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South African Communist Party Posters, Jan 2015

Taken on 2015-01-16

Invoking the sacred name of Mandela to garner votes for the South African Communist Party in Soweto.

Uploaded by ogkzebs on 2015-03-02

Indian Prime Minister Modi Meets US Sec. of State Kerry, Gujarat India, Jan 2015

Taken on 2015-01-12

PM’s bilateral engagements on the sidelines of Vibrant Gujarat Summit – 11.01.2015

Source: Narendra Modi/Flickr

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2015-02-02

Ruins of Donetsk International Airport Resulting from Separatist vs. Government Fighting; Dec 2014

Taken on 2014-12-24

Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport is a nonoperational airport located 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Donetsk, Ukraine, that was destroyed in 2014 during the War in Donbass between Government forces and pro-Russian separatists.

Source: Pravda DPR

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2016-05-13

Separatist Supporters and Law Enforcement in the 'Donetsk People's Republic', Ukraine, Dec 2014

Taken on 2014-12-20

Праздник солидарности в Донецке. DPR policemen and separatist supporters in Donetsk (20 December 2014).

Source: Andrew Butko/Wikipedia

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2015-03-03

Rojavan Women's Assembly; Qamislo, Syria, December 2014

Taken on 2014-12-06

Women's assembly meeting near Qamislo. Two major parts of the ideology of Rojava are direct and council forms of democracy and feminism/women rights.

Source: Janet Biehl/Flickr

Uploaded by parkinth on 2016-05-10

Japanese & American Naval Staff, The Pentagon - Virginia, November 2014

Taken on 2014-11-19

Adm. Tomohisa Takei, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, meets with Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert during his first official visit to the Pentagon as the newly appointed head of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Takei assumed command Oct. 14, 2014 from Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, who assumed command of all Japan Self-Defense Forces as their new joint staff, chief of staff

Source: Peter D. Lawlor/US Navy/Flickr

Uploaded by mfa1988 on 2014-12-25

Nagorno-Karabakh Tensions Escalate Over Downed Armenian Heli, November 2014

Taken on 2014-11-13

Armenia has threatened consequences over the downing of a military helicopter by Azeri forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Territory. Azerbaijan's defence ministry said the Mi-24 helicopter was downed after it tried to attack its positions.

Source: Azerbaijan Defense Ministry

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2014-11-13

Lt. Col. Isaac Zida, Burkina Faso's Head of State After Uprising, November 2014

Taken on 2014-11-01

'Le lieutenant-colonel Zida a annoncé qu'il assumait le rôle de chef de l'Etat de transition au Burkina Faso.' Lieutenant Colonel Yacouba Isaac Zida is a Burkinabé military officer who has been Burkina Faso's acting head of state since 2014. He took power in the aftermath of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, sidelining a more senior officer, Honoré Nabéré Traoré.

Source: Thomas Leger/Flickr

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2014-11-10

General Traore Briefly Seizes Control in Burkina Faso, 2014

Taken on 2014-10-31

General Honore Traore, the head of Burkina Faso's armed forces, took power on October 31, 2014, after Compaore resigned amid mass demonstrations against an attempt to extend his 27-year rule in the West African country. General Honoré Nabéré Traoré is one of the two Burkinabé soldiers that claimed to be the head of state since the resignation of Blaise Compaoré in the aftermath of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, the other one being Isaac Zida. Traoré has stated that a new election will take place in 60-90 days.

Source: Zoumana Wonogo (VOA)

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2014-11-04

Foreign Affairs Minister Baird and Iyad Madani, Jeddah, October 2014

Taken on 2014-10-16

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird meets with Iyad Ameen Madani, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

Source: DFATD/Flickr

Uploaded by mfa1988 on 2014-12-25

Iraqi Peshmerga Near the Syrian Border, October 2014

Taken on 2014-10-05

Pershmega special forces gathered near Syria on June 23, 2014.

Source: Enno Lenze

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2014-11-11

Meeting with Ashraf Ghani, Kabul Afghanistan, October 2014

Taken on 2014-10-03

KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Gen. John F. Campbell, commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during a meeting held Oct. 3, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Pres. Ghani discussed improving security ties not just in Afghanistan, but across the greater South Asia region.

Source: Richard D. Sherba/US Army

Uploaded by mfa1988 on 2014-10-05

Chief Executive Leung of Hong Kong Makes a Statement About Crisis, September 2014

Taken on 2014-09-27

(translation, unverified) Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying rejects dialogue with the OCLP protesters.

Source: VOA

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2014-09-29

YPG and FSA Agree to Jointly Fight IS, Aleppo Syria, September 2014

Taken on 2014-09-10

A joint operations room was announced on Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 between units of the FSA and YPG to coordinate their efforts against the Islamic State.

Source: Raqqa-sl

Uploaded by mfa1988 on 2014-09-13

Iranian Sunni & Shia Leaders Visit Supreme Leader Khameini in Recuperation, September 2014

Taken on 2014-09-10

A group of Shia & Sunni scholars visited Ayatollah Khamenei as he recuperates in an undisclosed hospital.

Source: Khameini_ir/Twitter

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2014-09-12

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, Erbil, September 2014

Taken on 2014-09-04

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird visits a camp for displaced persons in the Iraqi city of Erbil during a trip to Iraq September 2014.

Source: DFATD-MAECD/flickr

Uploaded by acmckinnon on 2014-12-15

Modi and Onodera, Tokyo Japan, September 2014

Taken on 2014-09-01

Courtesy Call on Prime Minister of India Modi by Defense Minister Onodera

Source: Japanese MoD

Uploaded by mfa1988 on 2014-10-06

Eastern European Leaders Meet in Minsk, Belarus, August 2014

Taken on 2014-08-27

(From right to left)President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President Vladimir Putin, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, EU Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger and EU Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht attend the meeting of the presidents of the Customs Union countries with the Ukrainian president and representatives of the European Commission in Minsk on August 26, 2014. PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV

Source: European External Action Service/Flickr

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2014-08-29

Nationalist Leader Oleh Tyahnybok at a Svoboda Rally, Kiev, August 2014

Taken on 2014-08-26

Oleh Yaroslavovych Tyahnybok is a Ukrainian politician who is a member of the Verkhovna Rada and the leader of nationalist Svoboda political party. The red and black flag seen here belongs to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), controversial for its pro-Axis and ultra-nationalist activities during World War II.

Source: ВО Свобода/Picasa

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2014-09-04