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Documents reveal US pushed for Ex-Pakistan PM removal over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

IFP Media Wire - August 10, 2023

The United States had encouraged the Pakistani government in March 2022 to remove former Prime Minister Imran Khan from office over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a classified Pakistani government document obtained by The Intercept.

Europe

Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 533: Russia says thwarted Ukrainian drone attacks on Crimea and Moscow

IFP Media Wire - August 10, 2023

Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:

Foreign Policy

Iran FM Amirabdollahian leaves for South Africa economic meeting

IFP Editorial Staff - August 9, 2023

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian left Tehran for Pretoria on Wednesday to attend an economic meeting in the South African city.

Middle East

Syria’s Assad refuses to meet Turkish President Erdogan ‘on his terms’

IFP Media Wire - August 9, 2023

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stated he will not meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan under the latter’s conditions.

Middle East

Syrian reporter, soldiers killed in Daraa blast

IFP Media Wire - August 9, 2023

A Syrian reporter and two Syrian soldiers were killed on Wednesday by an explosive device in the country's southern Deraa governorate, Syrian state media reported.

Europe

Dozens wounded in powerful blast at factory in Moscow Region

IFP Media Wire - August 9, 2023

A powerful explosion has rocked an optical equipment factory in the town of Sergiyev Posad outside of Moscow, with evacuation efforts being underway, the local authorities have confirmed. A total of 31 were wounded but a rising toll of casualties was feared, said governor Andrey Vorobyov.

Middle East

Biden’s security adviser in UAE after Saudi visit

IFP Media Wire - August 9, 2023

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has traveled to the United Arab Emirates after a visit to Saudi Arabia. The trip came amid Washington’s efforts to mend ties with the two Arab states and a recent American military buildup in West Asia.

Middle East

Syria’s envoy says US supplied terrorists with chemical weapons

IFP Media Wire - August 9, 2023

Syria’s deputy permanent representative to the UN says that US forces have supplied terrorists in the strategic al-Tanf area in southern Syria with chemical weapons and trained them how to use the lethal tools to incriminate Damascus.

Middle East

Hundreds of academics equate Israeli occupation with apartheid

IFP Media Wire - August 9, 2023

More than 750 academics and public figures from Israel, Palestine and elsewhere have signed an open letter equating Tel Aviv’s occupation of the West Bank with apartheid, signaling what supporters say is a "watershed moment" for how Israel’s occupation is viewed.

Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 532

IFP Media Wire - August 9, 2023

Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:

Middle East

Moscow envoy says Russia, Qatar seeking to use national currencies in bilateral trade

IFP Media Wire - August 8, 2023

Russia has proposed to Qatar a switch to the use of national currencies in trade settlements, Russian Ambassador to Doha Dmitry Dogadkin said, adding that the sides are already working on the idea.

Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s Aramco to ramp up oil investments in China as it competes with Russia

IFP Media Wire - August 8, 2023

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, Aramco, says it will plough ahead with new investments in China. This as the company has announced a 38 percent drop in profit as lower oil prices and production cuts bite.

Asia

Several killed in multiple bombings in Pakistan

IFP Media Wire - August 8, 2023

A roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying a local politician and his friends in southwestern Pakistan, killing him and six others, with no responsibility yet claimed by any group. In another bombing, two people were killed in the country’s northwest.

Europe

Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 531: Double Russian strike on Ukraine’s Pokrovsk kills at least seven, injures dozens

IFP Media Wire - August 8, 2023

Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:

Europe

It is “necessary” for Russia to increase production of latest types of weapons: Putin

IFP Media Wire - August 8, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the state defense conglomerate Rostec to increase the production of the state of the art types of weapons. Rostec enterprises produce 90 percent of the equipment that the Russian Armed Forces use in Ukraine.

Middle East