Logo Logo
detroit schools water
epidemic?

Detroit Public Schools to Shut Off All Drinking Water After Tests Show Elevated Lead, Copper Levels

Archives for أغسطس 2018

Released Israeli Soldier Says “No Remorse” for Extrajudicial Murder of Wounded Palestinian, Would Do It Again

Azaria was released from prison in early May after only serving nine months, just half of his sentence. In contrast, Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi served eight months for slapping an Israeli soldier — just one month less than Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Israeli solider Sgt. Elor Azaria waits for the verdict inside the military court in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. (AP/Heidi Levine).

TEL AVIV -- Elor Azaria, the Israeli soldier who was convicted of manslaughter in 2017 for shooting an unarmed and injured Palestinian in occupied Hebron, told Israel Hayom in an interview partially released on Wednesday that he feels “no remorse” for the deed and would do it again if ever faced with a similar situation. In the interview, Azaria

اقرأ المقال كاملا

As Curtain Comes Down on Idlib and Syrian War, US and Russia Face Off for Final Act

The clock is ticking as allied Russia builds its forces offshore in a warning to the United States not to gamble on any last-ditch move to stave off what Moscow called the impending “liquidation” of the rebel-held Idlib province.

Elliott Gabriel
بواسطة Elliott Gabriel
idlib

MOSCOW -- Tensions on a global scale are mounting once again in Syria, as forces aligned with Damascus prepare to wipe out the last-remaining pocket of anti-government resistance in Idlib, the overwhelming bulk of which consists of terrorist al-Qaeda affiliates. The clock is ticking as allied Russia builds its forces offshore in a warning to the

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Nikki Haley: Palestinian Right of Return Should be ‘Off the Table’

“I absolutely think we have to look at right of return,” Haley told attendees, before agreeing that the issue should be taken off the negotiating table.

Middle East Monitor
بواسطة Middle East Monitor
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, not seen, in his residence in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (Debbie Hill/Pool photo via AP)

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said that the right of return of Palestinian refugees displaced since 1948 is an issue that should be taken “off the table”, according to the Times of Israel. Commenting at an appearance at the Foundation for the Defence of Democracies, a pro-Israel think tank based in Washington DC, Haley suggested on

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Red Cross: Colombian Government Must Find 83,000 Disappeared Persons

The ICRC asked the Colombian government to implement more effective measures to prevent further disappearances.

teleSUR
بواسطة teleSUR
U.S. Navy Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), escorts Colombian President-elect Ivan Duque at the command’s headquarters in Doral, Fla., July 14. Photo | SOUTHCOM

The ICRC asked the Colombian government to implement more effective measures to prevent further disappearances. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has urged the new Colombian government to search for the over 83,000 people who disappeared in the country, in commemoration of the International Day of the Disappeared, which takes

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Speaking in Front of Israel’s Nukes, Netanyahu Says IDF Will Hit Iranian Forces in Syria with “All Its Might”

“Iran, a country without nuclear weapons, is threatened with atomic annihilation by a warmonger standing next to an actual nuclear weapons factory.” — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Netanyahu Dimona Nukes

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – During a ceremony at an Israeli nuclear-weapons development center, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech in which he stated that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) would act with “all its might” against Iranian military assets in Syria, and that Israel would oppose Iran’s presence in Syria with the same

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Global Outcry After Australia Moves to Ban Entry of Chelsea Manning

“As a democracy, we should be encouraging not banning public contributions from people like Chelsea Manning.”

Jon Queally
بواسطة Jon Queally
Chelsea Manning addresses an audience, Sept. 17, 2017, during a forum, in Nantucket, Mass. The forum was part of The Nantucket Project's annual gathering on the island of Nantucket. Manning is a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who spent time in prison for sharing classified documents. (AP/Steven Senne)

Human rights groups and free speech defenders around the world are speaking out on Thursday after the Australian government moved aggressively to block Chelsea Manning—the U.S. Army whistleblower who was imprisoned by her own government after leaking hundreds of thousands of military and diplomatic documents, including evidence of war crimes—from

اقرأ المقال كاملا