Thousands of people from an informal settlement 20 kilometers south of Khartoum are now living in makeshift shelters after their homes were razed by Sudan’s government. Local officials said 4,000 homes were destroyed under a plan to reorganize the “Mandela”… Read moreSudan: “Mandela” refugee settlement destroyed by regime
The Assyrian International News Agency reports Kurdish village leaders, in league with local bosses of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), are waging a “lawful means” campaign to confiscate the lands of the Assyrian monastery of St. Gabriel, founded… Read moreAssyrian monastery pawn in Turkey’s sectarian struggles
The Sixth Intergalactic Commission of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) has announced a “First World Festival of Dignified Rage” (Festival Digna Rabia), to be held in January at San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. Participants have been confirmed from… Read moreChiapas: Zapatistas to host “Festival of Dignified Rage”
In an escalation of the land conflict at Lomas de Poleo community on the outskirts of Ciudad Juárez, on Dec. 4 demolition equipment was brought in—backed up by trucks full of henchmen with clubs, chains and rifles—to destroy the home… Read moreMexico: home destroyed at contested Juárez barrio
Thirteen men were found Dec. 4 shot to death in northern Mexico’s Sinaloa state. The bodies—lined up, face down, their hands bound, and mostly with execution-style coup de grace shots to the head—were discovered by local police some 600 meters… Read moreMexico: 13 killed in Sinaloa massacre
The US government released the first $197 million of the $400 million “Plan Mexico” aid package Dec. 3. At a signing ceremony in Mexico City, US Ambassador Tony Garza called the package “the most significant effort ever undertaken” by the… Read moreUS releases first tranche of Plan Mexico funds
Right-wing settlers furious at the Israeli army’s eviction of the so-called House of Contention in Hebron invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus Nov. 4, and set fire to fields and vehicles. Dozens were injured in Hebron as IDF… Read moreWest Bank settlers burn Palestinian fields to protest eviction
For the first time since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war (at least), no Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are making the sacred annual pilgrimage to Mecca this year. Saudi Arabia, seeking to bolster the (Fatah) administration on the West Bank, asked… Read moreHajj becomes pawn in struggle for Gaza
In the wake of mass protests in Mumbai where many called for military action against Pakistan, marchers in Islamabad had their turn to chant slogans against India and the US Dec. 4, when thousands filled the streets to protest US… Read morePakistan: anti-India protesters sport Mumbai conspiracy theory
Suicide bombings in Baghdad and Mosul took the lives of at least 32 Iraqis Nov. 1. The following day, three separate attacks in Mosul—two car bombs, including one at a crowded market, and an armed assault on Sunni Arab political… Read moreMosul terror as struggle mounts for Iraq’s north
Thousands of people took to the streets of Mumbai Dec. 3 to demand India’s leaders do more to protect them from terrorism in the wake of last week’s attacks. A BBC reporter on the scene says many of the protesters… Read moreProtests in wake of Mumbai terror
Sondhi Limthongkul, the media mogul who heads Thailand’s anti-government People’s Alliance for Democracy, warned that he’s ready to call more protests despite the resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat after a court order to dissolve his governing party. “The PAD… Read moreThailand: “anti-democracy” protesters win
