N. Korean diplomat: UN command on peninsula is U.S. front and needs to be dismantled now
By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The last time Ambassador Sin Son-ho of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) held a press conference at the UN was 2010, after South Korea accused Pyongyang of sinking one of its naval ships. So when he appeared June 21 before the UN press corps, the house was packed with scribes, television...
‘Butcher of Bosnia’ won’t escape life in prison for murdering of Muslims
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Ratko Mladic, the military chief known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” for orchestrating genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Balkan nation’s 1992-95 war, lost his final legal battle when UN judges rejected his appeals and affirmed his life sentence. The June 8 ruling involving his 2017 convictions and sentence closed a grim chapter in European...
Mozambique crisis fueled by corporate, government greed not Isis
Recent attacks by armed insurgents, or Al-Shabab, near Mozambique’s $20 billion liquefied national gas project under development by French company Total SE may have more to do with a history of local grievances than a war by terrorists. A private security army has also been on the ground to protect the project and the interests of Total SE investors. The behavior...
Strong earthquake hits East Africa
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale shook Uganda's capital, Kampala, on Monday (1225 GMT). Hundreds of people evacuated office buildings and shopping malls in mainly medium rising buildings in the city center, and were largely seen assembled in open spaces waiting for further information. Meteorological reports said a magnitude of 6.8 also hit...
Protests build against genetically modified food
LONDON (IPS)–Protests were held around the world March 15 against genetically modified foods on World Consumer Rights Day. Protest meetings were held by about 250 consumer organizations under the wing of the London-based Consumers International. Meetings reportedly were held in many cities across Europe, Africa and Asia. In Jamaica, Consumers International launched a study into the prevalence...
Chinese, Palestinian presidents pledge to establish strategic partnership
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing where they agreed to establish a strategic partnership between the two countries. During the June 14 meeting, Xi said this partnership will mark a new stage in their relations that will build on their past achievements and open up new prospects for the future. China will work with...
Thai police use water cannon against protest outside parliament
Riot police in Thailand have used water cannons to disperse protesters trying to cut their way through razor wire hurdles outside the parliament in Bangkok as legislators debated a possible revision of the constitution. Police forces set up barricades outside the parliament building on Nov. 17 after hundreds of royalists earlier staged demonstrations to call on lawmakers not to amend...
Moroccans take to streets, call for end to Rabat’s normalization with Israel
Anger and resentment is brewing in Morocco against the butchers of the Palestinian children and those normalizing the savagery in the garb of lucrative military deals. Demonstrators in late November took to the streets in several cities across Morocco to protest Rabat’s normalization of ties with the Israeli regime and recent military agreements signed between the two sides. Moroccans, including activists and ordinary people,...
Myanmar: Cycle of ‘human rights violations and abuses’ continues, warns Bachelet
Still suffering from the devastating consequences of the February 2021 military coup, the UN rights chief said on June 14 that the people of Myanmar remain “trapped in a cycle of poverty and displacement, human rights violations and abuses.” “What we are witnessing today is the systematic and widespread use of tactics against civilians, in respect of which there are...
Over 330 million children worldwide living in extreme poverty
One in every six children is forced to survive on less than $2.15 a day, according to a new report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank released on September 13. The findings show that 333 million children worldwide are living in extreme poverty—a decrease of almost 50 million over the course of the past decade. However, the report’s authors say that...