In a storm that is about maritime rights and sovereignty as the incident occurred on the Whitsun Reef of the Spratly Islands archipelago, which China claims virtually in its entirety. The Philippines called for China to “stop this incursion and immediately recall these boats.” China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, however, moved to calm the situation while … Read more
Nine operatives of the outlawed Harkatul Jihad Bangladesh, HuJI-B, were in court Tuesday, five others on the run, as the sentence was pronounced by a judge at the Dhaka Speedy Trial tribunal-1 for placing a 170-lb bomb where the prime minister’s helicopter was scheduled to land in Gopalganj district in July 2000. The plot failed … Read more
Leftist female political prisoners were always kept hooded and submitted to gropings, forced nudity, sexual abuse of all types, rapes, etc., by members of Uruguay’s 1973–1985 military dictatorship, said the attorney for 28 women who presented their case Thursday to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, IACHR. It wasn’t easy for them to come forward, … Read more
Detonations lasted from dawn to late afternoon, says the mayor of Arauquita, in the southwestern Venezuelan states of Apure, reporting “a significant number of injured and dead.” President Maduro reported the incident without offering other details, but it was reported by AFP that an exiled general said it was an attack on a camp of … Read more
YANGON, Myanmar – Regiment 5 of the Karen National Union has blocked the logistics of the Myanmar military in one of the military’s controlled areas. The Myanmar military transported 500 bags of rice and edible oil from the Thailand side of the border due to how difficult it was for them to carry the rations … Read more
President Mario Abdo Benitez survived a congressional vote to oust him, but the country’s National Coordination of Peasant and Indigenous Organizations is organizing marches on the capital, Asuncion, to demand his resignation for “ineptitude and corruption” in failing to prevent and mismanaging the large scale health crisis that has left the country overwhelmed. Congress is … Read more
A BLM-approved mine operating nonstop as an open pit on the mesas above the Lone Pine community of the Paiute Shoshone Tribe would leach gold from heaps of crushed ore using tons of cyanide each day in the process, according to a description of Vancouver, Canada-based K2 Gold Group’s outline of the project by the … Read more
Motorcycle gunmen sprayed bullets at everything that moved in the villages of Intazayene, Bakorat, and Wistane Sunday in the 3-country area near Burkina Faso, said local officials noting that Islamic State jihadists have claimed responsibility for massacres in the area, adding 137 dead to the toll of earlier attacks. The arid Tahoua region in western … Read more
Mexico’s National Migration Institute, INM, says the aim is to protect migrant children who are “exploited by criminal networks” that tell migrants to bring their children to facilitate their entry into Mexico and the United States. Mexico’s protection of minors is centered in stopping them from entering the country to prevent them from becoming “victims … Read more
YANGON, Myanmar – Two hundred internally displaced people from Ingyan Yan area of Kachin state fled to Myikyina, the capital of Kachin state, on March 20 due to military reinforcement of both opposing armed forces after recent clashes. The Kachin Independent Army conducted an attack on the Myanmar military near Gway Htaung village of Ingyan … Read more
Financial markets reacted to the firing of the country’s respected Central Bank chief by running away from the Lira on early Monday trading, and the currency was near its all-time low against the dollar, slicing through key resistance levels. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan holds that high interest rates cause inflation, whereas the Quantity Theory of … Read more
Opposition candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, who had charged that Congo has become a “police state,” died while being evacuated to France for treatment, announced his campaign manager. The Congolese Constitution provides for a postponement if a candidate dies or is unable to participate in the vote, but his death was announced hours after the closing … Read more