with Israel, U.S. null if Israel annexes West Bank land

posted in: Middle East, News

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in remarks aired on Wednesday that his administration would regard agreements with Israel and the United States “completely canceled” if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank. “We have … Read More

Iran threatens Germany for ban on Hezbollah, says will have to face consequences

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German special police gather near the Al-Irschad center in Berlin, Germany, April 30, 2020, after Germany banned Iran-backed Hezbollah on its soil and designated it a terrorist organization. (Reuters) Iran has slammed Germany’s ban on the activities of Lebanon’s Hezbollah … Read More

Russia warns US against any attempt to use low-yield missiles

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‘In line with the Russian military doctrine, such actions are seen as warranting retaliatory use of nuclear weapons by Russia’ The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee returns to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia (photo credit: REUTERS/MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST … Read More

Germany bans Hezbollah, raids mosques

posted in: Germany, News

A police officer walks out of Al-Irschad Mosque during a raid in Berlin, as dozens of police and special forces stormed mosques and associations linked to Hezbollah in Bremen, Berlin, Dortmund, and Muenster early Thursday. – AFP – Odd Andersen … Read More

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