As the Obama administration seeks Capitol Hill support to bomb Syria as punishment for alleged use of chemical weapons; Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement on Sunday that urges the US Congress to take the lead from the British Parliament, whose rejecting such action made an important contribution to world peace.
Read MoreWelcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for August 24th to the 30th, 2013. As Palestinian – Israeli new resumed peace talks continue, Israeli troops kill three Palestinian civilians during attacks targeting West Bank committees.
Read MorePentagon officials say the U.S. Navy has moved five destroyers equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles into the eastern Mediterranean Sea to prepare for a possible strike on Syria. This comes as the British Parliament voted Thursday not to back international action against Syria.
Read MoreThe Obama administration appears to be pressing ahead with military strikes on Syria despite new obstacles at home and abroad. On Wednesday, an informal meeting of the United Nations Security Council failed to reach an agreement after Russia and China opposed any authorization of force in response to last week’s alleged chemical attack by Assad forces in Ghouta.
Read MoreIn the case of the Cuban Five and these three whistleblowers, the convictions are within the bounds of the law. It seems, however, that our legislations have serious shortcomings. They need to be interpreted differently and perhaps changed with new precepts that take into the account the universal and eternal value of ethical principles.
Read MoreJapan’s nuclear regulator said today it has officially raised the severity rating of the latest radioactive water leak at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to Level 3 on an international scale for radiological releases. The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), said last week that 330 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from a storage tank at the facility.
Read MoreBritain is set to introduce a United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing military action in Syria as the United States and allies gear up for expected strikes on the Assad regime. The resolution condemns the Syrian government for allegedly using chemical weapons and authorizes “necessary measures for protecting civilians.”
Read MoreBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff said today that the manifestation of hostility towards the Cuban doctors arriving to work in regions of the country where health care is precarious reflects a “huge bias” by Brazilian professionals, reported dpa news.
Read MoreThe governing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), of El Salvador thanked the Cuban government for the training of 400 doctors who haverecently returned to the Central American country after seven years at the Latin American School of Medicine.
Read MoreThe Syrian government is facing growing pressure to allow an international probe of an alleged chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus. The Syrian opposition says government forces fired poisonous gas into rebel-held neighborhoods of Ghouta, killing hundreds of people.
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