Israel carried out new deadly air raids on the Gaza Strip early Jan. 9, even as the UN Security Council finally passed a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable” ceasefire leading to the “full withdrawal” of Israeli forces from Gaza…. Read moreGaza: air-strikes continue —despite Security Council resolution
Survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims protested in front of the US Embassy in Sarajevo Jan. 8 to demand Washington call a halt to Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. Said Munira Subasic, who lost her… Read moreBosnia genocide survivors protest Gaza offensive
In reaction to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, a coalition of Egyptian opposition parties are seeking to ban an Israeli delegation of up to 300 pilgrims from visiting a Jewish shrine. The shrine—believed to be the tomb of a… Read moreEgypt: opposition seeks to bar Israeli pilgrims from Jewish shrine
Iraqi and US military forces will beef up security ahead of landmark provincial elections set for Jan. 31, when up to 15 million Iraqis could go to the polls in 14 of Iraq’s 18 provinces. Already candidates have been targeted… Read moreObama inspires Black Iraqi freedom movement
Finnish officials are deliberating on whether to offer asylum to former terror suspects detained at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay. The US has proposed that Finland take in Uighur prisoners, members of the Turkic minority in western China…. Read moreFinland, Sweden consider asylum for Gitmo Uighurs
Peace brokers proclaimed a breakthrough in efforts to halt the Gaza conflict Jan. 7 as Israel’s cabinet considered a Franco-Egyptian initiative and Russia pressed for a diplomatic solution in talks with Hamas. Israel stopped short of saying whether the plan… Read moreDeath toll approaches 700 in Gaza assault; ceasefire in sight?
The TamilNet news service reports that Red Cross and other aid and medical evacuation vehicles are being barred access to the northern pocket of Sri Lanka still held by the Tamil Tiger rebels, which has come under heavy bombardment in… Read moreSri Lanka: Tamil territory under siege, bombardment
An Anglo-French oil company is poised to send more than 1,000 workers into a remote part of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted indigenous tribes. The company, Perenco, has just been given the go-ahead from the Peruvian government to drill… Read morePeru: oil company poised to enter uncontacted tribes’ territory
In a victory for constitutional rights, two Transportation Security Authority (TSA) officials and JetBlue Airways have paid Raed Jarrar $240,000 to settle charges that they illegally discriminated against the US resident based on his ethnicity and the Arabic writing on… Read moreHomeland Secuity to pay in airport discrimination case
Israeli tanks and troops surged into towns across the Gaza Strip Dec. 6, battling Hamas fighters through the streets and alleys of Gaza City in the heaviest fighting of the 11-day-old offensive. Israeli air-strikes hit three UN-run schools, killing at… Read moreGaza day 11: Israel bombs schools, pressure mounts for ceasefire
Turkish warplanes and Iranian artillery bombarded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Jan. 5, a spokesman for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said. “Turkish planes and Iranian artillery bombarded Aquwan and the Iranians bombarded Maradu. The bombardment lasted for… Read moreTurkey and Iran in joint air-strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan
The Palestinian death toll reached 530 as Israel’s assault on Gaza entered its tenth day Jan. 5, and Israeli ground forces encircled Gaza City. Defense Minister Ehud Barak declared the city “partially besieged.” Israeli air-strikes continued, and armed Palestinian groups… Read moreDay ten: Gaza City “partially besieged”
