Section: Africa&ME
UK warns against travel to 6 Middle East countries
Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and Iraq are amongst 18 countries which the UK Foreign Office says British travellers should avoid, a new map has shown. Daesh’s presence in the Middle East has contributed greatly to the list of countries which are classed unsafe for travel. The British government discourages travel to: Iraq Libya Mauritania...
Tomb of Rabbi Hillel of Kolomyia vandalized
Two months after an earlier attack, the tomb in Ukraine was again desecrated. …read more Source: Arutz...
‘UK must quit fixation on past glories’
A new study has strongly criticized the British politicians of obsession with what it describes as “supposed past glories” and has called for a change in that mindset in order to enable the country to cooperate more with the world. The study that was authored by former diplomats and leading academics accused “a foreign-policy elite”...
Human rights group: Jewish mausoleum fire in Ukraine possibly arson
Municipal authorities gave Jewish community permission to add memorial monuments to the park surrounding the mausoleum. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine would gain ‘credibility’ by beating graft: EU
‘We stressed the need to deliver the anticorruption reform which is the key to credibility and sustainability of all the others,’ EU’s Mogherini says …read more Source: World...
Human rights group: Ukraine Jewish mausoleum fire may have been arson
Grave of former chief rabbi allegedly targeted for second time in two months. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Crimean Tatar leaders meet EU’s Mogherini
Parties discuss de-occupation of Crimea, extension of sanctions against Russia, and release of Crimean political prisoners …read more Source: World...
Britain lists Russia as major national security threat
Britain has listed Russia as one of its top-tier potential security threats alongside global terrorism and the Ebola virus. UK’s security services published a draft of a new list of what they deem as possible threats to the country, the Express reported on Sunday. Russia’s alleged aggression in Ukraine, the country’s vast...
Revisiting Rabin’s ancestral home in Ukraine – 20 years after the assassination
Limmud FSU founder located the birthplace of late prime minister’s father, even though the Rabin family thought it impossible. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Carter says Russia, China potentially threaten global order
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter accused Russia of endangering world order, citing its incursions in Ukraine and loose talk about nuclear weapons, and said the U.S. defense establishment is searching for creative ways to deter Russian aggression and protect U.S. allies …read more Source: The Daily...
