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Pakistan for global efforts against nuclear terrorism
THE HAGUE: Pakistan assured world community that it is considering ratification of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) and are actively conducting a review to meet its various requirements. Pakistan has also called for its inclusion in all international export control regimes, especially the nuclear suppliers group and […]
The Northern Storm Brigade: It’s History, Current Status, and Why It Matters By Chris Looney
The Northern Storm Brigade: It’s History, Current Status, and Why It Matters By Chris Looney [clooney@colgate.edu] reporting from Turkey For Syria Comment, March 18, 2014 The Northern Storm Brigade (NSB: Arabic – Liwa Asifat al-Shamal) has been called many things since it was first formed in the early days of the uprisings in Syria. […]
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Workers Launch Strike to Protest Low Wages
Employees of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs have gone on a major strike protesting low wages and working conditions. Click here for the rest of the article…
Libyan business confederation to be set up
By Michel Cousins. Tripoli, 4 March 2014: Plans are in motion to set up an organisation as the voice of the Libya private sector. The creation of a Libyan Confederation of Trade, Industry and Services was agreed by a number of trade and business organisations at a meeting yesterday at the offices of the Libyan […]
Turkey’s election board bans TV program for ‘one-sided’ opinions
The High Elections Board (YSK) has banned a news program from broadcasting on the private Bugün TV news station for “including only one-sided opinions,” according to daily Bugün.
Israeli firms get top honors at premier cyber-security show
Statistics show that Israel is a global cyber-defense power, said head of the National Cyber Bureau
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Saudis 'seek Pakistani arms for Syrian rebels'
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is in talks with Pakistan to provide anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets to Syrian rebels to try to tip the balance in the war to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, a Saudi source said Sunday. The United States has long opposed arming the rebels with such weapons, fearing they might end up in the […]