THE GUARDIAN, REUTERS, BBC, ZAMAT Worldcrunch DAMASCUS – Violent clashes between government forces and rebels continued in the Syrian capital for the third day on Tuesday, as U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan visits Moscow to promote a peace plan. Heavy clashes taking place in new areas right in the middle of #Damascus. The city is […]
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THE KOREA TIMES (South Korea), THE KOREA HERALD (South Korea), NEW YORK TIMES Worldcrunch SEOUL – North Korea has relieved its army chief Ri Yong Ho of all government posts because of an “illness,” prompting speculation of a possible power struggle within the secretive regime, South Korea’s daily newspaper The Korea Herald reports. The North’s […]
With crime on the rise, youth in the Congolese city of Beni have banded together to protect their neighborhoods. Though some bad guys have been busted, some worry that well-meaning crime-fighters can one day turn into dangerous militias.
Hillary Clinton’s historic visit this week to Laos highlights the reality on the ground: China’s influence grows bigger with each passing day. There are decidedly mixed opinions about what Beijing will bring.
ZIUA VECHE (Romania) JURNAL DE CHISINAU (Moldavia) Worldcrunch The Communist party of the former Soviet Republic of Moldova, which had remained in power until 2009, is going to have to kiss goodbye to their hammer and sickle. The Moldovan Parliament voted on Thursday to forbid the use of Communist symbols by political groups and parties, […]
REUTERS, THE GUARDIAN Worldcrunch Syrian activists say pro-government forces killed between 150 and 200 people in the Hama region on Thursday as the United Nations Security Council met to try and negotiate a resolution on Syria, Reuters reports. The allegations have yet to be independently confirmed. Activists published a video of dead bodies, but there […]
CNN, AL JAZEERA, THE GUARDIAN Worldcrunch SYRIA – Following the defection of Syria’s ambassador to Iraq, both diplomatic and military pressure is growing on President Bashar al-Assad as violence continues, including around the capital Damascus. Reports on Thursday suggest that the defection of Syria’s ambassador to Iraq, Nawaf Fares, who called for other members of […]
In Goma, in eastern DRC, families looking to cash in on the biggest dowry are pushing young people away from mariage. Some young people chose to live as unmarried partners, others break up and most young women stay at home with their parents…
TWITTER, GUARDIAN (UK) Worldcrunch LONDON – Former Barclays boss, Bob Diamond, is the financial industry’s new bad guy extraordinaire as public anger mounts against chief banking executives in the Libor scandal. The news Tuesday that he had voluntarily given up his bonus of £20 million ($31 million) was supposed to quiet the outcry, as Diamond […]
With results coming this week in Libya’s first post-Gaddafi election, the Muslim Brotherhood is not expected to fare so well. After Islamists won in Tunisia and Egypt, several key factors are thought to be tipping the Libyan electorate in favor o
In an interview with Le Monde, Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria, concedes that his mission has so far been a failure. He speaks frankly about Russia and China, but also suggests more focus on Iran and others in coming clean on their i
A new humanitarian crisis is unfolding after the fall of Gaddafi: thousands of immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa, as well as some from Pakistan and Syria, have been detained in the middle of the desert in southern Libya. No way out, and conditions are li
SYRIA STEPS (Syria), AL ARABIYA (Saudi Arabia), BBC (UK), AP (US), LE MONDE (France) Worldcrunch PARIS – Over 100 countries gathered for the Friends of Syria conference in Paris on Friday, hoping to broker a diplomatic solution to the on-going violent conflict and to bring an end to Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The conference opened after […]
AP, WIKILEAKS Worldcrunch LONDON – Online whistle-blower organization Wikileaks announced the publication of over 2.4 million Syrian emails on Wednesday morning, a move which may shed some light on the inner-workings and dealings of the Assad regime as the violent internal conflict continues. Wikileaks made the announcement on its official Twitter account and gave a […]
Essay: The euro crisis has exposed something deeper than debt: a reminder that Europe must be outward, not inward, looking. Conventional wisdom says the British are not committed to Europe. The smart money says they’re the right model for the who
Worldcrunch CUMHURIYET (Turkey), HÜRRIYET (Turkey), BBC NEWS (UK) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has finally responded to last month’s shooting down of a Turkish plane after it entered Syrian airspace, saying he regretted the incident. “We learned that it the jet belonged to Turkey after shooting it down. I say 100 percent: “if only we had […]
Samira Ghorbani Danesh, 24, says she fled Iran for fear of repression for being a lesbian. A German court has denied her asylum request, ruling that she can live unbothered back in her native country so long as she hides her homosexuality.
When a family in Congo suffers an illness or poverty, the blame is often laid on one of the children, who may wind up accused of sorcery. If that happens, other truly horrible things may follow.
