WASHINGTON - The US Senate deals a major blow to the president's plans by voting to keep the jail at Guantanamo Bay open for the foreseeable future. Obama defiantly insists on closing the jail and charges the Bush administration with squandering American values with its hard-line anti-terror strategy
The Turkish Armed Forces, or TSK, has been in distress for a long time now. In former years this distress could be felt but this distress has increased with what we have experienced since the AKP came to power. Especially the Ergenekon investigation and detention of retired generals in this frame have paved the way for a proliferation of distress. The TSK has been identified with the Deep State concept, which is accused of illegal deeds.
BRUSSELS - Turkish diplomats had a rough time in Brussels during a foreign ministers meeting this week, with European Union President France refusing to call the process "accession" talks, which would imply the possibility of full EU membership for Turkey, as well as its harsh criticism of Turkey’s relations with Cyprus and the slow pace of its reforms.
BRUSSELS - The world shows no united will to counteract the endemic internal problems that engulf Somalia amid widespread pessimism over the prospects of any peace process in the country. Meanwhile, this inaction is striking compared to the rush by the NATO and the EU to send naval ships to patrol the pirate-infested waters of the nation.
BRUSSELS - The world shows no united will to counteract the endemic internal problems that engulf Somalia amid widespread pessimism over the prospects of any peace process in the country. Meanwhile, this inaction is striking compared to the rush by the NATO and the EU to send naval ships to patrol the pirate-infested waters of the nation.