The Washington Post By Carol Morello, Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Emily Rauhala September 11, 2017 The U.N. Security Council on Monday agreed on its toughest-ever sanctions against North Korea that passed unanimously after the United States softened its initial demands to win support from China and Russia. The sanctions ... Read More »
Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar Is ‘Ethnic Cleansing,’ U.N. Rights Chief Says
The New York Times By NICK CUMMING-BRUCESEPT. 11 September, 2017 GENEVA — The United Nations’ top human rights official accused Myanmar on Monday of carrying out “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing” against Rohingya Muslims, hundreds of thousands of whom have crossed into Bangladesh since late August to escape ... Read More »
Multiple Libya peace plans are a hindrance, UN envoy to say
Ghassan Salamé is due to tell conference convened by Boris Johnson that efforts to unite country are being hampered The Guardian Patrick Wintour 11 September, 2017 Fears that overlapping European and Middle Eastern peace initiatives for Libya are hampering the new UN special envoy are to be aired this week ... Read More »
The Korean Missile Crisis
Why Deterrence Is Still the Best Option Foreign Affairs By Scott D. Sagan 10 Septmber, 2017 It is time for the U.S. government to admit that it has failed to prevent North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the United States. North Korea no ... Read More »
North Korea threatens ‘pain and suffering’ ahead of UN sanctions vote
CNN Ben Westcott 11 September, 2017 (CNN)The United States will pay a “due price” if harsh sanctions against North Korea are agreed at a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York Monday. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on state media that if the US “does ... Read More »
Irma: Florida pounded hard by ‘some big monster’, says President Donald Trump
Millions of people are without power and several states are next in line The Independent Clark Mindock, Andrew Buncombe 11 September, 2017 Florida has been pounded hard by what President Donald Trump called “some big monster”, as Hurricane Irma tore into the state, leaving a trail of damage and death ... Read More »
Migrant death toll rises after clampdown on east European borders
Deaths in Mediterranean have risen with migrants opting for dangerous routes and exposing themselves to violence, says IOM The Guardian 11 September, 2017 Saeed Kamali Dehghan More than 22,500 migrants have reportedly died or disappeared globally since 2014 – more than half of them perishing while attempting to cross ... Read More »
Syrian conflict: Opposition must face reality it lost war against Assad, UN says
ABC News 6 september, 2017 The United Nations’ special enjoy to Syria says oppositional forces must be prepared to face the reality that they did not win the six-and-a-half year war against President Bashar al-Assad. Staffan de Mistura suggested the war was now almost over since critical territories had ... Read More »
Israeli warplanes target one of the Syrian military posts near Massyaf, killing two army personnel
SANA 7 September, 2017 Damascus, SANA- General Command of the Army and Armed Forces affirmed that the Israeli warplanes fired several rockets from the Lebanese airspace at 02:42 a.m. on Thursday targeting one of the Syrian military posts near Massyaf, killing two army personnel and causing material damage to the ... Read More »
Katia becomes third hurricane to threaten US in six days
Winds of up to 75 miles per hour are expected The Independent Shehab Khan 7 September, 2017 A third hurricane is set to threaten the US in the space of six days. Katia, a storm off the Mexican coast, has strengthened into a hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) ... Read More »