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Israel's latest crime — the massacre on board the Mavi Marmara, the Turkish ship that was bringing aid to the besieged people of the Gaza Strip — is likely to go unpunished. By next week, few, if any, will be talking about the deaths of the aid workers on Monday in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea — with …

by: Thalif Deen  |  Inter Press Service United Nations – After a 12-hour emergency session that lasted until early Tuesday, the 15-member U.N. Security Council was unanimous in its condemnation of Israel for the killing of at least 10 civilians who were part of a flotilla of six ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. The condemnation came in a presidential …

  Perhaps now Americans will understand the true nature of the Israeli occupation. It has never been about security. Not for one day. It has been about land and power. And this is where it has led. And we have made it possible.   Since at least the mid-1970s, only one country has had the power to force Israel to …

With a burgeoning community of foreigners who are residing in Makkah illegally, the holy city has in recent times seen a rise in crime with police stretched to their limits, Al-Watan newspaper reported. It is thought the city’s large community of overstayers, who are of numerous nationalities, is to blame for the surge. According to reports, most of the thefts …

War clouds are gathering over the Korean peninsula, as South Korea blames North Korea for the March 26 sinking of one of its warships. Both countries have put their militaries on high alert. Adding fuel to the crisis is the United States. It is backing the tough measures South Korea is taking against its communist neighbour, rather than urging constraint …

After a raucous hearing, a Manhattan community board backed a proposal on Tuesday evening to build a Muslim community center near the World Trade Center. The 29-to-1 vote, with 10 abstentions, followed a four-hour back-and-forth between those who said the community center would be a monument to tolerance and those who believed it would be an affront to victims of …