Iraq's parliament approves new government
Iraq's parliament has officially named Haider al-Abbadi the country's new prime minister and approved most of his minister candidates. The defence and interior minister posts were left empty after the vote. Outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was given ...
Iraq PM-designate pledges to resolve disputes with Kurds
Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi premier-designate Haidar al-Abadi on Monday pledged to resolve disputes with the country's autonomous Kurdish region that had jeopardised their participation in his government. "My government is committed to solve all suspended issues ...
New U.N. rights boss warns of "house of blood" in Iraq, Syria
GENEVA (Reuters) - The new U.N. human rights chief urged world powers on Monday to protect women and minorities targeted by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, saying the fighters were trying to create a "house of blood". Jordan's Zeid Ra'ad al ...
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Your RSS feed from RSSFWD.com. Update your RSS subscription Notizie Mondo - Yahoo Notizie Le ultime notizie dal Mondo su Yahoo Notizie. Leggi le ultime news di cronaca e attualità arricchite da foto e video. Iraq: approvato governo al Abadi, ma incarichi sicurezza vacanti Ucraina, accordo stati Ue s ...
Falling Apart
A few blog readers will know to whom I refer , but out of internet modesty I will content myself with the relative anonymity of writing that I was recently in a meeting with a Government Minister. The purpose of the meeting was itself interesting (and not at all confidential). What caught my attenti ...
100 Days into Egypts Post-Turmoil State
.. and the ‘military Junta’ has succeeded to reassure Egyptians and foreigners alike that life goes on at the banks of the river Nile. The elected ‘dictator’ Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi – this is, how the press, foreign and partly local, would like to see the president of Egypt perceived as, wastes no time ...
Isis – A modern revolutionary force?
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/pov/pov_20140711-2100a.mp3 Philosopher and author John Gray argues that the Sunni extremist group Isis (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) is actually more of a modern revolutionary force than a reactionary one intent on a reversion to mediaeval values. ...
