Canada Is Not Alone in Its Diplomatic Beef With Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has attempted to bully many governments into refraining from criticism, constituting an attempt to curtail the sovereignty of others by dictating to them what they can and cannot say.

Dr. James M. Dorsey
By Dr. James M. Dorsey
Saudi Arabia ministers enter the Moncloa Palace for ceremony presided by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, in Madrid, Spain, April 12, 2018. Paul White | AP

The failure of Western allies to rally around Canada in its dispute with Saudi Arabia risks luring the kingdom into a false belief that economic sanctions will shield it from, if not reverse mounting criticism of its human rights record and conduct of the war in Yemen. It also risks convincing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that acting with

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Britain Worries EU Ban on Palm Oil Could Harm BAE Arms Sales

Emails show British officials are concerned that an EU vote to ban palm oil over its role in rainforest destruction could affect BAE Sytems arms sales to Malaysia, a major palm oil exporter.

Joe Sandler Clarke
By Joe Sandler Clarke
An RAF Typhoon, made by BAE systems over Penang Island in Malaysia, November 2011. (Photo: Geoff Lee/BAE)

British government officials warned a proposed EU ban on palm oil in biofuels could harm UK defence sales to Malaysia, specifically Typhoon fighter jets, according to government emails obtained by Unearthed. The correspondence reveals that the British high commission in Kuala Lumpur even expected Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to lobby

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Why Did Saudi Royalty Wire Millions Into The Malaysian PM’s Personal Account?

Hundreds of millions of dollars were paid into the account of Mr. X by a Saudi prince described as “mysterious”, and two British Virgin Island companies characterized as “shadowy”.

ZeroHedge.com
By ZeroHedge.com
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As the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports, a money-laundering alarm was triggered at AmBank in Malaysia, a bank part-owned by one of Australia’s “big four” banks, ANZ. What had triggered the alarm? Money had poured into the personal account of one of the bank’s customers, a certain Mr. X, in truly staggering amounts. Hundreds of

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Wreckage Discovered Off African Coast Maybe From Missing Malaysian Airliner

Debris discovered on the coast of the island of Reunion could be that from the airframe of a Boeing 777, like the Malaysia Airlines jetliner which disappeared without trace last year

Associated Press
By Associated Press

PARIS  — A sea-crusted wing part washed up on an island in the western Indian Ocean may be the first trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 since it vanished nearly a year and a half ago, and a tragic but finally solid clue to one of aviation's most perplexing and expensive mysteries. Malaysia's prime minister said Thursday the debris found on

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US Pushing For Massive Trade Deal With Countries That Still Practice Slavery

In order to ensure a strategically vital country remains a partner in the TPP, the White House has decided human slavery and trafficking need to be overlooked.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk

A security guard talks to detainees inside a cell at the compound of a fishing company in Benjina, Indonesia. The imprisoned men were considered slaves who might run away. They said they lived on a few bites of rice and curry a day in a space barely big enough to lie down, stuck until the next trawler forces them back to sea. (ANTIMEDIA)

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Boatloads Of Refugees Could Soon Be ‘Floating Graveyard’ On Southeast Asian Waters

“We don’t have a flotilla to go out and help them, but there are plenty of countries in the region that do, and plenty of reasons for them to do it – if they don’t, they’ll be dealing with a floating graveyard soon, rather than a flotilla of ships.

Kanya D'Almeida
By Kanya D'Almeida
Newly arrived migrants receive medical treatment inside a makeshift tent at Kuala Langsa Port in Langsa, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, May 15, 2015. More than 1,000 Bangladeshi and ethnic Rohingya migrants came ashore in different parts of Indonesia and Thailand on Friday, becoming the latest refugees to slip into Southeast Asian countries that have made it clear the boat people are not welcome.

Newly arrived migrants receive medical treatment inside a makeshift tent at Kuala Langsa Port in Langsa, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, May 15, 2015. More than 1,000 Bangladeshi and ethnic Rohingya migrants came ashore in different parts of Indonesia and Thailand on Friday, becoming the latest refugees to slip into Southeast Asian countries that

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