NOVANEWS by PATRICK COCKBURN A Specialised Criminal Court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a prominent Shia clergyman, Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, to death on vague charges of “breaking allegiance to the ruler” and “encouraging, leading […]
NOVANEWS A UN body that tracks forced disappearance has reiterated its call to Yemen to produce a US citizen who has been missing from a prison in the country for nearly nine months. Sharif Mobley, […]
NOVANEWS Workers Party win shows voters’ rejection of conservative economic policies, analysts say by: Andrea Germanos Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff waves to supporters on Sunday following election results. (Photo: Ichiro Guerra/flickr/cc) Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff was re-elected […]
NOVANEWS ‘When a nation’s leaders condone and even order torture, that nation has lost its way.’ by: Jon Queally Twelve Nobel Peace Prize laureates have written to President Barack Obama asking the US to close the […]
NOVANEWS In the latest affront to women’s rights, the U.S. ally has announced that it has the right to cover women’s eyes—’especially the tempting ones.’ David Keyes on how they’re defending the outrage. “I love […]
NOVANEWS By: Ben White Tzipi Livni The Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu is a coalition that includes open opponents of Palestinian statehood. Many of these hard-right rejectionists, supporters of expanding the illegal West Bank colonies, […]
NOVANEWS Goel Ratzon was convicted of rape, sodomy, relations with a minor, indecent assault and fraud Times of Israel A Tel Aviv District court sentenced notorious cult leader Goel Ratzon to 30 years in prison […]
NOVANEWS By the Editor. Hat tip to Scott Creighton – his recent article ‘CNN’s Misogynistic Cell Phone Porn Propaganda‘, brought this to my attention. The Libya war propaganda drive has plunged to new depths of […]
NOVANEWS By the Editor. UPDATED Thursday August 4th,click here to go to the update. At a time of war, destabilisation, and great upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa, social media sites such as Twitter […]
NOVANEWS By Prof Peter Dale Scott Global Research Peter Dale Scott’s Libyan Notebook [Editor’s Note: Author’s selected quotations and analysis] Preface The world is facing a very unpredictable and potentially dangerous situation in North Africa and the […]