On Sunday, Sri Lanka was faced with the worst flooding on the island in the past decade. Emergency teams consisting of soldiers and international aid workers rushed to distribute aid and locate missing people. At least 151 have been confirmed dead. The Health Minister has reported that 111 people remain […]
Widespread protests and clashes broke out in Kashmir on Sunday after a top rebel leader was killed by India’s security forces. Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, a senior leader of the Hizbul Mujahideen group, was shot and killed on Saturday in a standoff with government troops in his hometown of Tral. Another […]
South Sudanese pro-government forces have killed at least 114 civilians in and around Yei town, as well as committing uncounted rapes, looting and torture, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said. The report has documented human rights violations and abuses against civilians that may amount […]
An awful, devastating tragedy occurred last Monday at around 10:30 pm in Manchester, the United Kingdom. A bomb exploded outside of the Manchester Arena at an after party event for US pop star, Ariana Grande’s concert. Twenty-two people have been confirmed dead and more than fifty injured. This terrorist attack […]
Earlier this week, on May 23, 2017, 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander delegates met in Uluru, in the Northern Territory at the annual First Nations Convention. They discussed furthering indigenous rights and the possibility of a treaty or constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders under Australian law […]
