Democrats Win Key US Senate Runoff With Second Georgia Race Too Close to Call
January 06, 2021
Georgia Senatorial candidate Reverend Raphael Warnock speaks to supporters at a canvassing event on January 5, 2021 in Marietta, Georgia.
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Control of the U.S. Senate hung in the balance Wednesday with the result of one of two runoff elections in the southern state of Georgia still too close to call.
Democrats moved closer to regaining control of the chamber with the Rev. Raphael Warnock’s projected defeat of Sen. Kelly Loeffler in one of Tuesday’s elections.
U.S. media organizations called the race with Warnock leading Loeffler by more than 40,000 votes and nearly all ballots counted.
There is a human rights dilemma in the US-Saudi relationship
US President Donald Trump (R) poses for a photo with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (L) in Washington, US on 20 March 2018 [Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Kingdom Council/ Anadolu Agency] December 29, 2020 at 5:32 pm
International human rights law and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia do not sit together easily. A head of state acting as the custodian of the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah has not stopped the Saudi authorities from acting against universal human rights, even against Muslims.
It is reported that the Saudi regime has tortured migrants, deported Muslims to India for protesting against Narendra Modi s anti-Muslim policies, and detained Uyghurs, and deported some of them to China for criticising Beijing. Saudi Arabia s apparent softening on links with Israel illustrates what many have felt for years: Riyadh is abandoning the Palestinian cause; it is ignoring the occupation state s human rights abuses