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Netanyahu’s new Israeli government: Here we go again
By Alon Ben-Meir, Professor of International Relations, Center for Global Affairs at NYU. At the eleventh hour, Prime Minister Netanyahu hustled to put his coalition government together only two days before President Obama’s visit to Israel. Undoubtedly, Netanyahu’s last-ditch effort…
Maduro warns of sabotage plans in Venezuela
Venezuela’s acting president has accused political opponents of drawing up plans to sabotage the Latin American country’s electricity grid and disrupt food distribution ahead of the April 14 presidential election. Nicolas Maduro made the remarks during a televised speech on…
Travel restrictions stop Algerian activists from attending World Social Forum
The Algerian authorities have prevented a delegation of 96 trade unionists and civil society activists from crossing the border into Tunisia to attend the World Social Forum this week, violating their right to freedom of movement, Amnesty International said today.…
Palestinian women demand protection under the law
Tuesday 26th March, dozens of women protested outside Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s Ramallah office demanding the adaptation for laws that would protect them against violence and crime. Woman’s Affairs Technical Committee (WATC) member, Lubna Ashqar, told Palestinian official news agency WAFA that…
‘Yalla Shabab’, new initiative launched by European and Palestinian youths
The European Union and Young Entrepreneurs Palestine launched a new youth initiative “Yalla Shabab” that includes several activities in partnership with Palestinian youth in the West Bank and Gaza such as lectures at Palestinian universities about the current affairs, volunteer…
Chile is sure that Bolivian demands for a sea coast “are groundless”
Chilean President, Sebastian Piñera, said this Saturday that a supposed maritime case against his country by Bolivia in The Hague would be without historical or legal basis. “The supposed right of Bolivia to have sovereign access to the sea through…
Politicians and oligarchs empty their Cyprus accounts before the introduction of banking restrictions
The Cypriot opposition is demanding to have the identity of depositors who emptied their accounts before the bank restrictions revealed. The controversy is served. In the early hours, a week last Saturday, when the Cyprus Government agreed the controversial tax…
Bolivia will increase its income by 500% with hydrocarbon industrialisation
The Deputy Minister for Industrialisation, Commerce, Transport and Hydrocarbon storage, Alvaro Arnez, confirmed on Wednesday that with industrialisation of natural gas, Bolivia will increase its income by 500%. According to Arnez, Bolivia will earn around 6 billion dollars from the…
Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda now in custody of International Criminal Court
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has welcomed the news of the transfer of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda to The Hague, where he faces charges for a range of alleged war crimes, including rape, murder and the recruitment…
India: New sexual violence law has both positive and regressive provisions
A new law passed by the Indian Parliament aimed at addressing sexual violence, while positive in some respects, has several deficiencies and also violates India’s international law obligations, Amnesty International said. The upper house of the Indian Parliament passed the…
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