The Internet platform Wikileaks in cooperation with three major media sources published on Sunday secret reports about the war in Afghanistan. They convey an unadorned image of the situation in the country and have triggered an international uproar. Europe’s press is divided about this new transparency. The war in Afghanistan is lost After the publishing [...]
Ethnic violence is escalating in South Kyrgyzstan. Hundreds of Uzbeks are said to have been killed and tens of thousands are fleeing the country. The press attributes the continual strife in the region above all to its poverty, arguing that failure to help would be pure cynicism. Major powers react cynically The ethnic unrest in [...]
Colombians robbed in their hotel room. Portuguese robbed at gunpoint in Randburg. Can South African officials guarantee the safety of visitors? Several foreign journalists in South Africa to cover the June 11 – July 11 World Cup have been robbed by armed men in their hotel rooms. Radio 702 reported that the journalists from Portugal [...]
Member countries of the Confidence on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) condemned the Israeli act as regards the flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, Turkish President Abdullah Gul told a Tuesday press conference
Despite mounting pressure Israel continues to reject an international enquiry into its military operation against an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip. With its attitude the country has made enemies of former allies and could lose its credibility, commentators write. Hair-raising public relations policy Israel threatens to lose all credibility with its stubborn attitude [...]
A severe drought is causing increasing hunger across the Eastern Sahel in west Africa, affecting 10 million people in four countries, aid agencies warned today. In Niger, the worst-affected country, 7.1 million are hungry, with nearly half considered highly food insecure because of the loss of livestock and crops coupled with a surge in prices. [...]
The humanitarian crisis which hit the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli blockade once again came into focus on Wednesday with many states calling for a lifting of the embargo in connection with the recent deadly attack on a humanitarian aid convoy. The Israeli military stormed the six-ship Freedom Flotilla, carrying some 10,000 [...]
Israeli soldiers boarded on Monday a flotilla of aid-carrying ships bound for the Gaza Strip. In the course of the operation at least nine passengers were killed, sparking a wave of international protest. The press writes that Israel has isolated itself with this military operation in the Mediterranean and calls on the international community to [...]
Speaking at the urgent UN Security Council session in New York, Turkey’s Foreign Minister has condemned Israel’s attack on humanitarian aid convoy off the shore of Gaza as unacceptable and called for measures to bring Israel to responsibility.
On Sunday, Israeli naval forces intercepted the ships of a Turkish nongovernmental organization (NGO) delivering humanitarian supplies to Gaza. Israel had demanded that the vessels not go directly to Gaza but instead dock in Israeli ports, where the supplies would be offloaded and delivered to Gaza. The Turkish NGO refused, insisting on going directly to [...]
