ANKARA, (APP/Anatolia): Turkish authorities, Wednesday dismissed some 73 members of the Turkish Air Forces, including 66 commanders and seven sergeants for their suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group Turkey blames for the July 15 defeated coup, the military announced on Twitter. “The personnel dismissal issue is handled with the utmost sensitivity. […]
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Turkey: 73 military personnel dismissed for FETO links
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Responsibility to protect’ principle not yet fully operationalized UN deputy chief
UNITED NATIONS, (APP): The United Nations deputy chief has said that collective global action is needed to overcome barriers to implementation of States’ legal commitments to protect populations from atrocity crimes – the principle known as ‘responsibility to protect’ or R2P. “We have seen concrete implementation plans to make the ‘responsibility to protect’ a living […]
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Native people’s rights violated in name of ‘conservation’: UN
HONOLULU, (APP/AFP) – Some of the world’s leading conservation groups are violating the rights of indigenous people by backing projects that oust them from their ancestral homes in the name of environmental preservation, a top UN expert said this week. UN special rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz’s latest report documents killings, evictions and lands being used for […]
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Arsonists blamed for Spanish wildfires
JAVEA, Spain, (APP/AFP): Spanish authorities on Tuesday blamed arsonists and record temperatures for wildfires ravaging the eastern coast near the popular resort of Benidorm that have forced 1,400 people to flee. Hundreds of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft were battling the largest of several fires which began Sunday near the resort of Javea, up the […]
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Malaysians to protest against scandal-tainted PM
KUALA LUMPUR, (APP/AFP): A Malaysian group that has staged huge political demonstrations in the past will hold another rally in November to protest against the country’s scandal-tainted prime minister, its chairwoman said Wednesday. Demonstrators will demand the resignation of Najib Razak, who is under fire over his alleged involvement in the looting of billions of […]
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France’s Hollande would face wipeout in vote: survey
PARIS, (APP/AFP): French President Francois Hollande would be crushed if he stood for re-election next year, according to a new opinion poll published on Tuesday. Already France’s least-loved president, Hollande would be routed in the first round of voting, the survey for newspaper Le Figaro and TV news channel LCI said. The Socialist leader would […]