Syria asylum seeker's deportation order to Turkey overturned
A Syrian asylum seeker has won a landmark victory in his appeal before an independent tribunal to have his deportation order to Turkey overturned, the Guardian reports. The ruling could affect thousands of similar cases, further undermining the EU-Turkey migration deal, which sets out that asylum seekers landing in Greece can be sent back to Turkey. In its ruling, the appeals tribunal argued that the asylum seeker's rights under the Geneva convention could not be guaranteed in Turkey, leading t..>> view originalNorth Korean nuclear envoy who negotiated '94 deal dies - state media
SEOUL May 21 The architect of North Korea's nuclear diplomacy who negotiated a 1994 accord with the United States that halted a U.S. plan for a military strike on the isolated state's nuclear facilities, has died, North Korea said on Saturday.Kang Sok Ju, who last served as the North's vice premier and a member of the ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, died of cancer on Friday at the age of 76, the official KCNA news agency said.Kang, as vice foreign minister, held tense negotiations wit..>> view originalEgyptAir flight data show smoke alerts before crash: Source
There were smoke alerts near the airliner cockpit early Thursday in the minutes before it crashed, according to flight data CNN obtained Friday from an Egyptian source.The data came through the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), a data link for sending messages between planes and ground facilities. A screen grab of data has time stamps that match the approximate time the aircraft went missing.The alerts don't necessarily mean a fire occurred on the plane or that the..>> view originalAnalysis: Netanyahu Upends Israeli Politics With Defense Pick
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confers with then-Foriegn Minister Avigdor Lieberman in the Knesset in 2014. On Friday, Netanyahu named Lieberman defense minister.(Photo: Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images)TEL AVIV, Israel — In a move aimed at securing his seat as prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu dumped a defense minister widely admired as "a principled warrior," one with deep combat experience that underlies a nature of restraint. In his place, Netanyahu has empowered as a perceived war ..>> view originalBrexit would hit house prices, says Osborne
Image copyright Getty Images A UK vote to leave the European Union would cause an "immediate economic shock" that could slow house price growth, the chancellor has said.In the event of a vote for Brexit, by 2018, houses could be worth up to 18% less than if the UK voted to remain, George Osborne told the BBC.But Andrea Leadsom of Vote Leave said Mr Osborne's claim was "extraordinary".The energy minister said: "The greatest threat to the economy is the perilous state of the euro."An analysis..>> view original'One China' principle must be basis for relations with Taiwan: Xinhua
SHANGHAI Only by confirming the 'One China' principle can cross-strait authorities continue regular communications, a spokesman for China's Taiwan Affairs Office said on Saturday, according to the state newswire Xinhua.Taiwan's new president Tsai Ing-wen, of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which has traditionally favoured independence, was sworn in on Friday after eight years under the China-friendly Nationalist Ma Ying-jeou.Although Tsai, Taiwan's first woman president, said Taiwan wou..>> view originalWhy Venezuela Is on the Verge of Actual Collapse
It looks so peaceful, and yet... (kizeme/Flickr) Ah, Venezuela. A sunny and picturesque country at the top of South America with swaths of oil reserves, it should be the poster child for paradise. But right now, Venezuela has some big, big (big) problems. The paradise is actually a nightmare. Things are so bad that President Nicolas Maduro has declared a state of emergency, giving him extra power to step in and (try to) fix Venezuela's financial crisis. At first that was turned down by the..>> view originalMexico approves extradition of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán to US
Mexico approved the extradition of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, according to the foreign ministry, after receiving guarantees he would not face the death penalty. (Reuters) MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s decision Friday to approve the extradition of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán helps clear the way for the infamous drug lord to face what has long been his worst nightmare: living behind bars in a U.S. prison. The extradition of Guzmán, who has publicly claimed responsibili..>> view originalMoqtada al-Sadr, the Donald Trump of Iraq
Is Moqtada al-Sadr, whose followers again stormed the Green Zone Friday, an Iraqi nationalist or a crooked machiavellian?Twice, in the space of a month, thousands of Iraqi protestors stormed the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, overrunning the offices of the prime minister and his cabinet. Unlike the previous demonstration three weeks ago, which saw Iraqi security forces essentially wave people over concrete blast walls and past checkpoints, allowing them to ransack parliament and other state in..>> view original
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