By Andrea Peterson Now we know what it takes to get your hacking tools taken away if you’re a repressive government. It’s not enough to get caught spying on U.S.-based journalists — or even to have the story plastered on the front page of a major U.S. newspaper. But if you get caught doing it
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By Michelle Nicholas UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States has proposed six rival commanders from South Sudan be the first people blacklisted by the United Nations Security Council for threatening the peace and stability of the world’s newest state. The council’s 15-member South Sudan sanctions committee operates by consensus, so if there are no
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(CNN) – A top State Department official — Wendy Sherman — will depart following the completion of the Iran nuclear talks, a source confirms to CNN. Sherman, the under secretary for political affairs, is the fourth-ranking State Department official. (Freedom House) – “Under Secretary Sherman’s comments today were woefully ignorant and counter-productive,” said Daniel Calingaert,
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Arsenal midfielder Gedion Zelalem (Photo courtesy: David Price/Getty Images) BY Kyle McCarthy FIFA has cleared Arsenal midfielder Gedion Zelalem to feature for the United States and play in the upcoming Under-20 World Cup. U.S. Soccer announced the decision on Wednesday afternoon and ended the protracted saga about Zelalem’s international fate in the process. Zelalem needed
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 OSLO/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia, the United States and Papua New Guinea are on course to join the leading world initiative to combat corruption in the energy and mining industries. The Oslo-based Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative…
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By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura and Jenny Clover, Reuters January 17, 2014 JOHANNESBURG/KIGALI (Reuters) – The United States says it is deeply worried about threats made by Rwandan President Paul Kagame against political opponents after one of his exiled critics was found…
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Jan. 17, 2014 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) – The U.S. government announced a $2 million contribution to the International Organization for Migration to help migrants deported from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia. To date some 153,000 Ethiopians, including 8,000, have been returned…
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