Controversial plans for the military to opt out from the European convention on human rights (ECHR) during future conflicts will be introduced by ministers, to see off what the prime minister described as an “industry of vexatious claims” against soldiers. The long-mooted idea will be announced on Tuesday at the Conservative party conference by Theresa …
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On 27th October, Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank threw stones at Palestinian schoolchildren in the village of al-Tuwani. Shared video shows, the soldiers lob stones towards the children, including with a slingshot. According to the video, they are the ones who are supposed to protect the children from attacks by Israeli settlers in …
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Germany’s top criminal and private court, the Bundesgerichtshof, on Thursday ruled that the state need not compensate relatives of the victims of a 2009 airstrike in Afghanistan called in by a German general. The strike, against an oil tanker believed to have fallen into insurgent hands, killed around 100 civilians who had gathered around the …
The journalist named Gaspard Glanz, a founder of Taranis News , was taken into custody while he was taking photo of Police Violence in Calais Jungle. He said he was shocked, and he considers this incident against freedom of press. He was kept under surveillance for 30 hours. He was released on 27th October. However …
The Israeli military say their navy has detained a boat bound for Gaza, captained by a woman from Hobart carrying pro-Palestine women activists. Activist organisation Freedom Flotilla Coalition said the boat was seized in international waters, making this an act of piracy. The group is calling for Israel to end its blockade of Gaza, which …
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Scores of demonstrators were arrested on Tuesday as U.S. fast-food and airport workers led nationwide ‘Fight for $15’ protests calling for higher pay and union rights in their first major action since Donald Trump was elected president. Trump, an international property developer and reality TV star with no government experience, swept into power with promises …
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Donald Trump’s election victory means the Palestinian people will never have a state of their own, a Right-wing Israeli government minister has said as he hailed the demise of a “two-state solution” in the Middle East. Naftali Bennett, Israel’s education minister, is a champion of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and released a …
Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said rebel-held parts of Aleppo had received no aid since the beginning of July, and food was becoming scarce. Supplies provided by the World Food Programme ran out on 13 November and aid from other agencies is dwindling, “effectively leaving eastern Aleppo city without food,” he said. The UN said it is …
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ANTI-IMMIGRANT arsonists are suspected of trying to burn down a ‘new Sangatte’ centre for the homeless in one of the most upmarket areas of Paris. The attack on the £4m buildings – which opened in the 16th arrondissement on Saturday – happened while families were inside, including young children. It is the second attack on …
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) Executive Council (EC) adopted by vote a decision that expresses grave concern about and condemns in the strongest possible terms the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic, calls on all parties identified in the OPCW-United Nations (UN) Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) reports as …
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