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[Regnum] The deputy head of Sudan's Sovereign Transitional Council, Malik Agar, has arrived in Russia, where he will meet with President Vladimir Putin to discuss an agreement that provides for the creation of a Russian logistics center in the country, as well as receiving arms and ammunition from Moscow. The American agency Bloomberg writes about this.
It is noted that Malik Agar will visit the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) along with his delegation, which includes the ministers of finance, mining and foreign affairs of Sudan.
Bloomberg, however, notes that Agar’s trip to Russia was announced after a member of the sovereign council, Lieutenant General Yasser al-Atta, announced the plans of the Sudanese authorities to sign a number of military and economic agreements with Moscow.
According to al-Atta, Sudan will receive “vital weapons and ammunition” as part of the agreements, and a Russian logistics center will be built in Port Sudan on the Red Sea.
As Regnum reported, Putin, at a meeting with the African delegation on June 17, called the development of relations with African countries a priority for Moscow.
The head of state then noted that Russia stands for further strengthening traditionally friendly relations with the African Union. Russia also stands for further strengthening relations with African countries without interfering in internal affairs, Putin added.
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The Russian port idea has been under consideration for more than a decade. It is now clear that the Russians are arming the Arab military while the UAE is arming its enemies. Go to it!
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[KavkazUzel] State Duma Deputy Speaker Vladislav Davankov's proposal to ban religious clothing in schools is populist, extralegal and discriminatory from the point of view of the law, and aimed against the Muslim community of Russia, according to Islamic scholars, lawyers and human rights activists interviewed by the Caucasian Knot. Davankov explained the initiative with appeals from the students’ parents and promised to discuss it with Delimkhanov in the State Duma.
As the Caucasian Knot reported, State Duma Deputy Speaker Vladislav Davankov proposed granting educational organizations the right to ban the wearing of religious clothing. He also proposes to give legislative and municipal assemblies the power to introduce a ban on wearing religious and other clothing that hides the face in public places. State Duma deputy from Chechnya Adam Delimkhanov criticized Deputy Speaker Vladislav Davankov for a bill banning the wearing of religious clothing in schools. He promised " “clearly” explain to Davankov and the others what “religious traditional values and customs” are. Delimkhanov pointed out “a violation of freedom of religion guaranteed by the Constitution.” He also expressed fears that Davankov’s initiative could cause disagreements in society.
[GEO.TV] The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday stayed the execution of five former naval officers who were sentenced to death by the General Court Martial (GCM).
In a written order issued by the IHC, Justice Babar Sattar noted that the case before the court relates to the fundamental rights of the petitioners guaranteed under Articles 9 and 10 A of the Constitution.
"It is the contention of the petitioners that they were granted death sentence ...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead... in a General Court Martial (GCM) and during such proceedings they were not allowed the assistance of a counsel," it added.
Further, the verdict said a counsel for the petitioners submitted that the permissible documents to be shared with the petitioners such as the abstract of evidence and court of inquiry were also not shared with them.
As per the order, the petitioner stated that without access to such documents an appeal was filed, which was dismissed, and the death sentence was upheld.
The petitioners’ counsel was only provided with limited access and the counsel of the petitioners was shown some documents, which prevented the petitioners from defending their rights, the order cited the petitioner as saying.
As per the assistant attorney general, the chief of the naval staff has the discretion "to form an opinion that supply of any proceedings may be prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State".
The chief of naval staff has formed an opinion that sharing details of the proceedings, including the findings recorded by the GCM and the order passed in appeal upholding the death penalty , would be prejudicial to the safety or the interests of the state, the verdict added.
"The question before the court is as to how the interests of the State are to be balanced against the interests of an individual to his right to live as well as his right to due process guaranteed by Articles 9 and 10A of the Constitution.
"It appears to be the contention of the State that given the opinion of the Chief of Naval Staff that proceedings and reasoning for passing the death sentence cannot be shared with those against whom such death sentences have been passed, they have no further remedy under the law and the Constitution."
Given that the fundamental question of protection of the right to life and due process is in question, the petitioners shall not be executed till the disposal of the petition, ruled the IHC.
Moreover, the IHC directed the respondents to file the opinion of the chief of naval staff along with the reasoning as to why he formed an opinion that sharing the proceedings in relation to the petitioners would be detrimental to the interests of the state.
