The International Criminal Court opened, on November 3, a formal investigation for possible crimes against humanity in Venezuela. The news was announced by Prosecutor Karim Khan during a three-day...
The images of the events after the Taliban seized Kabul and other cities in Afghanistan have crossed the world. In a few hours, the lives of the country's residents changed. Many tried to flee...
William Maley, Australian National University In April 1961, just months after the young John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States, his reputation for expertise in...
While many of us have known that Britney Spears was living under a conservatorship for several years now, I don’t think many of us had realized the extent of it, and the extent of the abuse she has...
We’ve all felt the economic impact of the pandemic and are trying to stay afloat. Although many of us can survive, vulnerable families face a greater risk of starvation and homelessness. In this...
Reports of police abuse have been notorious around the world this year, leading to widespread protests. The United States has begun to demand much-needed police reform, but it is not the only country...
by Hannes Baumann, University of Liverpool The explosion that tore through Beirut on Tuesday August 4 was so strong that shockwaves were felt on the island of Cyprus, over 200 kilometres away. At...
On the night of Friday, November 15, 2019, the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that the price of fuel would triple from the following day. The sudden news caused a great deal of concern among...
Two years ago, Turkey launched an unprovoked invasion of the northwestern Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin. Since then, primarily through its Syrian militia proxies, it has instigated a concerted...
US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the international community to push back against “the most brutal and pervasive oppression China has seen in decades” in its 2020 annual report....