Here’s an interesting post from Sri Lanka News – ColomboPage.com July 08, New York: The accountability is a core challenge in protecting civilians during armed conflicts and those who are responsible for acts of violence committed on civilians whether they are state or non-state actors should be held accountable, the United Nations Secretary-General...
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UN Chief says accountability is vital in protecting civilians in armed conflicts
Security tight on China ethnic unrest anniversary (AFP)
AFP - Security forces fanned out in China's Urumqi city on Monday, the first anniversary of deadly unrest that laid bare deep-seated ethnic tensions in the country's far-western Xinjiang region.
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Eight extremists killed in Orakzai action
Here’s an interesting article from GEO RSS Feeds – Pakistan News PESHAWAR: At least eight extremists were killed in Orakzai Agency in an action by the security forces, Geo News reported Sunday. The security forces pounded the hideouts of the extremists in Orakzai area of Mamonzai, killing eight extremists and injuring six others
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Daphne Eviatar: Court Order Highlights U.S. Legal Distortions
Here’s a good article from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com By Daphne Eviatar, Senior Associate, Law and Security Last week, U.S. Read more: Daphne Eviatar: Court Order Highlights U.S. Legal Distortions
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Editorial: Fourth Round of Sanctions on Iran
The United Nations Security Council has imposed a new round, the fourth, of sanctions on Iran. They won’t be enough.
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UN beefs up international police force in Haiti
The Security Council voted Friday to increase the international police contingent in Haiti temporarily and authorized the U.N. ...
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India’s unprovoked fire kills Pak Army jawan
LAHORE: A Pak Army jawan was martyred on Sunday in an incident of unprovoked firing by Indian Border Security Forces at Battal sector in Rawlakot, Geo News reported Sunday. According to the ISPR, intermittent cross border firing is still going on at the Battal sector
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Proposed Iran sanctions focus on Guard
A new draft U.N. Security Council resolution against Iran will focus on the country's elite Revolutionary Guard, the security service that increasingly has taken over Iran's economy since 2005, according to two U.S
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North Korea Sub Suspected In Sinking Of South Korea Warship
TOKYO — Experts say North Korea’s submarine fleet is technologically backward, prone to sinking or running aground and all but useless outside its own coastal waters. And yet many are asking: Could it have been responsible for the explosion that sank a South Korean warship in March
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US drone strike kills 10 in Pakistan: officials
MIRANSHAH: A US drone fired two missiles into a house in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Sunday, killing at least 10 rebels, local security officials said. The strike took place in Inzarkas village, 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, known as a hub for...
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