Venezuela expels German ambassador for meddling, detains journalist
Summary On Wednesday, March 6, Venezuela’s government expelled the German ambassador Daniel Martin Kreiner. Kreiner had welcomed opposition leader Juan Guaido at the Caracas …
Algeria Protests: President’s Offer Fails to Temper Outrage
Summary Since Bouteflika’s official announcement of his candidacy for a fifth term, hundreds of thousands of women and men have peacefully demonstrated across Algeria …
Trump Won’t Rush North Korea On Denuclearization — Peace Deal Possible?
Summary President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un are to meet this week in Hanoi, Vietnam to discuss denuclearization a second time. This …
India strikes Pakistan in severe escalation of tensions between nuclear rivals
Summary Following an attack by Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Muhammad on February 14 that killed 40 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir, India sent fighter jets …
Anti-Semitism, racism and anti-elitism are spreading in France
Summary In a context of contestation and political instability, France is facing a period where the expression of intolerance and manifestation of anti-semitism, anti-elitism, …
CEO Of U.S. Gun-Maker Faces Jail In Germany
Summary About a decade ago, Sig Sauer sold $306 million worth of weapons to Columbia’s National Police. The German government contends that the sale …
Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh jailed ‘for 38 years’ in Iran
Summary The International human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been sentenced to 38 years and 148 lashes for her peaceful activism in favor of …
Eye on China, Singapore splurges on top-line arms
Summary Singapore’s projected budget spending came out last month and it was projected that the nation-state would spend about 30% of its expenditures on …
With Putin’s signature, ‘fake news’ bill becomes law
Summary Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a controversial bill making it illegal to distribute information that “exhibits blatant disrespect for the society, …
Japan says transgender people must be sterilized
Summary Takakito Usui is a transgender. Born as a girl, he identifies himself as a man. Following his request to be legally recognized as a …