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[GEO.TV] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set on Tuesday to retain power at the head of a ruling coalition but his Hindu nationalist party lost its outright majority for the first time in a decade as voters defied predictions of another landslide.
The outcome unnerved investors, with stocks falling steeply as emerging results showed that Modi would, for the first time since sweeping to power in 2014, depend on at least three disparate regional parties whose political loyalties have wavered over the years.
This, analysts say, could introduce some uncertainty into policymaking in the world's most populous democracy after a decade in which Modi has ruled with a strong hand.
Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a majority on its own in 2014, ending India's era of unstable coalition governments, and repeated the feat in 2019.
Modi said people had placed their faith in the BJP-led coalition for a third time and it was historic, in his first comments since counting of votes began.
"The blessings of the people for the third time after 10 years boosts our morale, gives new strength," Modi told cheering BJP members at party headquarters in New Delhi.
[GEO.TV] Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Tuesday the Palestinian resistance group frowns upon Washington and the West's calls for it to accept US President Joe Biden's proposal on Gaza "as if it is Hamas who is hampering the deal".
In comments reported by Hamas media, Abu Zuhri said Israel is not serious about reaching a deal in Gaza and is still maneuvering under the US' cover.
[GEO.TV] US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created... by the — you know — you know, the thing... said Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu may be stalling on ending the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... for political reasons, according to an interview with Time magazine released on Tuesday.
The comments in the May 28 interview were made a few days before Biden detailed a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, and as the Israeli prime minister struggles with deep political divisions at home.
Asked whether he thought Netanyahu was prolonging the war for his own political reasons, Biden said: "There is every reason for people to draw that conclusion."
Biden, who has been pushing for an end to the nearly eight-month war, also said it was "uncertain" whether Israeli forces have committed war crimes in Gaza.
He rejected allegations that Israel is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, but said: "I think they've engaged in activity that is inappropriate."
Biden said he warned Israel not to make the same mistake the US did after the September 11, 2001 attacks that led to "endless wars."
"And they're making that mistake," he said.
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Biden accuses Netanyahu of letting Biden repeatedly delay and mitigate the Hamas butt kicking.
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Pot. Kettle. Black.
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Biden said he warned Israel not to make the same mistake the US did after the September 11, 2001 attacks that led to "endless wars. --------------------------
What a doofus. Israel has been at war since 1948 (longer if you count the Arab pogroms during the mandate) with various countries and/or terrorist orgs.
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I liked their presser the other day, we understand exactly what Israel's objectives should be, and they already accomplished them, so here's our proposal.
[IsraelNationalNews] Sources in Israel's defense echelon slammed Finance MInister Bezalel Smotrich for toppling the Palestinian Authority, noting that he is leading a process which will defund it.
Speaking with Ynet, the security sources said that Smotrich's economic sanctions mainly hurt Palestinian Authority officials and security personnel, who the sources claim prevent terror attacks. This is due in large part to the Palestinian Authority's decision to prioritize terrorists' salaries over those of its employees. Sources have problem with logic?
"There is an Israeli interest in preserving the moderates and preventing the extremists from taking control of the area," they claimed.
Smotrich responded: "Those 'security sources,' who have done everything they can for years to prevent the IDF from entering Gaza and destroying Hamas, who are responsible for the most horrific military failure that happened to the Jewish nation since the Holocaust, and who have been lackadaisical about managing the war since then, are threatening anyone who dares to challenge their atrophied thinking and to think outside of the box."
"This is the entire concept. You have to be a huge defeatist to ask to support the Palestinian Authority, which supports terror and wages diplomatic and legal warfare against Israel and aims for the issue of arrest warrants against its Prime Minister and Defense Minister - just like those who wanted to evacuate Gush Katif, retreat from Lebanon, and advance the creation of a terror state in the heart of Israel."
Smotrich added, "Defeatism which cost us in too many lives, 'sacrifices of peace,' and October 7, were not enough for them to wake up, and they continue and even now are trying to sell us that we can't win and that 'there is no military solution to terror.'"
"It does not matter how many articles they have initiated, I will never accept their desire to create a Palestinian terror state which will threaten the security of the entire State of Israel, and I will do everything to prevent it. With a command echelon who grew up on the knees of Oslo [Accords] and simply refuses to wake up, we can never win. It's time for a change."
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
...46th president of the U.S. 