Worldcrunch BBC NEWS (UK), HÜRRIYET (Turkey), AL JAZEERA (Qatar) Turkey is deploying troops along its border with Syria, one week after Syria shot down a Turkish jet over the Mediterranean. Turkey’s TRT state television showed footage of columns of military vehicles moving from bases in Iskenderun and Diyarbakir to the border, close to the area […]
Worldcrunch REUTERS, AL ARABIYA (Saudi Arabia), AL JAZEERA (Qatar) DAMASCUS – Gunmen attacked the pro-Assad television headquarters in Syria on Wednesday morning, detonating bombs and shooting three employees dead, Reuters reports. The Syrian Minister of Information gave a higher death toll for the attack, saying that seven people were killed and that others were injured […]
Worldcrunch REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is considering splitting itself into two separate companies, according to a number of news reports. The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by News Corp, said that the TV and entertainment businesses would be separated from publishing in the proposed division. Australian stock […]
Worldcrunch AL JAZEERA, FRANCE 24, HÜRRIYET (Turkey) BRUSSELS – NATO is holding a special meeting in Brussels on Tuesday at Ankara’s request, after Syria shot down a Turkish warplane last week, an incident which Turkey has branded an “act of aggression.” Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke for the first time about the incident […]
CNN TÜRK, HÜRRIYET, (Turkey) LA STAMPA (Italy), WSJ (United States) A Syrian general, two colonels, two majors, one lieutenant and 33 soldiers have defected from President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and arrived in Turkey, Hürriyet, the Istanbul-based daily, reports. The officers and soldiers were part of a group of some 224 people who crossed the border […]
Should researchers and scientists leave a country when there is a war? Quite the opposite, say the Swiss researchers at CSRS.
Have negotiations with Iran hit a dead end? President Obama has made it clear the discussions could not go on indefinitely, but it is the Supreme Leader in Iran who may hold the next card.
In eastern Congo , the dramatic effects of deforestation on the environment can already be seen. A new ban on illegal logging risks running into both forest-plundering rebel groups and the immediate needs of the local population.
Worldcrunch FAMIGLIA CRISTIANA, CORRIERE DELLA SERA (Italy) VATICAN CITY – If ever “Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown feels forgotten, if he ever needs a surprise shot of P.R….he knows he can always count on Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. The Vatican’s Secretary of State, effectively the No. 2 man in the Catholic Church hierarchy, dusted off […]
When the UN and NGO’s stop funding, orphanages are forced to close or reduce their activities. Private citizens seize the opportunity to create sham orphanages where profit is the priority.
A trip to Tunis’s slums finds young Salafi Islamists who were at the vanguard of the Arab Spring, and are now set to take the fight to Syria to take down the ruling secularist regime.
AL ARABIYA (Saudi Arabia), FRANCE 24, LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR (France) PARIS – Syria appears set to descend into all-out civil war, as pressure from the international community heightens following allegations of a new massacre in the central province of Hama. United Nations observers are attempting to reach the town of Al Koubeir to investigate the […]
In the Jabal al-Akrad mountains, the Free Syrian Army rebels are fighting an uneven war against Bashar al-Assad’s army: with outdated weapons, depleting ammunition and barely a doctor to be found.
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Syria Denies New Massacre Claims
Worldcrunch AP, BBC NEWS DAMASCUS – Damascus denies reports of new mass killings in Syria’s central Hama region as pressure continues to build on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Syria discarded as “absolutely baseless’ claims by opposition groups about a new massacre in which government forces allegedly killed some 100 people, AP reports. The […]
South Korea is rediscovering its beautiful coastline, and is working hard to turn its sleepy fishing ports into tourist destinations. Yeosu World Expo 2012 is the first among many events aimed at drawing visitors into the region.
AL-ARABIYA (Saoudi Arabia) / SANA (Syria) DAMASCUS – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had commissioned a regime insider to form the next government according to the al-Arabiya news channel. Riad Hijab, who served as minister of agriculture in the previous government, was appointed to replace outgoing Prime Minister Adel Safr. The formation of the new cabinet […]
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, tobacco powder is a common cure for colds, headaches and many other ailments.
Gunmen have killed 11 people and wounded at least eight others in an attack on a drug rehabilitation centre in the north of Mexico.
The Tokyo market slumps to a 28-year low as Asian shares dive on fears of a nightmare scenario of euro-zone breakup, U.S. economic relapse and a sharp slowdown in China.
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US drone strike kills 15 in Pakistan
A US drone strike targeting a militant compound in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal area has killed 15 insurgents in a pre-dawn attack.
Even as diplomatic pressure grows on the Assad regime, inhabitants of the Djebel Akrad mountains are doubtful that anything less than are a military intervention can make the difference.
A Chinese state security official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the United States, a case both countries have kept quiet for several months as they strive to prevent a fresh crisis in relations.