Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday 15 May 2015


14 MAY 2015
Series on the Palestinian 'catastrophe' of 1948 that led to dispossession and conflict that still endures.
ASIA // 2 MINUTES READ
Deja vu in quake-ravaged Nepal
Tuesday's magnitude 7.3 quake was a taste of what Nepalis experienced during April's devastating earthquake.
MIDDLE EAST // 3 MINUTE READ
Israel continues to criminalise marking Nakba Day
Activists now face difficulty in commemorating Palestinian dispossession during Israel's founding due to Israeli law.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY // 1 MINUTE READ
Dutch solar road makes enough energy to power household
Engineers in the Netherlands say energy-generating road surface is more successful than expected, six months into trial.
MIDDLE EAST // 1 MINUTE READ
Analysis backs veracity of leaked Egypt recordings
Forensic firm finds "moderately strong" evidence to authenticate President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's voice on recordings.
MIDDLE EAST // 1 MINUTE READ
Vatican recognises State of Palestine
Agreement reached over Catholic Church's activities in areas controlled by Palestinian Authority, statement says.
ASIA // 1 MINUTE READ
Pakistan helicopter crash kills foreign diplomats
At least seven people including the Norwegian and Filipino ambassador killed in the crash in Gilgit-Baltistan region.
EDITORS PICK'S // 5 MINUTES READ
Creating the Kingdom of North Sudan
Keeping a promise to make his daughter a princess, American declares a kingdom in northeast Africa.
EDITORS PICKS // 3 MINUTES READ
Magazine Read: 'It has begun'
What this picture means to me: The photograph that captured the beginning of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia.
EDITORS PICKS // 3 MINUTES READ
The world's potentially catastrophic gas problem
Massive amounts of powerful methane gas under the Arctic have some scientists worried about apocalyptic results.
ASIA // 1 MINUTE READ
Third Bangladeshi blogger hacked to death
Attackers wearing masks and wielding machetes kill Ananta Bijoy Das in latest attack to take place this year.
AFRICA // 1 MINUTE READ
Ivorian child smuggled to Spain in suitcase
Spanish Police have found an eight-year-old Ivorian boy hidden in a suitcase that was smuggled across the border into territory in north Africa, officials have said.
US // 1 MINUTE READ
Explosion rocks nuclear power plant in New York
Indian Point nuclear power facility "safely shut down" after transformer failure, company says in a tweet.
OPINIONS
BY MARWAN BISHARA // 3 MINUTES READ
US and the Middle East: Conspiracy and collusion
It's in the management of conflicts and contradictions - not their resolutions.
BY SHARIF NASHASHIBI // 3 MINUTES READ
Now is the time to isolate Israel
The Palestinians and their supporters should capitalise on what will likely be Israel's growing international isolation.
BY ALISTAIR CRIGHTON // 3 MINUTES READ
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