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Taking to the streets to free ‘The Cuban ‘

FCN Full Coverage: The 'Cuban 5' NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) -  The men known as ‘The Cuban 5', Fernando Hernandez, Ramon Labanino Salazar, Renee Gonzalez, Antonio...

U.S. Ground Troops Possible in Anti-ISIS Battle

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS) - U.S. combat troops may be deployed against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) if the strategy announced by...

U.S. Foreign Policy: What is the greatest threat of them all?

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS)–The June stunning campaign by Sunni insurgents led by the radical Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) against the mainly...

UN warns: Iraq and her children face humanitarian crisis

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Senior United Nations officials have expressed “deep concern” about the humanitarian situation of an estimated one million people displaced so...

Palestinians gaining support for actions to join international community

By Saeed Shabazz-Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The Palestinian Authority presented UN officials the necessary documents to join 15 international conventions including Geneva Conventions...

Criticism of U.S. human rights record voiced during UN review

By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS - The United States met with criticism from human rights activists and analysts during a two-day review by the United...

Fall of Fallujah refocuses U.S. on Iraq

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON - Two years after the last U.S. combat soldiers left Iraq, the recent takeover of the Western city of Fallujah by the...

Motherland reality: As simple as drawing lines on a map

(FinalCall.com) - To show students how Africa was divvied up in 1885 by Europeans, I stood in front of my son Equiano's sixth...

UN sued for cholera, refuses to talk about it

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com)  - Haitian activist organizations remained true to their word by filing an early October class action complaint on behalf of five...

South African land redistribution is a ticking time bomb

(FinalCall.com) - With the “stroke” of a pen, passage of the June 19, 1913 Native Land Act legalized atrocities committed against South Africa's...