Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday 30 June 2014

SPIEGEL ONLINEINTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER 

Compiled on June 30, 2014, 05:52 PM CET

OBAMA ADVISOR JOHN PODESTA

'Every Country Has a History of Going Over the Line'

Instead of a no-spy deal, the US has begun a Cyber Dialogue with Germany. In a SPIEGEL interview, John Podesta, a special advisor to President Barack Obama, speaks of the balance between alliances and security and says that changes are being made to NSA espionage practices.

THE ROAD TO MOSUL

Searching for the Real ISIS

Fault lines in Iraq are widening as ISIS advances: Even as the Shiite government in Baghdad digs it its heels, the country's Sunnis are losing their faith in a single nation and the Kurds are hoping for independence. But what is ISIS, really?

FOREIGN MINISTER ZEBARI

'Iraq Is Facing a Mortal Threat'

In an interview, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd, warns that his country is threatened with collapse under the pressure posed by ISIS terrorists. But, he says, it isn't a civil war yet.