Politics

On Saturday, a suicide bomber detonated on Istiklal Street in Istanbul’s most popular shopping district killing 4 and wounding dozens in the fourth attack on Turkey’s largest urban centers since the beginning of the year.

The blast came less than a week after a female TAK supporter carried out an attack on a transit hub in Ankara’s Kizilay neighborhood where 37 people lost their lives and more than 100 sustained injuries.

Russia and Europe could be heading towards a nuclear war as relations between East and West deteriorates.

Rabbis and Jewish religious leaders are planning to boycott Donald Trump’s upcoming speech at the AIPAC conference in Washington on Monday. They accuse the Republican front runner of encouraging “bigotry, racism, xenophobia, and misogyny.” Press TV reports: Rabbis David Paskin and Jesse Olitzky have organized the “Come Together Against Hate” campaign to protest Trump’s speech.

Wikileaks have released an email from US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton detailing ways Israel could marginalize Iran by overthrowing Assad in Syria.  In the email, dated 11/30/2015, Hillary Clinton outlines to an undisclosed recipient how to deal with the “growing threat” of Iran’s nuclear program: “The best way to help Israel deal with Iran’s growing nuclear capability is to help the people of Syria overthrow the regime of Bashar Assad.” Full email transcript: UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No.

Since President Barack Obama’s historic Cuba visit on March 20, some are speculating about whether he can pressure Cuba to improve its human rights. A comparison of Cuba’s human rights record with that of the United States, however, shows that the America should be taking lessons from Cuba, says Marjorie Cohn. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights contains two different categories of human rights – civil and political rights on the one hand; and economic, social and cultural rights on the other.