John J. Xenakis - Page 21

Contents: Shia militias in Iraq may or may not be attacking Tal Afar near Mosul; ISIS using tens of thousands of men, women and children as human shields in Mosul; Conflicts among ethnic groups lead to chaos in Mosul operation

Contents: Thousands of refugees hide from French police as Calais ‘Jungle’ refugee camp is demolished; Destruction of Calais camp called ‘really dangerous’ for children

Contents: Spain blocks Russia fleet refueling stop over planned bombing in Aleppo Syria; The Gambia follows Burundi and S. Africa in leaving the International Criminal Court

Contents: Pakistan reels after 60 young police cadets killed in terror attack in Balochistan; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) may be getting revenge for police attack on leader

Contents: South Africa’s withdrawal throws future of International Criminal Court into doubt; Is the ICC racially biased against Africans?; The fallacy of prosecuting war crimes

Contents: Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte in comic dance with China; Duterte’s statement generates backlash at home; Philippines president Duterte apparently cedes Scarborough Shoal to China

Contents: France to demolish ‘The Jungle’ migrant camp in Calais; Italy struggles with the ‘mini-Calais’ refugee camp in Ventimiglia

Contents: Unrealistic expectations surround the battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS; Turkey views Iraq and Syria through the lens of World War I and the Ottoman Empire

Contents: Egypt votes for two contradictory UN Security Council proposals on Syria; Saudis retaliate against Egypt, which may turn to Iran for oil

Contents: Turkey and Iraq in dispute over Turkish participation in Mosul operation; Turkey views the Mosul operation as a security threat to Turkey; ISIS may be given a chance to escape to Syria

Contents: Iraq begins battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS; Sectarian violence may interfere with recapture of Mosul

Contents: Pakistan and India in farcical dispute over ‘surgical strikes’ in Kashmir; Farce continues, as Pakistan involves the German embassy

Contents: EU president Donald Tusk tells Britain: ‘Hard Brexit or No Brexit’; Scotland considers new referendum to leave Britain and rejoin the EU

Contents: Thailand mourns as Massachusetts-born King Bhumibol Adulyadej dies; As unpopular crown prince becomes King, Thailand’s stability is questioned; Today’s musical entertainment: The March of the Siamese Children

Contents: UN report on Burundi documents massive human rights violations; Burundi lawmakers vote to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Contents: Nine Myanmar (Burma) police killed in coordinated attacks on Bangladesh border posts; Fears grow of new wave of Buddhist vs Rohingya communal violence

Contents: Turkey’s Erdogan and Russia’s Putin sign TurkStream gas pipeline deal; Turkey-Russia TurkStream deal based on pragmatism rather than reconciliation

Contents: Ethiopia declares extraordinary six-month state of emergency; Oromo protests grow after hundreds killed during Irreecha (thanksgiving) festival; Ethiopia’s ‘kebele’ system imposes heavy government repression and control; Manufacture of Ivanka Trump’s shoes will move from China to Ethiopia

Contents: New Anti-India violence erupts in Kashmir after police kill 12-year-old boy; Indian media increasingly accepts the ‘indigenous’ nature of the Kashmir protests

Contents: Russian Trolls; Popularity of Bashar al-Assad; Russian shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17; The future of the Mideast

Contents: UN envoy Staffan de Mistura ask al-Nusra fighters to leave Aleppo; Staffan de Mistura predicts total destruction of Aleppo by Christmas

Contents: Russia continues large air defense military buildup in Syria; Concerns about possible US-Russia military conflict continue to grow

Contents: Mongolia in economic crisis asks the IMF for a bailout; Mongolia signs new mining deal with Rio Tinto for future growth

Contents: United States ends diplomatic talks with Russia over Syria; Russia accuses US of sabotaging ceasefire and ‘allying with terror’

Contents: Relations between India and Pakistan continue to deteriorate; India boycotts regional SAARC meeting in order to isolate Pakistan; Terrorists attack another Indian army base in Kashmir; India and Pakistan threaten war over Indus River water rights

Contents: Leaked John Kerry audio reveals bitter Obama administration disagreements; Concerns growing of a military showdown between US and Russia in Syria

Contents: France’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle begins assault on ISIS in Mosul; UN says Mosul could be ‘largest man-made disaster in many years’

Contents: Pakistan expected to retaliate after India invades Pakistani soil in Kashmir; China threatens Japan, South Korea and U.S. all in one day

Contents: Wells Fargo found to have defrauded millions of customers; Reasons given why no criminal prosecutions of bankers for criminal fraud

Contents: ISIS losing territory in Iraq and Syria; Pyrrhic victory over ISIS could create a ‘terrorist diaspora’

Contents: Russian warplanes drop phosphorus bombs and bunker buster bombs on Aleppo; Comparisons of Syria civil war to Sri Lanka civil war; US, UK, UN officials accuse Syria and Russia of barbarism and war crimes

Contents: Writer Nahed Hattar, accused of blasphemy, gunned down in Amman, Jordan; Nahed Hattar shooting exposes Jordan’s secularist vs Muslim Brotherhood fault line

Contents: Surge of nearly 40,000 Haitians on their way to California; How Haitians travel to the United States; Illinois Rep Luis V. Gutiérrez demands TPS status for Ecuadorians

Contents: Syria’s al-Assad goes for the kill, turning Aleppo and civilians to bloody rubble; Responses to reader comments

Contents: Turkey’s Erdogan blames the EU for reneging on the refugee deal; With Turkey ‘left alone,’ Erdogan announces refugee plan conflicting with US plans; A major new flood of refugees starting to flee from Mosul in Iraq

Contents: Pakistan-India tensions again surge as Pakistan demands independence for Kashmir; Pakistan ejects Indian journalist from New York press conference