Israel Kicks Out Migrants – By Changing Their Nationality And Sending Them To Another Country

Sudanese asylum seekers in Israel are being issued with documents changing their nationality, allowing them to be removed from the country or imprisoned. The Bureau has identified migrants who have recently been issued with documents labelling them as South Sudanese – despite holding passports showing they were born in areas that remain in Sudan. Four migrants […]

Maeve McClenaghan
By Maeve McClenaghan
Refugees from the Sudan are seen in a cell at Maasiyahu Prison, in Ramle, Israel, Sunday, May 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Sudanese asylum seekers in Israel are being issued with documents changing their nationality, allowing them to be removed from the country or imprisoned. The Bureau has identified migrants who have recently been issued with documents labelling them as South Sudanese – despite holding passports showing they were born in areas that remain in

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How Politicians And The Press Overstated Military Budget Cuts By $100 Billion

Anxiety is rising in Washington about the big cuts to military spending slated to go into effect in January unless Congress takes action. Republicans, defense industry executives, and some Democrats are arguing hard against the automatic cuts, which were the result of last summer’s deal to raise the debt ceiling and would also cut nondefense spending equally. Multiple […]

Justin Elliot
By Justin Elliot
In this photo taken on Feb. 2, 2012 and released by U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit haul a 155 mm Howitzer onto the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown in Okinawa, Japan. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Johnie Hickmon)

Anxiety is rising in Washington about the big cuts to military spending slated to go into effect in January unless Congress takes action. Republicans, defense industry executives, and some Democrats are arguing hard against the automatic cuts, which were the result of last summer’s deal to raise the debt ceiling and would also cut nondefense

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Countries From Australia To Israel Violating UN Refugee Convention

(MintPress) —  Several countries across the world are being criticized for their treatment of refugees who arrive at their borders seeking asylum, many whom have lived through dangerous and harrowing ordeals before even making it to these nations. Moreover, the United Nations Refugee Convention, which provides a definition of who is a refugee and lays out […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, center, stops by UNICEF classroom tent during his tour at Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees in Mafraq, Jordan, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)

(MintPress) —  Several countries across the world are being criticized for their treatment of refugees who arrive at their borders seeking asylum, many whom have lived through dangerous and harrowing ordeals before even making it to these nations. Moreover, the United Nations Refugee Convention, which provides a definition of who is a refugee

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Exclusive Interview With Egyptian Businessman Shafik Gabr: Syria, Arab Spring And Future Of The Middle East

Egypt’s top tycoon, Shafik Gabr, the chairman of the ARTOC Group for Investment and Development, was one of the first of that country’s business leaders to voice his concerns about the violent upheaval that led to the overthrow of former strongman Hosni Mubarak, and today he has similar fears about what is going on in Syria.

Lisa Barron
By Lisa Barron
Shafik Gabr sits during an interview. Gabr, a businessman and reformer, is trying to build connections between the people of Egypt and the United States. (Photo by the World Economic Forum via Flikr)

Egypt’s top tycoon, Shafik Gabr, the chairman of the ARTOC Group for Investment and Development, was one of the first of that country’s business leaders to voice his concerns about the violent upheaval that led to the overthrow of former strongman Hosni Mubarak, and today he has similar fears about what is going on in Syria. In February 2011,

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MintPress Exclusive Interview With Egyptian Businessman And Philanthropist Shafik Gabr

This is Part One of a MintPress exclusive interview with Shafik Gabr. To read Part Two, click here. (NEW YORK) MintPress — The Egyptian billionaire chairman of ARTOC Group Investment and Development, Shafik Gabr,  has a long list of accomplishments, and he is about to add another. In addition to taking the helm of his father’s company […]

Lisa Barron
By Lisa Barron
This photo shows Shafik Gabr, one of the world's wealthiest people, during an interview. (Photo by Dennie Cieri, Cieri Media International)

This is Part One of a MintPress exclusive interview with Shafik Gabr. To read Part Two, click here. (NEW YORK) MintPress — The Egyptian billionaire chairman of ARTOC Group Investment and Development, Shafik Gabr,  has a long list of accomplishments, and he is about to add another. In addition to taking the helm of his father’s company and

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Annan Quits Syria Role, Blasts UN Security Council

Frustrated by Syria’s escalating civil war, Kofi Annan announced Thursday that he will quit his high-profile role as special envoy to the country at the end of the month, giving reasons that amounted to scathing criticism of world powers’ failure to unite to stop the chaos in the Arab state. He also asserted that Syrian […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
In this June 30, 2012 file photo, Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, center, speaks with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before the start of the Action Group on Syria meeting at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool, File)

Frustrated by Syria's escalating civil war, Kofi Annan announced Thursday that he will quit his high-profile role as special envoy to the country at the end of the month, giving reasons that amounted to scathing criticism of world powers' failure to unite to stop the chaos in the Arab state. He also asserted that Syrian President Bashar Assad

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