By Dr Ramzy Baroud Long before December 28, when Secretary of State, John Kerry took the podium at the Dean Acheson Auditorium in Washington DC to pontificate on the uncertain future of the two-state solution and the need to save…
Category: Conflicts
Iran tests missiles in defiance of US sanctions
Iran is holding a military exercise on Saturday to test its missile and radar systems, a day after US President Donald Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on Tehran for a recent ballistic missile test.The United States sanctioned 13 individuals and 12…
Militants blow up school in Egypt’s N. Sinai Peninsula
Militants on Friday blew up a school in the city of Rafah in Egypt’s northern Sinai Peninsula, according to a local security source, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.”Terrorists remotely detonated a bomb planted in a school in Rafah’s Al-Rasm neighborhood,”…
Louvre attacker indentified as 29-year-old Egyptian national
Authorities say they believe the man who attacked soldiers in front of Paris’ Louvre Museum on Friday is a 29-year-old Egyptian national who traveled to the French capital from Dubai. Authorities have not yet formally confirmed his name or full…
Paris attack raises new security concerns over Olympic bid
Paris, Feb 4 (AP/UNB)- On a day Paris Olympic bid leaders wanted to show off the French capital, a knife attack on a soldier raised more security questions about the city’s ability to stage the 2024 Games in a safe…
‘Island chosen for Rohingya refugees uninhabited, flooded’
The island where Bangladesh is shifting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar is a desolate landscape without buildings or human habitation, reports Reuters. According to the Reuters report titled ‘Pirates, cyclones and mud: Bangladesh’s island solution to Rohingya crisis’ published Friday, the…
U.S. and S.Korea agree to deploy THAAD within 2017, MND says
S.Korea can count on 100% U.S. “steadfast defense commitment,” Mattis says source:NK News
Cruelty against Rohingyas detailed in UN human rights report
Gang-rapes, killings, including of children, brutal beatings, disappearances and other serious human rights violations by Myanmar’s security forces in a sealed-off area north of Maungdaw in northern Rakhine State have been detailed in a new UN report issued Friday. The…
US readies sanctions on Iran after missile test
Washington, Feb 3 (AP/UNB) — The Trump administration is preparing to levy new sanctions on Iran, U.S. officials said Thursday, in the first punitive action since the White House put Iran “on notice” after it test-fired a ballistic missile.
Maoist attack kills 8 policemen in eastern India
New Delhi, Feb 2 (AP/UNB) — Police say at least eight policemen have been killed in a land mine blast suspected to have been carried out by Maoist rebels in their stronghold in eastern India.
4 arrested JMB members rented house as ‘building workers’
Dhaka – The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday arrested four suspected members of a new faction of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (Neo JMB) from Jatrabari area in the city. They were identified as Md Ashfak-e-Azam alias Apel,…
Arrangement to shift Rohingyas to Hatiya temporary: Shahriar
Bangladesh’s decision to gradually relocate the documented and undocumented Rohingyas to Noakhali’s Hatiya Island will be a ‘temporary arrangement’, considering the ‘humanitarian ground’. “This is a very temporary arrangement that we need to make. We want Myanmar to take back…
Philippine drug war killings, crimes against humanity: Amnesty
Amnesty International has accused the Philippine police of “systematically planning” extrajudicial killings in the controversial war against drugs.
Four suspected JMB men held in capital Dhaka
Dhaka, Feb 1 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four suspected militants of JMB outfit from Dhonia in Jatrabari area of Dhaka City early Wednesday.
Citizenship key to have better situation in Rakhine: Commission
The visiting delegation of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State on Tuesday said providing citizenship to and ensuring the dignity of Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine State is the key to have a better situation there. “Yes, this is the key…
Dhaka ‘pushes on with Rohingya island plan’
Critics call plan to relocate Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to 6,000-acre island “terrible”. Bangladesh is pushing ahead with a controversial plan to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to a remote island despite warnings it is uninhabitable…
Suspect in attack on Quebec City mosque identified
Alexandre Bissonnette was charged with six counts of murder in the Quebec City mosque shooting The lone suspect in the deadly shooting at a mosque in his hometown of Quebec City has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder…
US says green card holders exempted from travel ban
Washington, Jan 30 – President Donald Trump’s administration stressed Sunday that permanent residents get a reprieve from his ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries, after the order triggered confusion over its implementation.
Five confirmed dead in Quebec City mosque shooting
At least five people have been killed in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada.
Top Nazi propagandist Goebbels’ secretary dies at 106
Brunhilde Pomsel, the former secretary to Nazi Germany’s propaganda boss Joseph Goebbels, has died aged 106. Her job brought her into close contact with Goebbels – one of the worst war criminals of the 20th century.
Council of EU finds Gaza blockade ‘Collective punishment’
The leading European human rights organization, Council of Europe, has slammed both Israel and Egypt over the blockade against Gaza in a new report, branding the policy a form of “collective punishment” against Gazans. The report also accuses Israel of…
Two alleged ‘Huji men’ held in Chuadanga
Dhaka 28 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two suspected members of Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) from Karpashdanga village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Saturday morning.
Moving US Embassy to Jerusalem Is Declaration of War: Iraq’s al-Sadr
“Transferring the US embassy to al-Quds would be a public and more-explicit-than-ever declaration of war against Islam,” he said in a statement. In a break with previous administrations, new US President Donald Trump has pledged to recognize al-Quds as the…
Nonviolent action: Why and how it works
Robert J. Burrowes Nonviolent action is extremely powerful. Unfortunately, however, activists do not always understand why nonviolence is so powerful and they design ‘direct actions’ that are virtually powerless. I would like to start by posing two questions. Why is…
Dhaka summons Pak envoy, conveys security concerns
Pakistan High Commissioner in Dhaka Rafiuzzaman Siddqui has been summoned and asked to tell his government to “strengthen” the presence of security personnel in all Bangladesh missions in his country.Siddqui met the director general of South Asia Wing on Wednesday…
Egypt: Court Names 1,500 to Terrorist List
An Egyptian criminal court decision on January 12, 2017, designating about 1,500 citizens “terrorists” for their alleged assistance to the Muslim Brotherhood reflects the authorities’ indiscriminate use of broad counterterrorism laws, Human Rights Watch said today. Using these laws to…
2 IS suspects of Bangladeshi origin held in Malaysia
Dhaka, Jan 24 – The Special Branch of Malaysia police arrested two Bangladeshi young men from Kuala Lampur on Thursday for their alleged connection with Islamic State (IS).
Gulshan attack ‘mastermind’ Rajib makes ‘confession’
Dhaka, Jan 23 (UNB) – Jahangir Alam alias Rajib Gandhi, a top Neo-JMB leader and the mastermind of the Gulshan terror attack, reportedly made confession before a court here on Monday.
2 trucks torched by miscreants in Rangamati hill district
Dhaka, Jan 23 – Miscreants set afire two trucks in Betchhari area of Nannerchar upazila of Rangamati on Saturday morning.
War crimes quest against Bangalee army officers
The International Crimes Tribunal’s investigation agency has launched an inquiry into alleged war crimes committed by the then Bengali officers of the Pakistan Army in 1971, bdnews24.com reported Sunday. Two persons have already been accused of crimes against humanity committed…