INDONESIA: Golkar uses nostalgia to woo voters
Indonesia’s Golkar is a former ruling party which is now a member of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s coalition government. The party has been trying to … source
VICE News Daily: Beyond The Headlines – May,20 2014
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: dozens in northern Colombia die in a bus fire, Pakistan invites India’s next … source
Ivorian president’s ruling coalition party in disarray [The Morning Call]
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara’s government faces collapse after his junior coalition partner said it had expelled party members named to a new cabinet. source
Breaking News: U.S. Coalition Forces Prepared to Defend Against Turkish Offensive in Syria
Courtesy: RT, Aljazeera, France24 U.S. coalition forces stationed in the Syrian Kurdish town of Manbij are ready to guard against a threatened Turkish offensive … source
“They bomb churches in Kosovo”
William J. Murray from the Religious Freedom Coalition says that churches which are centuries old have been burnt down and bombed in Kosovo. source
ISIS holed up at Syria’s largest dam, uses hostages as human shield, escapes airstrikes
Under pressure from airstrikes, Islamic State in Syria has partially retreated to a strategic safe haven. Its fighters are said to be holed up at Syria’s Tabqa Dam, … source
Inside The Fight To Retake Raqqa From ISIS (HBO)
Three months into the offensive to retake the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, the tide is beginning to turn. Syrian Democratic Forces took the Old City, including the … source
Germany, Italy, Netherlands & Canada vow not to strike Syria, call for thorough investigation
Some of America’s key partners are not so keen to launch a strike on Syria – with Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Canada all stating there needs to be a…
Tom Mulcair questions Speaker’s ‘neutrality’ RAW
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair’s questions on Canada’s mission in Iraq is met with a counter-attack by Conservative MP Paul Calandra over the NDP’s stance on Israel, leading Mulcair to question…
Turkey’s PM can’t form coalition and more news
TheRebel.media’s Middle East correspondent Igal Hecht reports that France is moving closer to recognizing the Palestinian state. * The Obama administration is reviewing America’s three-decade… source