Spanish Teenagers Protest Controversial Education Law
By Jaime Ortega.
The Spanish Government has postponed giving the green light on Friday to draft an Organic Law to Improve Education Quality (LOMCE), alluding to a lack of close economic aspects that accompanies the laws promoted by the Department [...]
High School Student Arrested In Tempe For Holding Possession Of IED
Jaime Ortega.
Tempe, Arizona — 18-Year-old, Joshua Prater was arrested by Tempe police officers for being in possession of an Improved Explosive Device, otherwise known as (IED).
A woman found the device while she was cleaning a house. [...]
Muslim Extremist Urge Muslims To Hack U.S. Drones
By Jaime Ortega.
Drone Flying Through Afghanistan.
The first issue published by Azan, a radical Islamic magazine written in English that supports Muslim extremism, global domination, and global Jihad. Stresses the importance to stop worldwide [...]
Non-competitive Election Held in Ethiopia
By Betre Yacob.
Ethiopia held a non-competitive local and city council election on 14 and 21 April 2013, in which only the authoritarian ruling party, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), and its affiliated parties contested. [...]
Japan Signs Historic Nuclear Deal With Turkey
By Jaime Ortega.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (right) after a press conference in Ankara on May 3, 2013.
The Turkish government has signed a deal with a Japanese-French [...]
Midsize Earthquake Is Felt in Pakistan and India
By Jaime Ortega.
A medium size magnitude earthquake with a preliminary of 5.7 struck northwest Pakistan and India, according to the US Geological Survey.
The cities affected in Pakistan included Lahore, Peshawar, Jhang, Sargodha, Narowal, [...]
Seamy Underbelly Of Credit Card Theft Reveals Surprisingly Sophisticated Network Of Crook
By Andy Henion.
A Michigan State University criminologist dug into the seamy underbelly of online credit card theft and uncovered a surprisingly sophisticated network of crooks that is unique in the cybercrime domain.
Credit: University [...]
Two Large Explosions in Waco Texas Report Injuries
By Jaime Ortega
WACO, Texas — Local media in Waco, Texas are reporting an explosion with injuries at a fertilizer plant.
Several buildings are reported destroyed. KWTX reports a nursing home was damaged after the explosion just [...]
Complete Report: Bomb Blast Shocks Boston Marathon
Jaime Ortega- Boston.
First bomb Blast.
2:55 PM Eastern time, the first bomb explosion detonated at 653 Boylston Street at the Boston Marathon on the finish line as the crowd was cheering and runners came closer to finishing the last lap of [...]
The White House Takes North Korea Seriously
By Jaime Ortega.
The North Korean threats appear to be serious. The White House believes Pyongyang may launch one of its ballistic missiles at any time since the most recent intelligence reports reveal that the regime is likely to complete the [...]
Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe Remembered as ‘Trailblazer’ for African Literature
By Nwachukwu Egbunike.
Nigerian author Albert Chínụ̀álụmọ̀gụ̀ Àchèbé, better known as Chinua Achebe whose internationally praised writing gave Africans a voice by destroying the mold cast by colonialism, died on March [...]
Spotlight: The Battle with Pakistan
By Michael Krepon.
The February 16 bombing in Quetta targeting the Hazara community was the latest in a long, sad, and intensifying series of incidents of sectarian violence. Death tolls within Pakistan were greater in 2012 than the year before [...]
Horse To Water: China’s first faltering steps towards building trade links with Uzbekistan
By RAFFAELLO PANTUCCI.
SUE ANNE TAY
At the 2012 Uzbekistan Tashkent China Xinjiang Business and Trade Fair, an Uzbek visitor photographs a scale model of a Chinese cotton-picking machine.
On a flight from Beijing to Tashkent, the capital [...]
UN Human Rights Council Adopted a Resolution on Human Rights Defenders
By Betre Yacob.
As the authoritarian government in Ethiopia continues its violence against journalists and human right defenders, the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a new resolution on 21 March 2013 calling an [...]
WFP Stands By People Of Syria
By World Food Programme.
After two years of conflict in Syria, Muhannad Hadi, the head of WFP’s emergency operation, explains what has been done to meet the hunger needs of Syrian families affected by the fighting. Speaking from [...]
Ethiopia’s Human Rights Crisis Worsened
By Betre Yacob.
The human rights situation in Ethiopia, the most important strategic and security ally of the Western powers, has worsened drastically, according to the 2013 Human Rights Watch’s World Report, which summarizes the human rights [...]
Opposition Political Parties Showing Reservation to the Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC)
By Betre Yacob.
Opposition political parties in Ethiopia are said to have been showing reservation to the Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC), which has been working to overthrow the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front [...]
Civil war in Syria: The Spillover Threat
By James M. Dorsey.
Water tankers line the unpaved road outside a pre-fab United Nations meeting room in Za’atari, the Syrian refugee camp in a desert just south of the Jordanian-Syrian border that is home to 110,000 escapees from the [...]
Adios Hugo Chavez
By Jaime Ortega.
Medical realities challenged support for the electoral campaign that managed to forget, in some instances, the tragic concerns that lead ultimately to his death. Hugo Chavez even said, “I am completely healthy.” But he [...]
Merchants of Death and Nuclear Weapons
By ProjectCensored.
The Physicians for Social Responsibility released a study estimating one billion people — one-sixth of the human race — could starve over the decade following a single nuclear detonation. [...]