News in Brief
Don’t lecture us on nuclear deployments, Russia tells US
REUTERS – Russia on Saturday dismissed criticism from U.S. President Joe Biden over Moscow’s plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, saying Washington had for decades deployed just such nuclear weapons in Europe.
Russia said on Thursday it was pushing ahead with the first deployment of such weapons outside its borders since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said the weapons were already on the move.
Bahraini protesters condemn normalization with Zionists
Bahrain Mirror – Diraz village in Bahrain witnessed a mass protest after Friday Prayer condemning the state’s arrest of Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour.
Protestors held photos of Sheikh Sanqour and chanted slogans condemning his arrest and normalization with Zionists.
Serbian Army to remain at high alert
near border
AFP – Serbia’s army remained on the “highest level of alert” near the border with Kosovo, the Balkan country’s presidency said Saturday, a day after clashes broke out between ethnic Serbs and Kosovo police.
On Friday, special units of Kosovo’s police fired tear gas as Serbs protested the installation of ethnic Albanian mayors elected in April, after a controversial vote in four northern Kosovo towns that are mainly populated by Serbs.