• Kurdistan officials discuss self-determination in Washington

    Jul 05
    The Kurdistan president’s chief of staff, Faud Hussein, briefed American diplomats on Washington on plans to hold an independence referendum last week.

    “We spoke with Americans about self-determination, and self-determination that is done through a referendum, said Faud Hussein speaking to Rudaw on Thursday.
  • Former Argentine military officers sentenced to life in murder case

    Two former senior military officers have been found guilty of the murder of Bishop Enrique Angelelli in 1976, shortly after the junta seized power in Argentina.

    Former army General Luciano Benjamin Menendez and former Vice-Commodore Luis Fernando Estrella were sentenced to life in prison for the killing.

  • Guatemala sentences former rebel leader for civil war killings

    The former leader of a left-wing militant group in Guatemala has been sentenced to 90 years for his involvement in killings of government supporters.

    Fermin Felipe Solano was found guilty of the killing of 22 pro-government farmers, the first time a civil war rebel leader has been convicted for crimes, reported the BBC.

  • Organisers of pro-democracy protests in Hong-Kong arrested
    Five members of a Hong-Kong based activist group that organised a mass pro-democracy rally last week, were arrested Friday reports The Independent.

    The members of the Civil Human Rights Front, based in Hong-Kong, said that the charges, of violating traffic safety, they were arrested on were politically motivated.
  • Hamas ‘ready’ for ceasefire

    The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday that it is ready for a ceasefire in Gaza, if Israeli air raids on the territory were stopped.

    Dozens of rockets and mortar attacks have been directed at Israel from the Gaza strip, as tensions escalated after the discovery of three Israeli teenagers and a suspected revenge killing which left a Palestinian child dead.

  • Russian court charges Ukrainian officials of committing war crimes against separatists
    A court in Moscow this week ordered Russian authorities to seek the arrest of a Ukrainian governor and billionaire for responsibility of war crimes committed against civilians during the unrest in southeast Ukraine.

    See full report here.
  • Survivors launch genocide lawsuit against Paraguay
    A tribe in South America is suing the government of Paraguay for an alleged genocide carried out against them in the 1960s, reports The Times.

    The

  • Curfew declared in Myanmar city, amid Buddhist-Muslim clashes
    Authorities in Myanmar declared a curfew in the country's second largest city on Thursday, Mandalay, reports the BBC, after Buddhists and Muslims clashed for the second night.

    The curfew bans gatherings of more than five people from 9pm till 5am.
  • Palestinian teenager killed, revenge attack suspected
    10:53 BST

    The body of a Palestinian youth was found dead on Wednesday in what is suspected to be a revenge attack, following the killing of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank.

    "In the early hours of Wednesday morning, police received a report of a person being forced into a car in Beit Hanina," the Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri told AFP.

    "Within an hour, a body was found in Jerusalem that has still not been identified. We are looking to see if there is a connection between the two incidents."

    Local residents identified the youth as a 16 year old boy named Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir, stating that he was kidnapped into a car by three [Israeli] settlers, the Times of Israel reported.

    According to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot, the body was "charred, and showed signs of violence".

    A senior official of the Fatah movement, led by the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, told Reuters that the Israeli government must take responsibility for the killing.

    "The Israeli government bears responsibility for Jewish terrorism and for the kidnapping and murder in occupied Jerusalem," the official, Dmitry Diliani, said.

    The suspected revenge attack meanwhile sparked clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian youth in East Jerusalem, with police firing rubber bullets and using tear gas, reported Al Jazeera and the BBC. 

    An emotionally charged funeral took place on Tuesday, as the Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu declared a national day of morning.

  • India summons US diplomats over NSA spying
    New Delhi summoned senior US diplomats, after leaked documents revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) was authorised to spy on the ruling party, BJP in 2010.

    Describing the spying activities as "unacceptable", New Delhi "sought an assurance from the US that it won't happen again," reported NDTV.
  • Eritrean leader reported to Swedish police as new law is passed

    A new law, making crimes committed abroad prosecutable under Swedish law, has been used to take action against several Eritrean leaders, including President Isaias Afewerki, reported Al Jazeera.

  • Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza after 3 missing teenagers found dead
    updated 10:58 GMT

    Israel launched air strikes over Gaza on Tuesday, hours after Israeli sources said the bodies of three missing teenagers had been found in the West Bank, reports Reuters.
  • Kurdish leader plans referendum on independence from Iraq

    The president of the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq has spoken of his intentions to hold a referendum for Kurdish independence from Iraq.

  • Thousands march through Hong-Kong to demand democratic reform
    Tens of thousands of protesters in Hong-Kong joined a pro-democracy march through the city Tuesday, a day after the city voted in a referendum for democratic reform, reports The Guardian.
  • Hong Kong votes for democratic reform in referendum
    A public referendum held in Hong Kong for democratic reform, registered over 800,000 votes today, reports AlJazeera.
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