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Police Raid Venezuelan Embassy in DC, Arrest Last Remaining Members of Embassy Protection Collective

The activists from the Embassy Protection Collective have been living inside the embassy since 10 April in a bid to protect it from US attempts to seize the facility and hand it over to supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.

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Police have broken into the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC and arrested four protesters from the Embassy Protection Collective, according to Medea Benjamin, an activist from the anti-war group CODEPINK. Among the four who were arrested during the raid are anti-war activists Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. A US Secret Service spokesman

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Militants In Aleppo ‘Make A Fortune’ Selling Humanitarian Aid To Locals

According to an embedded journalist, the UN and its human right agencies failed to maintain humanitarian aid supplies to Aleppo residents.

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A Syrian boy displaced with his family from eastern Aleppo holds a sandwich and bread bag in the village of Jibreen south of Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Military correspondent Kamel Saker told Sputnik Arabic about the humanitarian situation in liberated Aleppo and efforts by the Syrian Army to help people. "I’ve been in Aleppo for several days and I’ve seen how the military, political and humanitarian situation in the city evolved. Yesterday, I visited four districts freed of terrorists. The

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Assad: All Western Aid For Syria Sent To Terrorist Groups, Not Civilians

All the aid that the western countries delivered to Syria was sent to terrorist organizations, which means that the West does not care about the Syrian people, Syrian President Bashar Assad told the RT broadcaster in an interview.

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Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)

Earlier in December, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said that the EU member states were behind all the humanitarian aid delivered to Syria. “Actually, all the aid that any Western country sent was to the terrorists, to be very clear, blunt and very transparent. They never cared about a single Syrian human life,” Assad said commenting

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‘Facebook Suppressed My Piece’ On Clinton Email Leaks, ‘CIA Lie’ – Ex Ambassador

A blog by former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray comprehensively debunking CIA claims of Russian interference in the US Presidential election was actively suppressed by Facebook after its publication.

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Ambassador Craig Murray Photo: Romy Marquez

On December 11, Craig Murray posted the article, entitled 'The CIA's Absence of Conviction.' It was quickly shared by several hundred Facebook users — but 12 hours later, the post had received a mere 22 visits via the social networking site. https://twitter.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/807933508345794560 The former ambassador then published

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China To Back Iran In ‘Sanctions Standoff Between Tehran, Washington’

During a meeting in Beijing, representatives of China and Iran reaffirmed their readiness to expand economic cooperation, investment and banking activities.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after a joint press conference in Beijing Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP)

Iran has won support from China in the face of possible new American sanctions against Tehran. This was one of the main results of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s trip to Asia which ended on December 8. On December 3-8, the diplomat visited India, China and Japan, the three largest buyers of Iranian crude. On Thursday, during a press

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Advocacy Group To File Complaint About Toys Capable Of Collecting Personal Data

Advocacy groups for children and consumers are going to sue national authorities for allegedly gathering personal data toys, the European Consumer Organization (BEUC) said in a statement on Tuesday.

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The I-Que Intelligent Robot from the US Genesis Toys. (Image: YouTube Screenshot)

Advocacy groups for children and consumers are going to file complaint with national authorities regarding the  internet-connected toys manufactured by the US Genesis Toys company that may gather personal data from children, the European Consumer Organization (BEUC) said in a statement on Tuesday. “BEUC’s Norwegian member, the Norwegian Consumer

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Trump Proposes Jail Or Loss Of Citizenship For Burning American Flag

US President-elect Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday to punish US citizens for burning the US flag by revoking their citizenship or by imprisonment.

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Ferguson Nationwide Protests

US President-elect Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday to punish US citizens for burning the US flag by revoking their citizenship or by imprisonment. The statement followed the series of flag burning incidents in the United States as an expression of protest by the US citizens who oppose Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election. In Los

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