The city of Mosul still remains a hotbed for Islamic insurgency and military operations, as the anti-ISIL push continues after a one-day pause, amid growing concerns over escalating civilian death toll as fierce fighting spreads to the city’s most densely populated areas. According to Al Jazeera, an estimated 750,000 civilians […]
By March 28th or 29th, the Motor Vessel (MV) Sewol is expected to reach the nearest land. On March 23rd, the ferry was salvaged from the depths of the sea. On April 16th, 2014, it sunk with 476 passengers on board. The majority of the passengers – 325 people – […]
The UN has criticized Sri Lanka in recent days due to their failure to investigate war atrocities. The government’s failure to do so reflects a fear of punishing their own soldiers for civil war-era crimes, a brutal conflict lasting from 1983 to 2009. The war had detrimental effects on the […]
Thousands of people gathered in Moscow and other Russian cities to protest against the corrupt government. During this protest, the biggest since the anti-governmental demonstrations in 2011/12, around 500 people were detained by police. Alexei Navalny, the leader of the opposition and one of the biggest anti-corruption campaigners, was arrested while […]
As videos of soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army shooting Congolese citizens circulate on social media, the United Nation’s peacekeeper, Maman Sambo Sidikou, is calling for an investigation into the possible violations of human rights and into the mass graves discovered in January and February of this […]
Now in its sixth month, the US-backed offensive to drive ISIL out of Mosul has made significant progress and has been able to recapture most of the city with reports showing that the entire eastern side and about half of the west are now under Iraqi control. However, the progress […]
