‘The evolution of “non-lethal” weapons has been disturbing enough (and actually lethal in many cases), but speculation that this developing arsenal would be attached to drones has generally been met with accusations of fear-mongering. However, […]
‘The primary function of the mainstream media is not to inform you, but to distract you from what’s really happening. When it comes down to it, nobody really cares whether a tiny pizza joint in […]
‘The 11 remaining victims of a covert sterilization program that took place in Virginia between the years of 1924 and 1979 have received compensation by the commonwealth, according to new reports. The Virginia General Assembly […]
‘It’s no secret that the billionaire Koch brothers own the Republican Party – after all, they’ve committed themselves to spending up to a billion dollars in 2016, and that’s money that an awful lot of […]
‘As California’s record drought continues, Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered residents and non-agricultural businesses to cut water use by 25 percent in the first mandatory statewide reduction in the state’s history. One group not facing […]
‘Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) has justifiably provoked outrage nationwide for its apparent intent to legalize anti-gay discrimination by private businesses. But another controversial law that this week resulted in a draconian 20-year prison […]
‘Rwandan exiles in Canada and their Canadian allies, all of whom are well-known critics of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, held a press conference earlier this week in Montreal to call on Canadian authorities to protect […]
‘Nairobi has pledged to respond in “the severest ways” to the recent horrendous attack by the al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group al-Shabab in eastern Kenya. On Thursday, four militants from the group killed 148 people, 142 […]
‘Egypt says securing access to the Red Sea through Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen’s coast is top priority, nine days after Cairo joined the Saudi-led military aggression against Yemen. “Securing navigation in the Red Sea […]
‘Julie was once a Liberal Party activist and the snaps were taken at a meeting in her living room to stuff envelopes during a by-election campaign in 1979. But there was a sordid and shocking […]
‘Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has submitted a draft law on legal procedures for introducing a martial law to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament said on its website on Friday. The document stipulates rules for introducing […]
‘Around two and a half thousand Ukrainians surrounded the US embassy in Kiev on the first of April. They were protesting the appointment of foreigners to the Ukrainian government, as well as the intervention of […]