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Aung San Suu Kyi ‘avoided’ discussion of Rohingya rape during UN meeting

Poppy McPherson – The Guardian Myanmar state counsellor refused to engage in substantive talks about alleged violence against the Muslim minority, says envoy Aung San Suu Kyi avoided discussing reports of Rohingya women and girls being raped by Myanmar troops and police when she…

27 December 2017 · 7 min read

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THE POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE COLLAPSE OF OUR PLANET

By Roberto Savio Rome, Dec

By Roberto Savio* Rome, Dec (Other News) – On 20 December, Europe’s 28 Ministers of Environment met in Brussels, to discuss the plan for reducing emissions prepared by the Commission, to comply with the Paris Agreement on climate change. Well, it is now clear that we have lost…

26 Dec 2017 · 15 min read

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Why Saad Hariri Had That Strange Sojourn in Saudi Arabia

By ANNE BARNARD and MARIA ABI-HABIB – The New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s prime minister, Saad Hariri, was summoned at 8:30 a.m. to the Saudi royal offices — unseemly early, by the kingdom’s standards — on the second day of a visit that was already far from what he…

26 Dec 2017 · 11 min read

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Goodbye to 2017, a Trump-dominated Year

By Martin Khor

By Martin Khor* PENANG, Malaysia, Dec 2017 (IPS) – In 2017, Donald Trump dominated the year by using US clout to change many aspects of global relations, and not for the better. What a year it has been!

22 Dec 2017 · 7 min read

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"Friendship Party" For Countries That Supported US In UN Israel Vote

by Tyler Durden – Zerohedge Though at first glance it sounds straight out of The Onion, Nikki Haley has formally invited the 64 countries who either voted ‘against’ or abstained (or just didn’t show up) for Thursday’s UN General Assembly vote on the Jerusalem resolution to a…

22 Dec 2017 · 3 min read

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Roundtable on 'The Problem of Action' . An exchange on How Do Get There? The Problem of Action

By Roberto Savio

By Roberto Savio* First of all, as we focus on the future, it is essential to look at the past. As Paul Raskin eloquently notes, we are united by a shared future, but we are united by a shared past as well.

21 Dec 2017 · 4 min read

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In 2017, nativism went mainstream in the West

By Ishaan Tharoor — The Washington Post

By Ishaan Tharoor * – The Washington Post “You will not replace us!” went the guttural cry from a small, torch-wielding crowd of American white nationalists and neo-Nazis. They marched in August through a leafy Virginia town in defense of monuments to Confederate leaders…

21 Dec 2017 · 6 min read

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“It is our moral responsibility to stand in solidarity with the Rohingya minority in Myanmar”

“The Geneva Centre” 20 December 2017, GENEVA – On the occasion of the 2017 International Day of Human Solidarity observed on 20 December, the Chairman of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue H. Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim* calls for peace for…

20 Dec 2017 · 17 min read

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To Be a Latin-American Migrant in Madrid

By Baher Kamal + MADRID, Dec 20 2017 (IPS) – If you are in Madrid and have some spare time, just go to an area which residents consider a “high class” neighbourhood situated in a district bordering Barrio de Salamanca, one of the richest areas in the Spanish capital. There you…

20 Dec 2017 · 6 min read

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The Guardian view on Trump’s national security strategy: a veneer of credibility

Editorial — The Guardian

Editorial – The Guardian The US faces serious challenges. The document presented by the US president is not a blueprint for responding Ignore the title: it is not really a strategy.

19 Dec 2017 · 4 min read