Panama’s Foreign Minister had a cordial meeting on May 11 with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki. Mr. Nunez Fábrega stated that during Minister Riyad Al-Maliki’s visit there were discussed several bilateral issues, including the recognition of Palestine as an independent nation. Palestinian chief diplomat had led a tour in the Central American region in order [...]
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This question is taken up in two thoughtful articles by Hassan Hassan and Michael Young. Hassan Hassan argues that “sectarian cleansing is not being conducted for the purpose of establishing a potential state, but rather for other strategic purposes, including recruitment of Alawi fighters, deepening sectarian tensions in Assad’s favor, and ensuring a popular base [...]
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By Jim Malone U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is defending a leak investigation that included secretly obtaining phone records from the Associated Press. The Associated Press is protesting what it calls a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into its newsgathering operation by the Justice Department in connection with a leak investigation dating back to last year. [...]
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The US Navy said that it has successfully launched for the first time a drone from an aircraft carrier. According to the Navy, on Tuesday the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia. “Today we saw [...]
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(RFE/RL) — Russia has ordered an alleged agent of the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to leave the country. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on May 14 that the man, identified as Ryan Christopher Fogle, must return to the United States “as soon as possible.” It added that “such provocative actions in the spirit [...]
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By Giorgio Cafiero and Shawn VL North Korea’s nuclear weapons and Iran’s purported nuclear ambitions are the subject of constant speculation by Western pundits. However, the connection between the two is often overlooked. Although Northeast Asia and the Middle East are home to different geopolitical realities, the resolution of tensions on the Korean peninsula will [...]
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European anti-trust authorities have launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing, The Associated Press reported. Britain’s BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Norway’s Statoil confirmed they are subject to the inquiry announced Tuesday by the European Union’s executive arm, the Commission. Statoil said a raid at its headquarters in Stavanger, Norway, [...]
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By Naazish YarKhan Like all parents, Muslim parents have their fair share of do’s and don’ts for their children. Unlike most parents though, terrorism and how to handle its misguided association with Islam figures in some of our talks. In the wake of the Boston bombings and given that one of the suspects was only [...]
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By Dennis Cruywagen A solid case is being built against South Africans suspected of having links with terrorists groups such as Al-Shabaab terrorist groups, Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele said today. Minister Cwele told a media briefing ahead of his Budget Vote on Tuesday that he was “quite confident” that the suspects would be [...]
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Around 15,000 children in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, have stopped attending classes since February 2013, according to a Borno State Ministry of Education official who preferred anonymity, as Boko Haram extremists continue a wave of attacks on state schools. Most of the children are primary school students, according to the official. Thus far Boko Haram [...]
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Syrian rebels facing increasing criticism for violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights law turn for guidance on the laws of war to a combination of Islamic law, IHL – where they are aware of it – and their own sense of righteousness, according to analysts and IRIN interviews with fighters. A report [...]
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In the wake of the Arab spring and amid a worsening crisis in Syria, it looks like the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has languished in the background of international diplomacy. On April 29th an Arab League delegation representing 22 countries tried to bring it back to the fore by revising the plan they first proposed over [...]
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By Boris Pavlischev From 1979 till 1989, the Soviet Union took part in military actions in Afghanistan. It is hard to find a family in Russia that has not been touched by this war in this or that way. In total, 620,000 Soviet soldiers and officers took part in it. More than 15,000 of them [...]
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By Aziz Amin Ahmadzai Pakistan shares a 2,640 km long border with Afghanistan and is closely knitted to Afghanistan in many ways. Since the inception of Pakistan in 1947, the relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have been through many curves. Pakistani foreign policy towards Afghanistan has always been introversive and somehow looked at with suspicion [...]
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By Jim Garamone The transition in Afghanistan, the post-2014 NATO mission in the country and the alliance’s transformation in the face of economic hardships were on the docket as NATO’s Military Committee began deliberations Tuesday in Brussels. Danish Army Gen. Knud Bartels, the committee’s chairman, listed these and other challenges confronting the alliance. All the [...]
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By Michael Lelyveld Tougher policies on property investment are having an uncertain effect on China’s economy as the government prepares to unveil new urbanization rules. The country’s real estate market has been in turmoil since March 1, when the State Council ordered a series of measures to stop speculation in the housing sector and make [...]
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A novel avian-origin reassortant influenza A (H7N9) virus emerged in China in February 2013, and is associated with severe lower respiratory tract diseases. To date, more than 100 human cases of infection, including at least 20 deaths, have been reported in China. Three early cases of infection were described in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The [...]
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The supply shock created by a surge in North American oil production will be as transformative to the market over the next five years as was the rise of Chinese demand over the last 15 year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its annual Medium-Term Oil Market Report (MTOMR) released Tuesday. The shift will [...]
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Separatist insurgents in Thailand‘s southern border provinces are committing war crimes by targeting children and other civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The Thai government should address the cycle of deadly reprisals by investigating and prosecuting state security personnel implicated in abuses against ethnic Malay Muslims. On May 1, 2013, around 8:30 p.m., four insurgents [...]
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Bahraini authorities should immediately investigate allegations that officials are torturing activists in detention, argues Human Rights Watch, adding that authorities should ensure that no evidence secured by torture is used against detainees. Since late April, 2013, in separate cases, security officials have allegedly tortured a prominent rights activist and a woman arrested for protesting the [...]
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