2020-09-06: News Headlines

Mehr News Agency (2020-09-05). 90% of armed forces' weapons needs supplied domestically. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) — Iranian Defense Minister said that more than 90 percent of the armed forces' weapons needs have been supplied domestically and the remaining 10 percent would not have a decisive impact on the country's defense power.

sputniknews (2020-09-05). Hundreds of Protesters Gather in Louisville in Police Absence – Photos. sputniknews.com KENTUCKY (Sputnik) – Hundreds of protesters with weapons have come face to face in central Louisville in the US state of Kentucky on Saturday. There were two groups of protesters, who traded verbal barbs and occasionally engaged in fights in the complete absence of the city police.

yenisafak (2020-09-05). Two terrorists neutralized in eastern Turkey. yenisafak.com Security forces neutralized two terrorists in an operation in eastern Turkey, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.The terrorists were neutralized along with weapons during an air-backed anti-terrorism operation in rural areas of the Van province, according to a statement.The operation is ongoing, the ministry added.Turkish authorities often use the term "neutralized" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.The terrorists' affiliation was not mentioned, but the terror group PKK has been active in the region.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK [mdas…

Mary Wareham (2020-09-04). Interview with Mary Wareham, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. zcomm.org Interview on lethal autonomous weapons and Wareham's new HRW report, "Stopping Killer Robots," an incisive survey of country positions and policies regarding lethal autonomous weapons…

Steve Brodner (2020-09-04). Weapons of Mass Consumption. thenation.com Weapons of Mass Consumption…

RT (2020-09-03). Alleged poisoning of activist Navalny could be classed as 'a use of chemical weapons' & violation of international law — OPCW. rt.com In response to Germany's insistence that Alexey Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok-like nerve agent, the primary international watchdog has warned that such a "reprehensible" act would be considered "a use of chemical weapons" | The International Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) also labelled it "a violation of international law." The strong reaction came in a

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-03). Trump Regime Sanctions ICC Officials for Investigating US War Crimes. globalresearch.ca Unlawfully imposed US sanctions on targeted nations, entities and individuals are weapons of war by other means. | On Wednesday, Pompeo said the Trump regime blacklisted ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and the court's Jurisdiction, Complementary, and Cooperation Division head Phakiso …

news.un (2020-09-03). Alleged poisoning of Russian opposition leader a 'grave concern', says chemical weapons watchdog. news.un.org The allegation that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a Cold War-era nerve agent is "a matter of grave concern", the head of the UN-backed Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said on Thursday.