UNSC: Tired, Out of Step, AND Undemocratic?
WorldNews.com
WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Amnesty International (AI) announced that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was suffering a failure of leadership which makes it seem "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose," they were expressing decades of serious...
UN report predicts increase in world's displaced
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
UNITED NATIONS-The number of people fleeing their homes and becoming refugees or displaced in their own countries will increase in the next 10 years as a result of a host of intertwined causes ranging from conflict and climate change to population growth and food shortages, according to a report...
Syria blames 800 rebels for Houla massacre
Zeenews
Zeenews
Beirut: Syria on Thursday blamed up to 800 rebel fighters for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, in its most comprehensive explanation to date of the bloodshed. The narrative starkly contradicted accounts of witnesses who blamed...
Suu Kyi demands 'urgent' legal reform in Myanmar
New Straits/Business Times
New Straits/Business Times
BANGKOK: Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday urged Myanmar’s government to carry out urgent judicial reform to cement recent political progress and foster clean investment in the country. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok,...
Rwanda 'training rebels to fight Congo army'
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
A group of defectors fighting for the M23 rebel movement against the Congolese army say that they were recruited and trained in neighbouring Rwanda against their will. The revelations come after weeks of fighting in the east of the country and would be the...
Russia contributing to potential Syria civil war - US
BBC News
BBC News
The US Secretary of State says Russian policy will contribute to a potential civil war in Syria. Hillary Clinton's comments came after Russia and China renewed opposition to tougher UN Security Council action. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has repeated a warning that Syria could be moving...
'China detains hundreds in Tibet over self-immolation protests'
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
Hundreds of people have been detained in Lhasa after two men set themselves on fire in the Tibetan regional capital on Sunday in protest against Chinese rule, a US-based broadcaster reported. A Tibetan exile sets himself on fire during a protest against the forthcoming visit of Chinese President Hu...
Freed FARC hostage heads to France
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Romeo Langlois, a French reporter released on Wednesday by Colombian rebels, is on his way to France. Fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) held Langlois hostage for a month after seizing him following a firefight. Langlois, a reporter for France 24, was...
U.S. military trainers trickle back into Pakistan
The Star
The Star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has sent a handful of military trainers back into Pakistan in a sign the two nations may be able to achieve some low-level cooperation against militants despite a string of confrontations that have left Washington's relations with Islamabad in crisis. Fewer...
AT&T donates to troops, veterans
The Leaf Chronicle
The Leaf Chronicle
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. - In honor of Memorial Day, AT&T donated 1,000 $5 calling cards and 250 100-minute calling cards to Operation Stand Down Nashville, Inc. which assists military veterans and their families. Deputy Executive Director of Operation Stand...
'Regret' over Obama Holocaust comment
NZ Herald
NZ Herald
The White House on Wednesday shrugged off Polish demands to express more than mere 'regret' after President Barack Obama mistakenly referred to a Nazi Holocaust site as a "Polish death camp." "We regret the misstatement, but that is what it was," said Obama spokesman Jay Carney, reiterating that the...
Syria rebels give government 48-hour ceasefire deadline
BBC News
BBC News
The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has given the government of President Bashar al-Assad a 48-hour deadline to observe a UN ceasefire plan. The FSA's Colonel Qassim Saadeddine said if there was no response by Friday lunchtime the FSA would consider itself "no longer bound by the.. peace...
In Pakistan Afridi Is 'Mudd'
WorldNews.com
WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani surgeon, was sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason by Pakistan's government-a doctor, that is, who was recruited by the clandestine Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to help find Osama bin Laden so that U.S. Special...
West mulls military action against Syria: All-out chaos, or more killings?
Middle East Online
Middle East Online
DAMASCUS - China on Wednesday restated its opposition to military intervention in Syria, as Russia sought to halt fresh UN Security Council action after a massacre of civilians sparked global fury. The renewed support by Moscow and Beijing for the Damascus regime came as numerous Western nations,...
