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16 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Monday, July 16, 2012

The sudden announcement that North Korea’s military chief was relieved of his duties for health reasons has spurred rumors about a possible power struggle. Cambodia and Thailand have announced that they will redeploy some of the troops stationed at the Preah Vihar temple from Wednesday onwards, to comply with last year’s order of the ICJ. Maritime disputes between China and Japan and China and the Philippines continue. Foreign Policy points out that China was caught red-handed with a naval frigate that had run aground Friday. The highest...

25 Jun Weekday News Wrap: June 25, 2012

Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, is declared the winner in the Egyptian Presidential Election. Turkey has invoked article 4 of the NATO Charter to arrange consultations on its response after Syria shot down a Turkish fighter plane. Turkish warplanes have been busy this weekend, carrying out nine air strikes on PKK targets in Northern Iraq. Additionally, 33 members of the Syrian army are said to have defected to Turkey. The Paraguayan President was impeached on Friday. In response to this “parliamentary coup“, various neighbouring...

12 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Monday, November 12, 2012

The EU has welcomed progress made late last week by the International Civil Aviation Organization on a the regulation of global aviation greenhouse gas emissions. Syrian opposition groups have agreed to unite and have chosen Moaz al-Khatib as their leader. Spillovers of the conflict have meanwhile affected Israeli presence in the Golan Heights. At an emergency ECOWAS summit, West African leaders have agreed to send a military force to Mali to combat Islamist militants. Russia will join an international investigation to determine the cause of death of...

31 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Friday, August 31, 2012

France and the United Kingdom reported at the Security Council that all options are on the table regarding Syria. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday that he will speak on Iran at the UN General Assembly in a speech next month. An IAEA report has indicated that Iran has increased its stockpiles of enriched uranium and has doubled its centrifuges. Approximately 80% of the internally displaced persons from a camp in North Darfur have returned to the camp after recent violence in the area. Foreign Policy...

07 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has defected from what he terms the “terrorist regime” of President Bashar al-Assad, while violence rages on in Aleppo. IPS offers an insight into what these high-level defections mean for Syria’s future. Syria is also losing support of its ally Iran, whose Foreign Minister will visit Turkey today to discuss the situation in Syria and the capture of Iranian nationals. Hilary Clinton is visiting South Africa, where Syria will also be on the agenda. Also in South Africa, former Irish President and...

24 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Syria has rejected the bid from the Arab League offering an exit for President Al-Assad. Syria has warned of a chemical attack on invaders, according to Al Jazeera. Reuters reports that the West has warned Syria about their use. Foreign Policy analyzes the origin of the confusion surrounding whether and how Syria has threatened to use these weapons. Foreign Policy also offers a context piece entitled The Fog of Civil War, giving more insight into the complicated ongoing conflict. World markets have plummeted amid Eurozone fears, though...

20 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The ICJ has ruled against Nicaragua in the territorial and maritime dispute it had filed against Colombia, and rejected claims that Colombia violated international law. International pressure to reach a ceasefire after six days of conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza strip is building and there are signs that Israel is open to a diplomatic solution in which Egypt is bound to play a central role. President Obama has met his Chinese counterpart arguing for co-operation on to establish rules governing trade and investment. The...

20 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, December 20, 2012

Al Qaeda has staged a comeback in Syria, posing a dilemma for the opposition fighting to remove President Bashar al-Assad and making the West balk at military backing for the revolt. The United Nations Security Council members, except for the United States, have condemned Israel’s latest plans to construct thousands of settlement homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The UN Security Council also strongly condemned the ongoing attacks and atrocities carried out by the Lord’s Resistance Army and urged that the UN regional strategy designed...

06 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, June 6, 2012

More news in targeted strikes, complementing our book symposium this week: US officials claim that Abu Yahyi al-Libi, a high-level al-Qaeda militant, was killed in a CIA drone strike in northern Pakistan yesterday, despite Pakistan’s urging the US to stop the targeted killing program. A strike in Afghanistan aimed at a top-level official killed him as well as six Taliban fighters nearby but also killed 16 others, including women and children. The Guardian reports on warnings by a former CIA counter-terrorism official that the US drone attacks...

02 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, August 2, 2012

Syria’s president Al-Assad has praised the government forces, but is keeping a low profile. US president Obama has signed a secret order to provide support to rebel forces in Syria. A video has emerged of men, allegedly loyal to the Syrian regime, being lined up in Aleppo being shot point-blank by rebel forces. In a recent report, Amnesty International has accused members of Syria’s government of committing crimes against humanity in the current conflict. Reuters offers an analysis proffering that there is no good outcome to the...

28 Mar Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly accepted Kofi Annan’s six points peace plan, but the US Ambassador to Syria expressed skepticism that Assad’s words would translate into deeds. Navi Pillay has told the BBC that the Syrian forces are targeting children. UN estimates put the civilian death toll in Syria at over 9000. Iran announces that it will hold nuclear talks with the P5 and Germany on April 13, possibly in Istanbul, although the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, and the...

30 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, August 30, 2012

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni has said that Iran will never pursue a nuclear weapon, but will not give up its right to peaceful energy at the summit for the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has asked the leaders of Iran at the summit to prove that the nuclear development in their country is for peaceful ends. At this same meeting, the president of Egypt is present for the first time since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and he praised the “brave”...