Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Where’s the Ukrainian Far Right Now?
After strong showings at the polls a few years ago, Ukraine’s far-right has sunk to virtual electoral oblivion, and it’s hard to know where or if it will reappear. Its role in defending protestors against the Yanukovych government, overthrown in February this year, didn’t translate into widespread support in either the...
Resolving Conflicts in Artificial States
Recently, the world has focused on the fighting in Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine, all of which seem to be falling apart. Although the first two countries are in the Middle East and the last one is in the eastern part of Europe, they have the common problem that the state’s boundaries don’t correspond with linguistic, cultural, ethnic, or...
Israeli investigation into murder of Palestinian focuses on Jerusalem soccer fan group
By James M. Dorsey An Israeli investigation into the brutal murder of 16-year old Mohammed Abu Khdeir in apparent revenge for the killing of three teenage residents of an Israeli settlement on the West Bank has focused attention on Israel’s most militant, racist soccer fan group. The focus, irrespective of whether the fan group was involved...
Pro-Russia Separatists Vow To Fight Ukraine Government ‘To The End’
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Discouraged but defiant, pro-Russia separatists vowed to keep fighting the government in Kiev from the largest city in eastern Ukraine, where they regrouped Sunday after being driven out of a key stronghold. At a rally in a central Donetsk square, the rebels were cheered on by thousands of supporters waving flags...
It’s Time Kyiv Got it Right
Of course, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best. “Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was ‘well timed’ in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation,” he said. “For years now I have heard the word ‘Wait!’ … this ‘Wait’...
Ukraine Claims Victory In Rebel Stronghold Of Slovyansk
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Government troops have taken a rebel stronghold in east Ukraine, the country’s president and a spokesman for the rebels said Saturday. President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement that government troops took Slovyansk, a city of about 100,000 that has been a center of the fighting between Kiev’s troops...
Americans Celebrate 4th Of July Around The World
Each year on July 4th, America celebrates Independence Day, remembering the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the country’s independence from Great Britain. Traditionally marked with cook-outs, parades and fireworks shows, Americans do not let the Fourth of July pass without a proper party. And even if they are not in the...
German Intel Worker Suspected Of U.S. Spying: Report
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Friday that she had been informed of the arrest of a German man who, according to media reports, is an intelligence service employee accused of spying for the United States. Federal prosecutors said a 31-year-old German man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of spying for...
Obama Gets Mixed Ratings For His Record On Iraq
Looking at the chaos in Iraq, Americans are still more likely to point the finger at George W. Bush, according to a Quinnipiac survey released Thursday. But they’re growing increasingly unhappy with President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record, too. The 2003 decision to go to war in Iraq is, in retrospect, quite unpopular, with a...
To Die For
Nathan Hale spied on the British in 1776 and was hanged because of it. Before he mounted the scaffold, he reportedly uttered the famous phrase, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” His country, the 13 former British colonies that formed a tenuously United States, had been conjured into existence only a few...
