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…
Category: World
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…
Trump’s decision on Iran nuclear deal is called ‘foreign policy malpractice’
Experts from the Washington-based Arms Control Association denounced President Donald Trump’s reported decision not to renew U.S. sanctions waivers in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal between the P5+1 countries (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and…
McCormick condemns murder of priests in Philippines
Lisa McCormick condemned the murder of Father Mark Ventura, a 37-year-old priest who was shot dead on Sunday, April 29, by unknown killers after saying Mass in Gattaran, Cagayan, Philippines. McCormick blames fascist Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for the slaying…
Chemical weapons factfinders show up in Syria
The Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited one of the sites in Douma, Syrian Arab Republic today to collect samples for analysis in connection with allegations of chemical weapons use on 7…
US strikes three Syrian sites
President Donald Trump said that a strike against Syria for its chemical attacks against civilians was being waged by American, French and UK forces, and would be part of a sustained retaliatory response against the Russia-backed regime of Bashar Hafez al-Assad,…
Shell oil company knew it was contributing to climate change in 1988
By 1988, a major oil and gas company was not only aware of the potential threats posed by climate change, it understood its own role in creating the conditions for a warming world. Documents unearthed this week by a Dutch…
Army unit to train Afghanistan forces
By Jim Garamone A new American army formation deployed to Afghanistan is dedicated to focusing the power of the Afghan military and government on taking the fight to the Taliban to convince the group to reconcile. The unit is composed…
Yemen’s war is all-American
A US Senate vote against a resolution on Yemen’s civil war signaled American support for Saudi Arabia’s military coalition operations that have been brought on what is called the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today. On Tuesday, the Senate…
Developing gender equality in the world has a home in NJ
Seeds to Sew is a New Jersey organization working with women in two subsistence farming villages in rural Kenya, Maasai village in the Transmara District and a Kikuyu area in the Central District, which are disadvantaged, poverty-stricken areas. The organization’s…