Category: Weekly Edition

FSRN Weekly Edition – October 16, 2015

U.S. stalls troop withdrawal from Afghanistan; almost 10,000 to remain through 2016 Hostilities spiral in both West Bank and Gaza; death toll climbs and Joseph’s Tomb set on fire Turkish government continues crackdown on...

FSRN Weekly Edition – October 9, 2015

MSF awaits single sponsor from Geneva Convention signatory states to initiate UN inquiry Violence spirals in West Bank amid holy site tension and calls for third Intifada Scientists predict warming ocean temperatures will kill...

FSRN Weekly Edition – October 2, 2015

Obama once again calls for gun law reform after yet another mass murder on campus Russia becomes the latest country to join Syria’s Civil War with airstrikes Italian police clear refugee camp along Mediterranean...

FSRN Weekly Edition – September 18, 2015

European states clamp down on transit points used by refugees Greece to hold elections Sunday amid multiple crises  Bill to reverse 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports advances in Congress California labor activists celebrate...

FSRN Weekly Edition – September 4, 2015

Record numbers of refugees arrive in European countries with mixed asylum policies Huge protests in Guatemala ahead of presidential elections Massive pro-democracy protest in Malaysia; PM accused of misappropriating $700 million Black Lives Matter...

FSRN Weekly Edition – August 28, 2015

Southern Movement Assembly meets in New Orleans on 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina China’s economic tumble threatens Chile’s embattled copper-centric economy Garbage crisis in Lebanon sparks a larger movement against the country’s political class...

FSRN Weekly Edition – August 21, 2015

New leftist party forms in Greece following Tsipras resignation Greece grapples with multiple crises including migrant influx Murders of transgender people on the rise as public presence grows Native American tribes say California not...

FSRN Weekly Edition – August 14, 2015

Massive chemical explosions in China kill at least 50; experts assessing ongoing risks Japan restarts nuclear power generation for first time since Fukushima disaster Animas River carries three million gallons of mining wastewater downstream...