Iran protests rage as Mahsa Amini’s father says authorities lied about her death
The father of an Iranian woman who died in police custody last week has accused authorities of lying about her death, as protests rage nationwide despite the government’s attempt to curb dissent with an internet blackout.
Amjad Amini, whose daughter Mahsa died after being arrested in Tehran by morality police, said doctors had refused to let him see his daughter after her death.
Iranian officials have claimed she died after suffering a “heart attack” and falling into a coma, but her family have said she had no pre-existing heart condition, according to Emtedad news, an Iranian pro-reform media outlet. Public skepticism
How the gas industry capitalized on the Ukraine war to change Biden policy
Biden promised to tackle climate crisis but administration’s rhetoric ‘changed substantially’ after onset of Ukraine war and it adopted industry’s demands
The Russian tanks and armored vehicles had barely begun to roll into Ukraine before the fossil fuel industry in the US had swung into action. A letter was swiftly dispatched to the White House, urging an immediate escalation in gas production and exports to Europe ahead of an anticipated energy crunch.
The letter, dated 25 February, just one day after Vladimir Putin’s forces launched their assault on Ukraine, noted the “dangerous juncture” of the moment before segueing into a list of demands: more drilling on US public lands; the swift approval of proposed gas export terminals; and pressure on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an independent agency, to greenlight pending gas pipelines.
Energy trumps human rights as Scholz visits Riyadh
Many will hope the Gulf kingdom's human rights record will be raised during Olaf Scholz's visit. But the chancellor must prioritize energy security and arrest falling German exports to the wealthiest Middle East state.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) became somewhat of a pariah in the West following the 2018 assassination of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
Four years on and the world has changed. Both US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron have met with the Saudi leader this year, as rising oil prices and Europe's energy crisis put Western economies on the back foot.
Now it's German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's turn to court MBS. He is due to meet the crown prince in Riyadh on Saturday during a two-day visit to the Gulf. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar are the other two stops.
Fossil fuels make up 90% of Middle East air pollution: study
More than 90 percent of harmful air pollution in the Middle East and parts of North Africa comes from fossil fuels, according to research Thursday that showed the region "permanently exceeded" dangerous air quality levels.
The World Health Organization this year said the MENA region had some of the poorest air quality on Earth.
The long-standing assumption was that the smog choking most of the region's cities was primarily composed of desert sand, given their location on the world's "dust belt" where there are frequently more than 20 major sand storms each year.
Next developing typhoon headed for Honshu over 3-day holidays
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 22, 2022
Fresh on the heels of powerful Typhoon No. 14, another possible typhoon is forming that could again ruin the three-day holiday weekend across parts of the Japanese archipelago.
The Japan Meteorological Agency is reporting a tropical low-pressure system over the seas south of Japan that is developing and heading northward on Sept. 22.
According to the JMA, it is expected to become a typhoon soon.
Nationwide raids on Muslim group PFI in India, over 100 arrested
India’s top investigation agencies raid offices of Popular Front of India and homes of its members, accusing the group of terror links.
India’s top investigation agencies have conducted nationwide raids on a prominent Muslim organisation and detained more than 100 of its members, accusing them of having terror links.
The simultaneous raids on the offices of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and homes of its members were conducted by the federally controlled National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in nearly a dozen states on Thursday morning.
Most of the arrests were made in the southern states. In Kerala, where PFI enjoys considerable influence in Muslim-majority areas, 22 people were arrested.
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