It’s a frustration of the people on the ground. They see that when certain groups organize a demonstration, the government sets the tolerance limit very high. When other organisations come to demonstrate, the limit is low,” says Roijens. “If a right-wing organisation were to announce that it would be demonstrating next week, you can be sure that all measures will be taken to seal off the neutral zone hermetically.” Source HLN
Washington has made preparations to withdraw diplomats from Iraq after warning Baghdad it could shut its embassy, two Iraqi officials and two Western diplomats said, a step Iraqis fear could turn their country into a battle zone. Source Reuters
Russia and Turkey are in constant contact about the situation in Armenian-occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, the Kremlin said Monday.
Urging Azerbaijan and Armenia to stop all military activity that could further heighten tensions in the territory, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the fighting was a cause for serious concern in Moscow. Source Daily Sabah
A ballot-harvesting racket in Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Minneapolis district — where paid workers illegally gather absentee ballots from elderly Somali immigrants — appears to have been busted by undercover news organization Project Veritas. Source NYPost
