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Evidence is emerging that in Syria chemical weapons were not used by forces of the Assad government, but by rebel units seeking to trick the Americans into military strikes against the Assad regime, blaming it for breaching President Obama’s so-called “red line” against use of such weapons. [Read more…]
Kuala Lumpur – More countries have been asked to join the hunt for a missing Malaysian jetliner as the search area was expanded across a vast arc of land and ocean [Read more…]
New York – The United Nations continued efforts on multiple fronts to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, with a senior human rights official holding meetings in the capital, Kiev. [Read more…]
South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius goes on trial today for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. [Read more…]
Damascus – Syria’s government says it will cooperate with the UN on providing humanitarian aid to all afflicted groups in the country “without discrimination”. [Read more…]
Central African Republic (CAR) lawmakers have chosen Catherine Samba-Panza, mayor of Bangui, to become the interim president in a vote in parliament on Monday. [Read more…]
A French auction house has announced that it is putting up for sale a large number of katsinam – objects sacred to the Hopi tribe of Arizona – just months after a similar auction caused an international furore. [Read more…]
Amnesty International’s devastating report, “The Dark Side of Migration”, released today, confirms what the global union movement has been saying about the serious levels of migrant construction worker abuse in Qatar. [Read more…]
Davao City – Authorities in southern Philippines on Monday ordered the cancellation of classes and evacuation of residents as yet another storm threatens the region. [Read more…]
Istanbul – Turkey
Ankara – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan has unveiled a number of reforms on issues regarding political rights, such as election threshold, party organisation and propaganda in non-Turkish languages. [Read more…]
