Daily Archives: 9. November 2015


09.11.2015 - 21:47 [ Al-Bawaba ]

Egypt suspends, investigates news anchor for criticizing President Sisi

Social media, on the other hand, showed overhwhelming solidarity with Al-Henawy and condemned what they believe are the state‘s clear attempts to suppress press freedom.

Numerous human rights organizations have demanded the end of military trials for civilians, in light of the increasing number of violations and arrests of numerous journalists, including Al-Henawy.

09.11.2015 - 19:26 [ Democracy Now! ]

U. Missouri President Quits After Football Team Goes on Strike to Support Protests Against Racism

In a tweet Saturday, the players wrote: „The athletes of color on the University of Missouri football team truly believe ‚Injustice Anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere.‘ We will no longer participate in any football related activities until President Tim Wolfe resigns or is removed due to his negligence toward marginalized students’ experience.“

The move comes amid increasing protest over racial slurs and the appearance of a swastika drawn in feces in a dormitory. For a week, an African-American graduate student, Jonathan Butler, has been on hunger strike, and protesters have been camping out to support his call for Wolfe’s resignation.

09.11.2015 - 17:34 [ Radio Utopie ]

Aserbaidschan droht offen Armenien mit baldigem Krieg

Nun drohnte der aserbaidschanische Verteidigungsminster Zakir Hasanov heute ganz offen mit einer militärischen Lösung während der Truppenschau zum „Tag der Nationalflagge“. Dieser Tag, der 9.November, wurde von Präsident Ilham Aliyev zum gesetzlichen Feiertag erklärt.

09.11.2015 - 16:11 [ Gulf News ]

Sri Lanka minister quits over arms scandal

Sri Lanka‘s police minister resigned on Monday following allegations he tried to shield a private security firm under investigation for gun running and money laundering. Law and Order Minister Tilak Marapana said he quit to protect the government of

09.11.2015 - 12:50 [ Mondo Weiss ]

Obama administration will do nothing for Palestinians through end of term

Read over this conference call that high Obama aides had with the press Friday in preparation for tomorrow’s meeting of the president and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and you will see that the administration cannot even talk about the occupation. It will only issue bromides about the two-state solution in the distant future and “settlement building” — as if this even touches on the apartheid conditions Palestinians experience.

As you read these excerpts, reflect that Israeli forces just killed a 72-year-old woman deep in the occupied West Bank– 27 years after Israeli forces killed her husband in the occupied West Bank. Husband and wife were killed by occupying forces on lands that were supposed to be a Palestinian state.

09.11.2015 - 12:31 [ Keep Talking Greece ]

Greece, lenders stuck in disagreement over ‘red loans’, Tsipras speaks with Juncker, Merkel & Hollande

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras did not have time to join the Athens Marathon today Sunday. He stayed in his office instead and started calling around: European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Top on the agenda: the release of the 2 billion bailout tranche on Monday by the Eurogroup.

09.11.2015 - 12:22 [ Independent ]

CBI warns George Osborne on cuts to science and innovation budget

George Osborne is expected to announce today that four departments – Transport, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Communities and Local Government and the Treasury – have accepted cuts of 8 per cent a year for the next four years, but full details of where the axe will fall will be unveiled by the Chancellor on 25 November.

09.11.2015 - 12:21 [ Reuters ]

UK to boost intelligence staff to disrupt terror plots: Osborne

„I can confirm that over the next five years we will substantially increase the number of people across all three secret intelligence agencies who investigate, analyse and help disrupt terrorists plots,“ he said in a speech.

Osborne added that Prime Minister David Cameron would provide further details at the end of the government‘s defence spending review on Nov. 23.

09.11.2015 - 12:20 [ Asharq al-Awsat ]

Jordan denies Syrian rebels trained for Damascus attack on its territory

(23.2.2014) Jordanian and US armed forces regularly conduct joint exercises in the country throughout the year, and Jordan established a training center for Special Forces and anti-terrorism units in Yajouz, north of Amman, in addition to a police training center in Al-Muwaqqar, east of Amman, where the two centers trained Palestinian Authority forces as well as forces from Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and other countries.

09.11.2015 - 12:10 [ Sputnik ]

Syrische Armee befreit strategisch wichtigen Ort in West-Syrien

Die syrische Armee hatte bereits vor einem Monat versucht, die Terrormiliz al-Nusra-Front aus Gmam zu verdrängen. Doch damals konnten sich die Terroristen dank den tiefen Tunnels und Bunkern zur Wehr setzen. Diesmal startete die syrische Armee ihre Offensive erst, nachdem die russische Luftwaffe mit 250 Kilo schweren Bomben die unterirdischen Anlagen der Terroristen zerstört sowie diesen den Nachschub aus Rabbia abgeschnitten hatte.

09.11.2015 - 12:08 [ Syrian Arab News Agency ]

The army kills terrorists, destroys al-Nusra positions in Daraa

An army unit destroyed positions for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in an intensive operation on their hideouts in the eastern neighborhood of Busra al-Sham city, 40km east of Daraa city, a military source told SANA on Monday.

Another army unit targeted the terrorists’ gatherings in Atman town, 4 km north of Daraa city, killing a number of terrorist and destroying many hideouts with all arms and ammunition inside.

09.11.2015 - 12:05 [ Mondo Weiss ]

All Israeli politics is local — it’s American

The Republican pandering to Israel and its US supporters is obvious. Hillary Clinton’s pandering is obvious, too, and more to the point. Her recent pledge to host Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House during her first month as President sounds, well, presidential. As the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination and the odds-on favorite to win the presidency, Clinton is the one to watch.

09.11.2015 - 12:02 [ ABC News ]

Venezuela Says US Intelligence Plane Violated Airspace

Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said Sunday the Dash-8 aircraft flew out of Curacao, a Dutch island not far off Venezuela‘s Caribbean coast. He said that during a 30-minute period the plane twice entered Venezuelan airspace over the tiny archipelago of Los Monjes on Friday while performing what appeared to be a reconnaissance mission in the Gulf of Venezuela, which is also bounded by Colombia.