Human rights organizations are alleging war crime violations in several lawsuits filed against a former Sri Lankan general who is now an ambassador to six South American countries. Jagath Jayasuriya is the subject of these lawsuits for his role as a commander in the final phase of the Sri Lankan
On September 1st, 2017, after a closed-door meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisolith, both Cambodian and Lao governments agree to speed up the negotiation about the border conflicts between two countries. The foreign ministers of both countries will meet in Phnom Penh in
North Korea has confirmed nuclear testing suspicions after foreign geological agencies reported two earthquakes in the country. Bordering cities in China felt the tremor that lasted several seconds, followed by an aftershock. The seismic wave was also felt along the Russian coast near Vladivostok. Today, seismologists from Japan and U.S.
The UN has estimated that 58,000 refugees have crossed the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh as Bangladeshi police have ignored government orders to control the border. The refugees have come from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where government security forces and Buddhist mobs have been accused of burning villages and inciting violence.
U.S. federal judge Orlando Garcia has blocked the controversial ‘sanctuary cities’ legislation in Texas that would have allowed police to question a person’s immigration status, detain them for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), prohibit policies that limit immigration enforcement, and persecute any law enforcement or government officials that failed to
Once again, the black-clad “antifa” anarchists have stirred up conflict at Berkeley. The Daily Mail reported that on Sunday the 27th more than 100 Anarchists broke through police lines assaulting and harassing attendees. They appeared to be targeting those that were outwardly pro-Trump conservatives. Yet, not only were Trump supporters
When faced with a humanitarian crisis, we are bound to question how we ended up here. We debate over responsibility, consequences, prevention and relief strategies so that we feel we have some understanding, in the hopes that these kinds of tragedies will not happen again. Putting this approach into context,
Tuesday morning literally started with a bang. A North Korean mid-range ballistic missile, a weapon born of nuclear payload motives, flew over Japan and crashed into the Pacific Ocean 575 miles east of Japan. This daringly unprecedented provocation sparked chaos in Japan’s northern Hokkaido island where the Prime Minister Shinzo
