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Khalil Khan
Joined on: Apr 23, 2014 Published stories: 282

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5 UN observers released in Syria after kidnapping

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

A convoy of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), consisting of six inspectors and five Syrian driver, suffered an attack this Monday in northern Syria. The convoy consisted of four UN vehicles was heading to the town of Taibet al- Imam, on the outskirts of the northern province of Hama, to investigate […]

French PM Unhappy over National Front Victory in European Elections

French far-right Marine Le Pen

The European elections have devastated the French political landscape. The first victory in a national election National Front in its 52 year history has placed the socialist government and the conservative opposition in a situation of extreme weakness, and France in the black hole of a continent ravaged by the crisis and the inability of […]

Flemish nationalists win the Belgian general election

Flemish nationalists win the Belgian general election

The Belgian political scene has taken a new twist that could lead to another crisis of governance. The Flemish nationalist party N -VA Sunday proclaimed winner of the federal elections, with a comfortable margin, and aspires to lead a coalition government in the country. With about 95 % of polling stations tallied, the Flemish regionalist […]

The pro-Russian rebels take Donetsk airport

rebels take Donetsk airport

Early Monday morning, dozens of pro-Russian militia armed with assault rifles have broken into the Sergei Prokofiev Donetsk, the capital of the People’s Republic eponymous self-declared International Airport. The aerodrome has been evacuated and closed and all flights canceled to ensure safety, said spokesman same Dmitro Kosinov. “There are armed men inside the enclosure, plenty […]

Egyptians vote in presidential elections between resignation and fear

Egyptian elections 2014

Egyptian presidential advertised around Cairo with a huge signage that, although it is well diverse revealed from day one who has everything to gain in the voting on Monday and Tuesday. Almost all banners, signs and posters in the capital of Egypt show only the candidate Abdel Fatah to Sisi. Next to Tahrir Square, the […]

‘Atmosphere of terror’ dominates election day in Donetsk

Donetsk elections

Initial estimates of the Central Electoral Commission in the two rebel regions of eastern Ukraine on the number of voters who could be deprived of exercising their right in the presidential elections in Donetsk and Lugansk – two million – may fall short to judge by the and bolted closure of polling stations, many guarded […]

“Our girls work hard, and are very good players” – Nani Guiu

coach Nani Guiu

Female waterpolo teams CN Sabadell and MatarĂ³ have played this Saturday at the Pool Can Llong the second of three play-off matches of the Spanish League. The victory (11-7), and played an exciting game, which came to rest with six tie. The girls of the Maresme, led by Ru Tarrago, braved the super champions and […]

Israel and Palestine accept invitation for peace dialogue in Vatican

israel and palestine

From Amman to Bethlehem, helicopter, without stepping on Israeli land, Pope Francis started his second day in the Holy Land in the same way the first ended: invoking the need for a peaceful and urgent to peace process. “I encourage the Palestinian and Israeli peoples and their respective authorities,” said Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the […]

Khalifa Hifter – A Libyan General against Islamization?

Retired-Libyan-Army-general Khalifa Hiftar

Libya has erupted and the last trigger for this umpteenth spiral of violence and chaos has been retired Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who on Sunday led a coup attempt against the parliament elected in 2011 after the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Hifter is far from a rookie and is reaping many unexpected support. Has a […]

Germany’s selective immigration Policy

Germany immigration policy

Germany not only exerts economic locomotive of Europe, but has become the second magnet for talent in the world after the United States. After years of dispute in which large segments of opinion regarded immigration as a problem for the welfare state and a threat to national identity, the discourse changed substantially since 2004. It […]

Small protests against military intervention in Thailand

Thailand army chief

Unlike what would happen in almost any other country, in Thailand the street life continues as normal after the army chief, General Prayuth Chan- ocha and his men give Thursday a coup. Anyone take a walk along Friday afternoon through downtown Bangkok that Thai would not know the news of the coup have taken power. […]

Polls discussed State of European unity

European Unity

UK and the Netherlands, two of the countries where anti-European populism have penetrated, began Thursday ‘s marathon elections that have been summoned 380 million voters in 28 countries to discuss the state of European unity. The elections to the European Parliament, the date the most important polls next year with the recent elections in India, […]

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