http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:13:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theglobalherald.com/eu-calls-for-egypt-to-lift-state-of-emergency/27280/ http://theglobalherald.com/eu-calls-for-egypt-to-lift-state-of-emergency/27280/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:28:49 +0000 News Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27280 One year on from the uprising in Egypt which ousted the President, Hosni Mubarak, the EU has called for the military leadership in the country to lift a partial state of emergency which still holds in the country. Nevertheless, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Matters, Catherine Ashton, hailed the successful first [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/eu-calls-for-egypt-to-lift-state-of-emergency/27280/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/europe-and-us-put-pressure-on-iran-with-warships-in-the-gulf/27252/ http://theglobalherald.com/europe-and-us-put-pressure-on-iran-with-warships-in-the-gulf/27252/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:50:33 +0000 News Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27252 The European Union has decided to place sanctions on the import of oil from Iran. The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union has decided to impose an import ban on crude oil from Iran as well as a freeze on the assets of the Iranian Central Bank within the EU. Australia has opted to [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/europe-and-us-put-pressure-on-iran-with-warships-in-the-gulf/27252/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/eu-appoints-envoy-to-middle-east-quartet/27204/ http://theglobalherald.com/eu-appoints-envoy-to-middle-east-quartet/27204/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:49:03 +0000 Politics Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27204 The European Union has appointed Mr Andreas Reinicke to represent Europe in the Middle East Quartet. Currently Germany’s ambassador to Syria, Mr Reinicke has worked in diplomacy for 25 years, mostly in the Middle East. Catherine Ashton, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said of Mr Reinicke: “He is an experienced [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/eu-appoints-envoy-to-middle-east-quartet/27204/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/many-dead-following-bomb-blasts-in-kano-nigeria/27104/ http://theglobalherald.com/many-dead-following-bomb-blasts-in-kano-nigeria/27104/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:35:07 +0000 News Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27104 http://theglobalherald.com/many-dead-following-bomb-blasts-in-kano-nigeria/27104/feed/ 1 http://theglobalherald.com/a-victory-for-the-internet-us-house-f-representatives-will-not-vote-on-sopa-bill/27026/ http://theglobalherald.com/a-victory-for-the-internet-us-house-f-representatives-will-not-vote-on-sopa-bill/27026/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:20:46 +0000 News Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27026 Following a day of unusual industrial action, the US House of Representatives has capitulated on its controversial SOPA bill. Wikipedia and Google, as well as many other web operations, blacked out their websites on Wednesday 18th January 2012 in protest at legislation passing in the United States. The SOPA and PIPA bills change the burden [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/a-victory-for-the-internet-us-house-f-representatives-will-not-vote-on-sopa-bill/27026/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/anders-fogh-rasmussen-visits-baltic-states-on-whirlwind-tour/27015/ http://theglobalherald.com/anders-fogh-rasmussen-visits-baltic-states-on-whirlwind-tour/27015/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:39:20 +0000 News Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27015 The UN Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen is on a whirlwind tour of Baltic States with stops in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia at the end of January 2012. On 19th January, Mr Rasmussen will meet the Lithuanian President, Dalia Grybauskaite, and Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius as well as other officials from the Seimas. In the [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/anders-fogh-rasmussen-visits-baltic-states-on-whirlwind-tour/27015/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/diamond-jubilee-2012-hrh-the-prince-of-wales-becomes-patron-of-the-thames-diamond-jubilee-pageant/26998/ http://theglobalherald.com/diamond-jubilee-2012-hrh-the-prince-of-wales-becomes-patron-of-the-thames-diamond-jubilee-pageant/26998/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:22:41 +0000 News Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26998 http://theglobalherald.com/diamond-jubilee-2012-hrh-the-prince-of-wales-becomes-patron-of-the-thames-diamond-jubilee-pageant/26998/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/president-obama-reassures-middle-eastern-leadership-with-flurry-of-top-level-meetings/26955/ http://theglobalherald.com/president-obama-reassures-middle-eastern-leadership-with-flurry-of-top-level-meetings/26955/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:05:58 +0000 News Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26955 The US President, Barack Obama, has taken pains to reassure Middle Eastern leaders of United States’ support following Western pressure on the Bahraini, Yemeni & Syrian leadership to bow to public demand for greater democracy. In two days, the Oval office has hosted Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani of Qatar and Prince Saud Al-Faisal of [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/president-obama-reassures-middle-eastern-leadership-with-flurry-of-top-level-meetings/26955/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/mitt-romney-wins-new-hampshire-primary/26946/ http://theglobalherald.com/mitt-romney-wins-new-hampshire-primary/26946/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:19:58 +0000 Politics Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26946 Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary, just one week after inching a victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa. The former governor of Massachusetts has enjoyed a blistering start to the competition to become the Republican candidate for President of the United States in 2012. His campaign team, Romney for President, has reported funds [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/mitt-romney-wins-new-hampshire-primary/26946/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/french-journalist-gilles-jacquier-killed-in-syria/26924/ http://theglobalherald.com/french-journalist-gilles-jacquier-killed-in-syria/26924/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:25:08 +0000 News Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26924 The French journalist, Gilles Jacquier, has been killed during unrest in the Syrian capital, Homs. The television reporter worked for France 2 and had been working on a report authorised by the Syrian government for the French magazine program “Envoyé spécial”. A second member of the reporting team was not hurt and France Télévisions are [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/french-journalist-gilles-jacquier-killed-in-syria/26924/feed/ 0