Egypt and United Arab Emirates Said to Have Secretly Carried Out Libya Airstrikes
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 25th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Egypt and United Arab Emirates Said to Have Secretly Carried Out Libya Airstrikes
American officials said they were caught by surprise by the airstrikes against Islamist-allied militias, in a major escalation by the bloc of nations seeking to roll back Islamist gains since the Arab Spring.
World Briefing: Nigeria: Militants Claim to Rule City ‘by Islamic Law’
The leader of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram said his fighters were now ruling the northeastern city of Gwoza “by Islamic law,” according to a video released late Sunday.
Former New York Judge on U.N. Gaza Panel
Mary McGowan Davis, a former Supreme Court justice in New York State, will join a three-person panel investigating potential international law violations by Israel and Hamas.
World Briefing: Scotland: Rivals Clash Again in Independence Debate
The leading rivals on the issue of whether Scotland should vote for independence from the United Kingdom clashed Monday in their second and final televised debate ahead of next month’s independence referendum.
In India, an App for Chats and for Keeping Secrets
The Hike instant messaging system lets users filter information to cloak aspects of their social lives from their parents.