Síntesis informativa - 16 de agosto 2019
THE GUARDIAN
North Korea fires more projectiles and says talks with 'impudent' South are over
North Korea has fired at least two unidentified projectiles into the sea off its east coast, shortly after it denounced South Korea’s military drills with the US and declared that inter-Korean talks were over.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] said the North conducted the launch early on Friday from a site near the city of Tongchon. It has conducted six rounds of weapons launches since 25 July, apparently in retaliation for military drills involving South Korean and US forces.
UK receives report documenting Saudi cover-up of unlawful Yemen airstrikes
The allegations will put pressure on the UK government as it prepares its response to a court order directing it to reconsider all existing British government licences to export arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.
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AL JAZEERA
Pakistan army says Indian firing across LoC kills another soldier
Casualties rise to six in last 24 hours, says Pakistan army, adding that five Indian soldiers were killed on Thursday.
Pakistan's army has said Indian troops fired across the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region, killing another soldier and bringing the death toll to six in less than 24 hours.
Pakistan's army has said Indian troops fired across the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region, killing another soldier and bringing the death toll to six in less than 24 hours.
The developments come during a period of increasing tensions between India and Pakistan after New Delhi's Hindu nationalist government last week revoked special status for Indian-administered Kashmir.
The decision by India blocks the right of the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir to frame its own laws and allows non-residents to buy property there.
Trump warns of risk of Chinese crackdown in Hong Kong
US president urges China's Xi to visit Hong Kong as Beijing issues stern warning about continuing protests.
The movement represents the greatest challenge to Beijing's authority since the city was handed back by the British in 1997 under a deal that allowed it to keep freedoms that many Hong Kong citizens feel are being eroded.
Zimbabwe police violently break up protests after court ban
Protesters met with tear gas and beatings as riot police put down a demonstration in Harare against the poor economy.
Supporters of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) sang songs condemning the police brutality as officers fired tear gas to disperse them.
"There is no difference between Mnangagwa and Mugabe. We jumped from the frying pan into the fire after the November coup".
At least six opposition and rights activists were abducted and tortured by unidentified assailants in the days leading up to the protest, according to the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, a coalition of 21 human rights groups.
Friday's protests are the first since rallies in January against Mnangagwa's decision to raise fuel prices that ended in deadly clashes with troops.
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AL MAYADEEN
Gibraltar libera el petrolero iraní pese a la oposición de Estados Unidos
Las autoridades de Gibraltar, un territorio de Reino Unido, dejaron en libertad el superpetrolero de Irán que mantenía retenido a pesar de una solicitud de última hora del Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos para que no lo hiciera.
Medio estadounidense reconoce la influencia del CGRI dentro y fuera de las fronteras iraníes
Ninguna otra rama del ejército iraní puede reclamar la notoriedad que el Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica (CGRI) se ha ganado en las últimas décadas, reconoce un artículo difundido por el sitio digital The National Interest.
El CGRI esgrime lo que podría decirse que es el arma más destructiva en el arsenal de proyección de poder de Irán: la Fuerza Quds, una unidad de guerra no convencional de élite que encabeza las operaciones militares y de inteligencia iraníes en todo Medio Oriente.
La Fuerza Quds ha sido una espina clavada en los intereses estadounidenses en la región, proporcionando ayuda militar y apoyo directo en combate a los militantes antiestadounidenses en lugares tan conflictivos como Irak y Afganistán.
OLP condena decisión israelí de negar visita de las congresistas Omar y Tlaib
Tel Aviv decidió no autorizar la visita de las dos legisladoras demócratas estadounidenses, Ilhan Omar y Rashida Tlaib, que se esperaba su llegada a los territorios palestinos ocupados este fin de semana.
“Las leyes israelíes prohíben la entrada de gente que llame y actúe para boicotear a (Israel), como es el caso de cualquier democracia que impide la entrada de gente a la que ve como dañina para su país”, argumentó el primer ministro del régimen israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, en relación a su negativa de que las dos congresistas aterricen en los territorios ocupados por Israel.
Según reportes del Canal 12 israelí, a pesar de la postura antisemita de ambas congresistas, Netanyahu había dado permiso para su entrada, pero debido a la presión del presidente Trump dicha decisión de Netanyahu se viró.
En ese sentido, alegó y afirmó que las miembros del Congreso tienen la intención de incitar una intriga contra el estado y que ello constituye un acontecimiento sui generis que desencadenó una gran tormenta en los Estados Unidos.
