Medics treating Palestinian protesters say Israeli forces are shooting at demonstrators with a “butterfly bullet”, which explodes upon impact, pulverizing tissue, arteries and bone, while causing severe internal injuries. All 24 Palestinians who had their limbs amputated between March 30 and…
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UN condemns Trump child abuse
A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights Ravina Shamdasani, released the following statement expressing global outrage in response to the policy of separating children from their parents, who enter the United States without a visa: We are deeply…
Antarctica is melting at an alarming rate
The melting of Antarctica is accelerating at an alarming rate, with about 3 trillion tons of ice disappearing since 1992, an international team of ice experts said in a new study. In the last quarter century, the southern-most continent’s ice…
Human rights put in ice during Trump-Kim summit
by Phil Robertson President Donald Trump shook hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and called him a “terrific leader” who loves his country. The dictator from Pyongyang certainly has a strange way of showing it, keeping over 100,000…
Trump declares victory without winning at photo op with North Korea disctator
Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Donald J. Trump, president of the United States of America, held a first, historic summit on Sentosa Island, in Singapore on June 12,…
New charges filed against Manafort in Russia probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought additional charges against Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donad Trump’s campaign, and his longtime associate Konstantin Kilimnik, who prosecutors have said has ties to Russian intelligence. The indictment accusing them of obstructing justice was…
American soldier killed in Africa
An American special operations soldier was killed Friday in Somalia during a gun battle with Islamic militants, according to a report from the Pentagon. One U.S. special operations service member was killed, four other U.S. service members and a partner…
Republican FEC commissioners won’t stop foreign influence in elections
As tech companies and government agencies prepare to defend against possible Russian interference in the midterm elections, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has a different response: too soon. The four commissioners on Thursday deadlocked, again, on proposals to consider new…
Trump-Russia conspiracy case will likely go forward
Lawyers for three Americans suing the Trump campaign and Roger Stone for violating their privacy and civil rights, asserting that the defendants hacked private information and distributed it worldwide, say they are confident the case will move forward following Monday’s…
Nipah virus outbreak reported in India
Three people have died in Kerala’s coastal city Kozhikode, reportedly due to the rare Nipah virus, disease mainly carried by fruit bats and which has a 70 per cent mortality rate. Nipah virus (NiV) was first documented in 1998 and is…