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Category: International
From Ferguson to Fallujah and from Kenya to Kiev, the Fifth Column presents the international news stories you won’t find anywhere else.
Islamic State forces give Hamas 48 hours to stop crackdown
Arms Manufacturer: MH17 downed by Buk-M1 Missile
Juvenile that was tortured into confessing will be executed in one week
Despite being a juvenile, being tortured, and receiving a sham trial, he will be executed in seven days.
Mozambique & South Africa to sign Memo on Migrant Mine Workers
German Officials Call for Lift on Gaza Blockade
Saudi Arabia: Spike in Executions
Colombia’s peace process: shaken, not dead
Bogota, Colombia (NI) – Following an army strike that claimed the lives of 26 of its militants, on 22 May the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) suspended the unilateral ceasefire it had implemented on 20 December last year. Issued…
Burundi: Deadly Police Response to Protests
Human Rights Watch provides a detailed report on the deteriorating situation in Burundi.
Near Miss… Fukushima Disaster Nearly Happens Again
Two earthquakes off of the southeast coast of Japan today reminds us that the nuclear reactor that is still heavily radioactive from the last event needs to be addressed. Before it happens again.
UK Police stonewalls Journalists challenging Seizure of Journalists Phone Records
The Boomerang Effect: Why Would Tajikistan’s Special Forces Chief Join ISIS?
UN Security Council adopts resolution to protect journalists in combat zones
The Schizophrenic Australian Foreign Policy
Is the title of ‘America’s largest aircraft carrier’ transferring from the UK to Australia?
