October 2016 – Page 43 – odiaspora.org

La UE insta al Líbano a abolir la pena de muerte

10 October 2016

Aunque “el Líbano no aplica esa condena desde 2004, se continúa sentenciando a ese castigo”, por lo que instó a las autoridades a “adoptar una ley que confirme la moratoria existente sobre la pena de muerte con miras a su abolición. La representante de la […]

Krieg den Kirchen und Minaretten

10 October 2016

Kriegsgedächtnis …..August 1989 BEIRUT liegt im Koma. Die „Stadt ohne Hoffnung“ brennt. „Nächte des Wahnsinns und des Todes“, nannte eine christliche Radiostation die endlosen Artillerie-Duelle, in denen Schulen, Hospitäler, Wohnungen und Geschäfte in Flammen aufgehen. „Beirut wird dem Erdboden gleichgemacht“, drohte Drusenfürst Walid Dschumblat, während […]

Pope names new group of cardinals, adding to potential successors

10 October 2016

Pope Francis on Sunday promoted 17 Roman Catholic prelates from around the world to the high rank of cardinal, including 13 who are under 80 years old and thus eligible to succeed him one day. Cardinals, who wear red hats and are known as “princes […]

Russia says U.S. actions threaten its national security

10 October 2016

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday he had detected increasing U.S. hostility towards Moscow and complained about what he said was a series of aggressive U.S. steps that threatened Russia’s national security. In an interview with Russian state TV likely to worsen already […]

Russia Blocks Aleppo Cease-fire Resolution at UN

10 October 2016

UNITED NATIONS — Russia on Saturday vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution seeking to end the deadly bombing of Aleppo, Syria. It was the fifth time in five years that Moscow has used its veto to block U.N. action aimed at stopping the bloodshed. […]

An unusually dark, bitter face-off

10 October 2016

Debate takes the low road as attacks and slurs dominate Reeling from the release of a 2005 video of him bragging about forcing himself on women, Donald Trump leveled a stream of harsh charges at Hillary Clinton and promised to send her to jail. Clinton […]

1,000s of Yemenis rally outside local UN office after deadly airstrike blamed on Saudi-led coalition

10 October 2016

Tens of thousands of angry protesters, many of whom were armed, took to the streets of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, to protest an airstrike on a funeral ceremony that left over 150 dead and hundreds injured and call for an investigation. Demonstrators at a massive rally […]

Western-backed coalition under pressure over Yemen raid

10 October 2016

An air strike on a funeral gathering, widely blamed on Saudi-led warplanes, poses more trouble for a Western-backed Arab campaign against Yemen’s Houthis that has long been criticized for civilian losses. The White House announced an immediate review of Washington’s support for the 18-month-old military […]

US Will ‘Jump at the Opportunity’ to Ditch Saudis After Bombing of Yemen Funeral

10 October 2016

Saudi Arabia is “out of control,” and only withdrawal of US support can stop its devastating bombing campaign in Yemen, Alexander Azadgan, a Professor of Strategic Global Management and International Political Economy, told Radio Sputnik. On Saturday a funeral ceremony in the Yemeni capital Sanaa […]

90 minutes of fire: Trump, Clinton trade charges, insults

10 October 2016

ST. LOUIS (AP) — In a bitter debate filled with tension and insult, Hillary Clinton declared that Donald Trump’s vulgar comments about women reveal “exactly who he is” and prove his unsuitability to be president. Firing back, he accused her of attacking women involved in […]

Analysis: Why are Republicans dropping Trump now?

10 October 2016

For the legion of Republicans who abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, recoiling in horror from comments their party’s White House nominee made about using his fame to prey on women, there is no escaping those questions. For months, they stomached his incendiary remarks about Mexicans, […]

White House: U.S. Support For Saudi Air War In Yemen Not A ‘Blank Check’

10 October 2016

The White House issued a rare rebuke of Saudi Arabia’s air war in Yemen and hinted at a future reduction of support for their ally in Riyadh. “U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,” National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said […]