Italian forces stand guard in front of the wreckage of a boat used by migrants in Catania's Harbour, Italy, Monday, April 20, 2015.

Europe Will Employ Military Response To Migration Crisis

According to one official, the operation would be “civil-military” modeled on previous military action in the Horn of Africa to combat Somali piracy.

by Deirdre Fulton

U.N. Calls For Action On European “anti-‘Gypsy’” Discrimination

“It is due time for our societies to stop tolerating any public discourse that perpetuates stereotypical, racist, hateful or discriminatory views about Roma, and take effective action against such discourses. We must reject anti-Gypsyism in all its forms.”

Roma women expelled from France sit on the pavement at a Bucharest airport in Otopeni, Romania, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP/Vadim Ghirda) UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations rapporteur for minorities has anti-Roma and anti-‘Gypsy’ bias in her sights. Apr. 8 marked

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Libya Burning: ISIS Lays Claim To Another Country, Right At Europe’s Door

“We have failed to recognize that arming militias and manufacturing a mercenary army under the banner of the dollar would only exacerbate disunity and ultimately play to our disadvantage,” one expert tells MintPress of the international community’s failings in Libya.

Libya Burning: ISIS Lays Claim To Another Country, Right At Europe’s Door

Libyan civilians watch fires at an Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound, after hundreds of Libyans, Libyan Military, and Police raided the Brigades base, in Benghazi, Libya. Factions of the group in 2014 pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. Libya, virtually a failed state the past years, has provided a perfect opportunity

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Catherine Shakdam

Catherine Shakdam

Catherine is a political analyst ​and reporter ​for MintPress focusing on​ the Middle East and the rise of ​radical movements. The Associate Director of the Beirut Center for Middle Eastern Studies, she has contributed her analyses to the Middle East Monitor, Foreign Policy Association, Your Middle East, IslamistGate, Majalla, ABNA, Open Democracy, International Policy Digest, Eurasia Review and many more.

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European Nations Join China’s World Bank Alternative In Blow to US

The U.S. has been lobbying Asian nations to persuade them to reject China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

European Nations Join China’s World Bank Alternative In Blow to US

U.S. President Barack Obama, right smiles as a group of children wave flags and flowers during a welcome ceremony held by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. For years, the World Bank’s has been the go-to lender for developing countries has given them huge influence, and that’s just the way the US

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Angry At Local Police, Gunman Kills 8 In The Czech Republic

Czech public radio said the perpetrator called a local television station before the attack, complaining that police weren’t solving his problems and threatening that he would “take things into his hands.”

Angry At Local Police, Gunman Kills 8 In The Czech Republic

A police officer guards the entrance to a building where a gunman opened fire in a restaurant and killed eight people before fatally shooting himself in Uhersky Brod, eastern Czech Republic, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. The gunman was a local man around age 60, said Patrik Kuncar, mayor of the southeastern town of Uhersky Brod. It was

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2015 On Pace To Break Record For Migrant Deaths In The Mediterranean

The latest deaths in the Mediterranean have reignited the debate on how the European Union should deal with the crisis.

Migrants wait to disembark from a tug boat after being rescued in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, southern Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. Last year more than 3,000 asylum seekers perished as they strived to cross the Mediterranean Sea to seek a safe haven in Europe, the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration said. Given the number

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As European Left Cheers, Syriza Vows to Move Swiftly To End Greek ‘Nightmare’

Ruling coalition is announced as Alexis Tsipras prepares to be sworn in as new Prime Minister.

As European Left Cheers, Syriza Vows to Move Swiftly To End Greek ‘Nightmare’

Europe's leftist parties and their supporters are cheering Monday. Just hours after claiming victory in national elections, Alexis Tsipras, head of the leftist Syriza party and the new Prime Minister-elect of Greece, has agreed

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