Biden Rebuked for ‘Openly Praising War Profiteering’ at Lockheed Martin
‘This is all the can deliver,’ said one critic. ‘War, policing, capital consolidation for warmongers, and more war.’ While reproductive rights advocates across the...
Haiti: Gang clashes in capital force hundreds to flee their homes
Clashes in Haiti between rival gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince, have forced hundreds of people to flee their homes, the UN Deputy Spokesperson said...
Renowned Iranian media figure Talebzadeh laid to rest in Tehran
Veteran Iranian movie producer, director and researcher Nader Talebzadeh has been laid to rest at a cemetery in southern Tehran. The burial ceremony held at...
Germans fail to pay up for sacking Namibia’s indigenous lands
(GIN)—Reparations, a system of redress for egregious injustices, are not a foreign idea imposed from the outside of the United States. On the contrary,...
Accidents and evictions by mining companies pile up as search heats up for minerals
(GIN)—Seydi Sow, a landowner in Djogo, Senegal, contemplated his eviction by a mining company with joint headquarters in Australia and France and which mines...
Yazidis, displaced again, fear more strife in Iraqi homeland
by Rashid Yahya and Samya Kullab ZAKHO, Iraq—Iraqis in a northern town still traumatized by memories of the Islamic State group feared more violence...
Virgin Islands protests UK’s direct rule plan after premier’s arrest in U.S.
Hundreds of people in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) protested against a proposal by the Queen of Britain to put the overseas British territory...
Extremism surging among Canadian military ranks, says report
The number of White supremacists and other violent extremists within Canada’s military is growing at an “alarming rate” and the officials have failed to...
Young innovators win video competition with ideas for a better future
Marking World Intellectual Property Day, on April 26 UN patent experts announced the champions of this year’s youth video competition. Selected among 142 entries from 63 countries, the...
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi gets jail term for corruption
A court in Myanmar has reportedly sentenced former elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a five-year prison term after finding her guilty of...