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Cluster munitions used in Ukraine, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, according to new report
Cluster munitions have been used in Libya, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen in 2015—countries that are not part of the treaty banning the weapon, according to the annual monitoring report released Thursday by the Cluster Munition Coalition. However, more than 140 countries have condemned new use of cluster munitions in Syria, while use in Libya,...
Longer may she reign: The Queen’s record-breaking rule
Queen Elizabeth II. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) Chapter One: The Queen of England meets the Queen of Europe This June 24, two women met in Berlin for tea and a tête-à-tête. The hostess, in black slacks and vivid coral jacket, was waiting at the door, as the woman from London, elegant in white dress, hat and gloves, alighted from a limousine...
Canada ‘does not bear responsibility’ for helping stop refugee ships, Kenney said
The Canadian government earlier this year said it bore “no responsibility” to provide military help to European nations struggling to deal with the thousands of migrants crossing the Mediterranean as they fled fighting in Syria and crushing poverty in Africa. Many were paying human smugglers based in Libya, but such voyages at times ended in...
UAE interested in purchasing Mistral-class ships originally ordered by Russia
Russia has given approval to France to sell the two Mistral-class amphibious ships to either Egypt or the UAE, according to news reports out of Russia. Russia originally ordered the ships but France has declined to deliver them because of Russia’s involvement in the crisis in Ukraine. My Defense News colleague Awad Mustafa has written this...
Secret orders-in-council need more oversight: May
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is calling for greater oversight over orders-in-council, saying the news that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has adopted 25 secret OICs is “chilling.” “These revelations … are deeply disturbing,” May said in an interview with iPolitics. “This constitutes a contempt of Parliament. It is not...
Ukraine military doctrine labels Russia an opponent, supports joining NATO
Ukraine’s national security council on Wednesday approved a new military doctrine that declares Russia to be a military opponent and calls for the country to pursue NATO membership. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin responsible for Ukraine violence caused by anti-Putin forces, Nicholson says
The Conservatives’ Rob Nicholson is blaming Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the deadly attacks launched by vehemently anti-Russian groups in Ukraine. Nicholson, who is running for re-election, has been serving as Canada’s Foreign Affairs minister. Three security officers were killed and 140 injured in clashes between Ukraine...
Putin responsible for Ukraine violence caused by anti-Putin forces, Nicholson says
The Conservatives’ Rob Nicholson is blaming Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the deadly attacks launched by vehemently anti-Russian groups in Ukraine. Nicholson, who is running for re-election, was Foreign Affairs minister before the election call. Three security officers were killed and 140 injured in clashes between Ukraine government...
The Age of Imperial Wars
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class James Finnigan Introduction 2015 has become a year of living dangerously. Wars are spreading across the globe. Wars are escalating as new countries are bombed and the old are ravaged with ever greater intensity. Countries, where relatively peaceful changes had taken place through recent...
Ukraine’s coalition shows cracks over constitutional amendment
Right-wing Radical Party leaves coalition over a measure to give more power to the regions, including the rebel-held east …read more Source: Toronto...
