IFJ joins International Delegation calling on action on media freedom...
(Source: IFJ - International Federation of Journalists) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) joins the International Partnership Mission...
View ArticleEx-New York Senate leader, son face corruption trial
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son are set to face trial on Monday on charges the politician pressured companies doing business...
View ArticleSebastian Coe admits to IAAF shortcomings in anti-doping battle
IAAF president Sebastian Coe has admitted he should have seen the warning signs before athletics became engulfed in its current doping crisis. Coe acknowledged that he and his colleagues should have...
View Article‘Deliberate delay’ in relief to Bhopal gas survivors: NGOs
Non-Government Organisations working for the rights of the survivors of the Bhopal Gas disaster on Saturday alleged that there was “deliberate delay” by the state and the Central governments in...
View ArticleWorld Food Prize Laureate 2015 to deliver Bledisloe Lecture on the fight...
(Source: Royal Agricultural College) 16.11.15 The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is delighted to announce that the annual BledisloeMemorial Lecture on Friday 11 December (at 11am), will be...
View ArticleThe Missing Link In Africa Is Leadership
Dr Charles Buckman, a Motivational Speaker, has noted that the missing link in Africa is leadership with the youth being the solution. He has therefore advised the youth of Africa to be daring,...
View ArticleSwitzerland helps Slovenia and Croatia to cope with refugee crisis (Federal...
(Source: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation) Five SHA experts have been deployed to Slovenia and Croatia to help local organisations to cope with the refugee crisis. They...
View ArticleMan accused of shooting at cops disrupts court again
While waiting to make a brief court appearance Friday morning, the man accused of shooting at police officers from a top-floor condominium in San Diego's Bankers Hill neighborhood last week sang loudly...
View ArticleOSCE trains authorities and civil society in Kazakhstan on economic, social...
(Source: OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) KOKSHETAU, Kazakhstan, 16 November 2015 - Some 20 regional and city administration officials, civil society activists and trade...
View ArticleShutdown by Tamil parties hit Lanka's North, Eastern provinces
Sri Lanka's main Tamil party TNA and civil society organisations today observed a complete shutdown in the North and Eastern provinces over government's failure to release all political prisoners and...
View ArticleBig NGOs prepare to move south, but will it make a difference?
With Amnesty International and Oxfam looking to join ActionAid in moving more of their operations to Africa, will these steps be enough to transform the international aid system?...
View ArticlePresiding judge in Golden Dawn trial warns of releases from custody
The presiding judge in the ongoing trial of Golden Dawn politicians and supporters on Friday appealed to prosecution lawyers to speed up proceedings,...
View ArticlePope Should Press Iran Leader on Rights (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (London) – Pope Francis should press President Hassan Rouhani on the need to advance religious freedom in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today in a to Pope Francis...
View ArticleAnthony Mackie Belts Out ‘I Kissed a Girl’ in ‘Lip Sync Battle’ Sneak Peek...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anthony Mackie will face off in an upcoming holiday-themed episode of “Lip Sync Battle.” A new sneak peek shows Mackie strutting to Katy Perry‘s...
View ArticleVarious issues were discussed in today’s commissions (House of People of the...
(Source: House of People of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) Various issues were discussed in today's commissions The commission on Telecommunication and Transportation presided by Qais Hasan,...
View ArticleVienna talks agree on concrete calendar for transition in Syria
The discovery of a Syrian passport on an attacker in Paris has once again underlined the urgent need to begin a peace process in Syria which is facing a multi-cornered civil war since February 2011....
View ArticleStatement – Paris terrorist attack (Department of the Prime Minister and...
(Source: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet - Australian Government) Yet again we have seen a shocking terrorist attack in Paris. France, the home of freedom, has been assaulted by terrorists...
View ArticleParis terrorist attack (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet -...
(Source: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet - Australian Government) Yet again we have seen a shocking terrorist attack in Paris. France, the home of freedom, has been assaulted by terrorists...
View ArticleRomania to have technocrat Cabinet
BUCHAREST: Romania’s Prime Minister designate Dacian Ciolos announced a Cabinet of technocrats with a one-year term on Sunday including...
View ArticleCorruption and the long arm of Moscow in eastern Europe: a former Financial...
(Source: AEJ - Association of European Journalists) Saturday, November 14, 2015 Taking part in this year's AEJ annual conference in the ancient Saxon town of Sibiu, in the heart of Transylvania,...
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