(2020-12-16). Bodies of four children wash up on Libyan coast: Red Crescent. middleeasteye.net 
Bodies of four children wash up on Libyan coast: Red Crescent | Blankets, including those for a baby, lay on shore's rocks near where bodies were found | Wed, 12/16/2020 – 21: 32 | A member of Libyan Red Crescent checks blankets in which bodies of drowned migrant children were wrapped on shore on 16 December (AFP) | The Libyan Red Crescent said the bodies of four children aged between five…
(2020-12-16). Covid-19: Scholars say having vaccine is religious duty for Egyptians. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: Scholars say having vaccine is religious duty for Egyptians | Arrival of first shipment of vaccine from China has raised religious, political and public debate in the country | Wed, 12/16/2020 – 12: 41 | Worshippers attend Friday prayers inside Cairo's historic al-Azhar mosque (AFP) | Egypt's religious establishment has stepped into the heated debate over Covid-19 vaccines, ur…
(2020-12-16). Five-thousand-year-old Great Pyramid relic found in cigar box at university in Scotland. middleeasteye.net 
Five-thousand-year-old Great Pyramid relic found in cigar box at university in Scotland | One of only three objects ever recovered from inside Egypt's Great Pyramid, wooden artefact may shed new light on ancient structure, says University of Aberdeen | Wed, 12/16/2020 – 17: 16 | Ancient cedar wood, now fragmented into pieces, is one of only three relics ever recovered from inside Great Pyramid (Uni…
(2020-12-16). Tunisia and Algeria try to cool tensions over Western Sahara. middleeasteye.net 
Tunisia and Algeria try to cool tensions over Western Sahara | Tunisia's former foreign minister provoked anger after blaming Algiers for pushing Morocco to normalise with Israel | Wed, 12/16/2020 – 15: 07 | Tunisia's foreign minister Othman Jerandi has reiterated "Tunisia's pride in brotherly relations with Algeria" (Photo/Screengrab) | Tunisian and Algerian officials are attempting to pu…
(2020-12-16). Massive Fracked-Gas Export Terminal Coming To Southern New Jersey. dissidentvoice.org On December 9 a regional planning body, the Delaware River Basin Commission, gave a green light to a mammoth fracked-gas export terminal in Gibbstown, New Jersey. It would export fracked-gas from the Marcellus Shale gas fields to Angola, among other countries. The Governors of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey voted yay. Governor Andrew Cuomo of …
(2020-12-16). Peace dividend for Libya economy, as oil flows and Central Bank unifies exchange rate after years of deadlock. news.un.org The ceasefire that halted Libya's civil war in October has begun to pay economic dividends that should improve living standards for ordinary Libyans, with a first central bank board meeting in five years and a full resumption of oil production helping to build momentum for political change.
(2020-12-15). The Most Lethal Virus is Not COVID. It is War. counterpunch.org 
In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Boris Johnson has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defence spending — a figure that would restore the under-resourced NHS many times over.
(2020-12-15). Lessons To Be Learned From Washington's Lethal War Against The World. popularresistance.org The latest book from Indian Marxist Vijay Prashad is a passionate critique of the "US-led liberal international order," in which Washington has fired — and still fires — its bullets at the peoples of the Global South and the socialist world. | In Guatemala, Congo, Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia, Haiti, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Yemen, Sudan, Grenada, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Angola and so many other countries, Washington's bullets have been deployed in the pursuance of regime change, the protection of US hegemony and opposition to the emergence of truly sovereign post-colonial nations, all in fl…
(2020-12-15). Moroccan authorities use force to prevent pro-Palestine rally. peoplesdispatch.org The protesters were trying to take out a march opposing Morocco's deal to normalize its ties with Israel. In exchange for the deal, the US has agreed to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the occupied Western Sahara…
(2020-12-15). Guinea: Alpha Conde Was Sworn in for His Third Mandate. telesurenglish.net Guinean President Alpha Condé was sworn in on Tuesday for a third mandate after violent elections whose result was denied by the country's opposition. | RELATED: | The 82-year old leader of the Rally of the Guinean People Party (RPG) promoted a constitutional reform in March to extend the presidential term beyond the limit of two mandates of five years each. | In response, the opposition branded the reform as unconstitutiona…
(2020-12-15). Western Sahara Is the "Reward" to Morocco for Recognizing Israel. globalresearch.ca President Donald Trump announced on December 10 that Morocco had joined UAE, Bahrain, and Sudan in recognizing Israel, with plans to reopen its liaison office in Tel Aviv, and joint overflight rights for airlines. The US, Israel, and Morocco triangle …
(2020-12-15). Boko Haram in charge of kidnapping Nigerian students. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) — Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of over three hundreds of schoolboys in the northwestern state of Katsina.
(2020-12-15). Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Kidnapping of Over 300 Boys in Nigeria. sputniknews.com Boko Haram is a jihadist, terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria. The group, founded in 2002 by Mohammed Yusuf, is also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon and is responsible for killing tens of thousands of people and displacing more than 2 million from their homes, according to the Associated Press.
(2020-12-14). Faith and the fight against climate change, Part 1. therealnews.com 
In Part 1 of this four-part series on interfaith approaches to climate change, Aman Azhar talks to Abdul Rehman Malik of Yale Divinity School about what counsel Islam has to offer on caring for the planet.
(2020-12-14). Barack Obama Is Not My Hero. progressive.org His politics have always been that of a cautious centrist.
(2020-12-14). "Myopia": A Universal Message by Morocco's Film Director Sanaa Akroud's Latest Screen Gem. globalresearch.ca This film story by Sanaa Akroud is, like its title "Myopia", just too simple to carry the power of a deeply moving universal message. | Fatem a hardy woman from a remote Moroccan mountain village is sent on a frivolous mission …