Bernie Sanders Taps Prominent Critics of Israel for Democratic Platform Committee
(JTA) — The Democratic Party platform drafting committee is top heavy with veterans of political battles over Israel — some friendly, some critical, and including at least one major backer of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The Democratic National Committee named the committee on Monday, a day after reports emerged that Bernie Sanders, an Independent senator from Vermont running for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, wants the platform to elevate the issue of Palest..>> view originalPhilippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos to get hero's burial, Rodrigo Duterte says
Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos to get hero's burial, Rodrigo Duterte says Updated May 24, 2016 11:27:08 Philippines president-elect Rodrigo Duterte says he will allow the body of dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at a heroes' cemetery. Mr Duterte also said he would pardon ex-president Gloria Arroyo, who is being detained at a military hospital while on trial for graft and vote fraud.The announcements by Mr Duterte, who takes office on June 30, are sure to en..>> view originalInaugural humanitarian summit underway without MSF
Governments, businesses, and aid groups are in Turkey to discuss the responses to what the United Nations has declared to be the worst humanitarian crisis the world has seen since World War Two. The start of the first ever World Humanitarian Summit has been marked by the withdrawal of a leading international medical charity. The opening of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul. Some 6,000 participants from 150 UN member states are taking part. It includes 57 heads of state or government. Ge..>> view originalISIS ramps up brutal suicide bombings
SYRIA: Scores Killed in Multiple Explosions in Latakia Province May 230:53At least 45 people were killed in multiple explosions that hit the city of Jableh, Latakia province, on May 23, according to the Syrian state agency SANA. Local reports said that one of the explosions hit a bus station in the city and another hit a national hospital there. This video was posted to a pro-regime Facebook community page, the Jableh News Network. The related Damascus News Network also posted the video, an..>> view originalNorth Korea official rejects Trump meeting with Kim Jong-un as 'nonsense'
A senior North Korean official has dismissed Donald Trump’s proposal to meet the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, as a “kind of propaganda or advertisement” in the election race. Last week, Trump said he would be willing to talk to the North Korean leader to try to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear program, proposing a major shift in US policy toward the isolated nation. Related: At last a good idea from Donald Trump: dialogue with North Korea | Aidan Foster-Carter “It is up to the decision of my..>> view originalIndia to invest $500 million to develop Chabahar Port to bypass Pakistan into Central Asia, Europe
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Afghanistan Prime Minister Ashraf Ghani after signing the trilateral agreement to set up the historic Chabahar port in South Eastern Iran. (PTI). 25; 0; 1; 26. Tue, 24 May 2016-10 ...>> view original12 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide, many more missing: officials
12 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide, many more missing: officials Updated May 24, 2016 18:58:19 At least 12 people have died in a landslide in a remote jade mining region of northern Myanmar and many more are missing, officials say, in the latest deadly accident to hit the shadowy but lucrative industry Key points:Another deadly landslide has hit the jade mining region of northern MyanmarMore than 100 died in a landslide in the same region late last yearThe lucrativ..>> view originalObama to speak to Vietnam activists
Simsek Retains Deputy Premier Position in Turkey's Cabinet
Mehmet Simsek retained his position as Turkey’s deputy premier in a cabinet list announced by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Tuesday. The lira gained.Yildirim announced the line-up after a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. The former Merrill Lynch strategist was central to the unspoken truce between Erdogan, and investors, who tolerated the president’s quest for more power as long as people trusted by the markets ran the economy. Nihat Zeybekci, who has publicly supporte..>> view originalEgyptAir plane 'did not swerve'
First funerals held for Egyptair victims2:24The funeral has taken place of an air stewardess who died when EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed. Image from the official Facebook page of the Egyptian Military showing search teams looking for debris in the Mediterranean Sea. Picture: AFP/Egyptian Military Facebook page.Staff writers, Robyn IronsideNews Corp Australia NetworkAN OFFICIAL says the black box from the EgyptAir jet will be analysed in Egypt amid new claims the plane did not swerve and change ..>> view original
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