Should Vladimir Putin be studying the conviction of Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president? What about Henry Kissinger? It’s striking that the very same legal reasoning could apply to those in Washington, M ...
Why are some conflicts labeled as "genocide" while others are not? Why do we hear more about six million Jews exterminated half a century ago than we do about 10 million Congolese people exterminated since 1996? Are ...
Rio Tinto is bad news for many communities around the world. Its operations have failed to provide adequate protection of public health, the environment, workers and human rights. It is a scandal that it should be pr ...
Democratic change has been demanded across the Middle East. But was what seems like a spontaneous revolution actually a strategically planned event, fabricated by 'revolution consultants' long in advance? ...
THE WEST LOOKS UPON INDIA AS A BOOMING MARKET WHERE IT CAN SELL ITS ARMAMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY. India, the largest importer of arms in the world, is planning to enhance its stockpile by buying $100 billion worth of new ...
2011 marked the shift many Middle East observers had been anticipating. Since their formation, nations stretching between the Maghreb and beyond the Levanthave endured decades of authoritarian rule. Mohamed ...
More than 200 killed 700 wounded in mortar and tank shelling in Khaldya neighborhood - Homs. ...
The US government spent over $800 billion and lost approximately the lives of 5,000 US troops in Iraq while fighting the war on terror ...
In Homs, every day starts with sniper fire. Every day. People queuing to buy bread or vegetables scatter. Children start crying, cars screech into reverse while men and women gather what they have and head for the pr ...
Whether they are being used for surveillance or all-out combat, drones will soon pose serious risks for all of the world's citizens. ...
Bahrain police clash with mourners after disrupting the funeral of 16 year old Ali Alsatrawi, killed by a police jeep the night before. ...
Indonesia has been supporting the Palestinian case ever since they declared their independence. But what about the fate of West Papua which has been under Indonesian rule for half a century? ...
When uprisings first began to spread throughout the Arab world, there was speculation that the Kurds across the Middle East could follow suite. That could still happen, but with their largest party in Turkey margina ...
Rioting and looting was not the only violent activity being carried out by Englishmen on Sunday night. Some hours before Cameron appeared on our TV screens vowing to take revenge on the risen British youth, his bombe ...
This is the Arab revolution that was abandoned by the Arabs, forsaken by the West and forgotten by the world. ...
This video shows a Yemeni man being hit and tortured by bunch of face-covered Men. It's thought to be happening in Saudi Arabia since the men here are speaking with a Saudi accent. Regardless of the video's credibili ...
It has been one year since bloody ethnic clashes in the Kyrgyz city of Osh shattered the optimism that followed the revolution deposing authoritarian dictator Kurmanbek Bakiyev...longstanding tensions between Kyrgyz ...
The uprisings popularly called the 'Arab Spring' have seen regional power in the middle east wrestled away from pro-American Regimes ...
Iraq is full of street kids; children with one or both parents killed, or some who have merely been abandoned. ...
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