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Chemical Attacks Continue in Syria

Posted: August 25, 2017 at 4:37 am   /   Article
Four year on from the biggest chemical attack in Syria’s civil war, unfortunately little has changed. The attack struck the Damascus suburb of East Ghouta, and the memories of the horror are still palpable to many in the region. Thousands were rushed to the hospital after an air raid four years ago. Many of those [...]
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US Navy Vessel Collides with Oil Tanker

Posted: August 21, 2017 at 4:28 pm   /   FEATURED STORIES, news, U.S., WORLD
The US Navy is looking for answers after the USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant ship. Search and rescue operations are underway to locate 10 missing sailors. The guided missile destroyer collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore.This is the fourth incident of its kind so far this year. The rise in [...]
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Mudslide, Flooding Devastate Sierra Leone

Posted: August 15, 2017 at 8:06 pm   /   AFRICA, news, WORLD
The nation of Sierra Leone has been rocked by a severe mudslide, leaving at least 300 people dead in the capital Freetown. According to NBC News, the mudslide, coupled with heavy rains and flooding have devastated the nation, as the Red Cross fears some 600 souls to still be missing. Bodies were still being found [...]
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Violence Erupts in Charlottesville VA

Posted: August 13, 2017 at 2:24 pm   /   news, U.S.
Another horrific day of violence beset Charlottesville Virginia, leaving three dead. Emboldened white supremacists, neo-nazis, and members of the Ku Klux Klan converged on the city, in what is believed to be the largest gathering of white nationalists in a decade. Hundreds came to protests the ideas espoused by the groups, carrying signs that read [...]
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Trump Intensifies North Korea Rhetoric

Posted: August 11, 2017 at 10:41 am   /   FEATURED STORIES, news, U.S., WORLD

  Donald Trump warned North Korea that a military option is “locked and loaded” in an escalating war of words between US and North Korea. “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!” Trump tweeted Trump warning came after North […]

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Weekend Roundup: Trouble Mounts in Venezuela

Posted: August 6, 2017 at 3:34 pm   /   WORLD
The new Venezuelan constitutional assembly has removed chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega. This deepens the political crisis in the embattled nation, as President Nicolas Maduro’s government appears to be moving quickly to consolidate power. 545 pro-government delegates voted unanimously to remove Ortega from her post amid cries of “traitor” and “justice.” The post of nation’s top [...]
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Ethnic Based Massacres Erupt in DRC

Posted: August 4, 2017 at 4:43 pm   /   AFRICA, FEATURED STORIES, news
According to the UN more than 250 people, including 62 children have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The attacks apparently have been "taking on an increasing and disturbing ethnic dimension". The UN report, which was based on interviews with roughly 100 victims, said it believed that the government may be complicit in [...]
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US Increases Sanctions On Russia

Posted: August 2, 2017 at 8:42 pm   /   Article, FEATURED STORIES, Politics, U.S.
President Trump has signed into law, a bill that would toughen sanctions on Russia in light of their interference in the 2016 United States election, their annexation of the Crimean peninsula, as well as other perceived lapses in international norms. The bill garnered overwhelming support in congress from both sides of the aisle, in a [...]
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Scaramucci Ouster Beclouded Bill Browder Crucial Senate Testimony

Posted: August 1, 2017 at 8:54 pm   /   FEATURED STORIES, Politics, U.S.
Just eleven days after being named to the post of White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci has been pushed out of his short lived White House position. The incoming Chief of Staff, General John Kelly, made it a point to deal with Scaramucci as one of his first official acts after being sworn in. According [...]
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Weekend Roundup: Venezuela Crisis

Posted: July 29, 2017 at 7:30 pm   /   AFRICA, FEATURED STORIES, news, Politics, U.S., WORLD
World Venezuela is having a democratic crisis, as they are seeing their voices as citizens become marginalized in light of President Marudo’s radical attempts to solidify his power. First, the Venezuelan Supreme Court was packed with judges loyal to the president and the same judges overturned laws the president opposed. Also, several opposition politicians have [...]
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