14 August 2013 The Dutch embassy in Yemen will remain closed until further notice, according to a foreign affairs ministry spokesman. After closing due to terrorist threats, the embassy was thought to be reopening this week, however this has not happened. Embassy activities are being handled through ministry in The Hague.
7 August 2013 Extending its closure of the embassy in Sana’a, the Netherlands has removed all diplomatic staff from Yemen. Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans stated that the closure and diplomatic removal was followed news that the Dutch mission was a potential target of an attack. A number of European countries including Norway, France, Britain and…
Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and one of the leading Democratic candidates for mayor, walked into a clubhouse in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, just as people had started to eat and was escorted straight to the buffet. “I’d like to say I planned it,” Ms. Quinn joked. She grabbed a plate, sat…
July 1 2013 The National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism in the Netherlands has announced that the level of threat in the country continues to be “substantial”. The main international threat with potential consequences for the Netherlands is presently based on the situation in Syria. Other areas of consequence include Mali, Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria…
In Guantánamo Bay he was meant to be a Muslim extremist, one of the “worst of the worst”, according to the former United States defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Indeed, because he is still there and 613 detainees have left, you might think that he is the worst of the worst of the worst – although…
