-
Turkey Announces Rejection of US Sanctions Against Iran
August 01, 2018
Turkey's foreign minister has declared that the country will not comply with the US sanctions on the Islamic theocratic government of Iran about to go into effect as a consequence of Washington's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
-
IS Claims Suicide Bombing in Philippines
August 01, 2018
Official Islamic State (IS) media sites claimed that a foreign fighter from Morocco perpetrated a deadly suicide bombing attack in the area of the Philippines that suffered a major jihadi assault last year, indicating the transcontinental footprint of diverse Islamist groups with global mobilization capacity and active operations in Asia.
-
IS Tajikistan Attack Kills Two Americans
August 01, 2018
Two US citizens were among the four dead in a group of seven foreign bicyclists attacked in Tajikistan by loyalists of the Islamic State (IS)-affiliated Islamic Renaissance Party of Pakistan.
-
UN Migration Compact Seeks Pressure Against “Intolerant” Media
July 31, 2018
Michael Feeley reports that the draft Global Compact for Migration recently negotiated by UN member states calls for signatories to engage in “sensitizing and educating media professionals on migration-related issues and terminology” and to stop public funding of media outlets that convey “intolerance” and “xenophobia” toward migrants.
-
EC Plans Fines for Companies over Online Terrorist Content
July 31, 2018
The Economic Times reports on European Commission (EC) plans to introduce legislation in the coming months that would fine social-media companies that fail to rapidly remove content promoting terrorism from their platforms.
Copyright 2025 Global Governance Watch. All Rights Reserved.
A project of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies