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Saturday, 30 August 2014 01:00
Iraq: Australian involvement?
Australian warplanes could be involved in military action in Syria and Iraq. The New York Times has reported Obama administration officials saying the president is close to deciding to authorise further airstrikes against Islamic State forces…
Saturday, 30 August 2014 01:00
USA: Ferguson protests organised by ‘Hands Up United’
Protests over Michael Brown’s shooting travelled to St Louis on Tuesday as demonstrators pressed for reforms to local and federal laws They were organised under the banner of Hands Up United, who on their website state…
Saturday, 30 August 2014 01:00
Iraq: ISIS continues to give believers ultimatum, ‘convert or die’
ISIS has been giving non-Muslims in Iraq three options - leave, convert or die since June. Only 25 Christians remain in Mosul; 9 have converted to Islam, and the rest are paying a tax for non-Muslims.…
Saturday, 30 August 2014 01:00
Armenia: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict still alive and dangerous
There has been escalation of tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan with violence on the contact line causing deep concerns of renewed fighting between the two countries who have been at loggerheads since the collapse of the…
Saturday, 30 August 2014 01:00
Nigeria: Scores more killed
In the early hours of Monday morning scores of people were killed by Boko Haram militants shooting sporadically on the residents of Gamborun Ngala, a community which shares its border with Cameroon. A survivor, Abdulfatah Ibrahim,…
Friday, 22 August 2014 01:00
Israel: Day 44 of violence
A five-day truce expired on 19 August, the 43rd day of Operation Protective Edge, and the sides agreed a 24-hour extension amid conflicting reports on the progress of talks on a long-term Israel-Hamas deal. But rockets…