On Tuesday, 25 February, Hosni Mubarak, who held the Egyptian presidency for nearly 30 years, died at the age of 91. This announcement came following a Twitter post by his son, Alaa Mubarak, stating that “indeed, to Allah we belong and to Allah we shall return’…my father, Hosni Mubarak, passed
In the build-up to the 50th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Donald Trump has reached out to Moscow aspiring to create a three-way arms control pact with Russia and China – three nations with some of the largest stockpiles of nuclear weapons. Trump will hold
This past Wednesday marked US President Trump’s latest victory in his attack on sanctuary cities. The Trump administration can now withhold millions in funding from states and cities that fail to comply with federal immigration law enforcement. It was previously illegal for the U.S. government to deny resources based on
On Tuesday, South Sudan’s Minister of Agricultural and Forestry Betty Achan announced that swarms of locusts had begun destroying crops and grazing land across the country putting citizens at risk of widespread famine. South Sudan is not alone in battling this unprecedented number of locusts as several countries including Yemen,
The last week of February was filled with an outbreak of religious violence in northeast Delhi, India over a citizenship law passed in December. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) provides minority groups from neighbouring majority-Muslim countries a fast-track to Indian citizenship. Critics of the new citizenship law claim it is
On the 25th of February Protests and riots broke out on the Greek Islands of Lesbos and Cios against the construction of a detention centre for refugees by the Greek government. Residents are opposing the government plans as they believe the island cannot sustain an inflow of more people, instead,
After eight months of Internet blackout, police in Rakhine state have dozens of protesters in Yangon. They seek to press charges against nine students, according to a local student union. Students in Yangon have been protesting against the shutdown and general government repression. Myanmar is engaged in one of the
After months of campaign advertisements, Luxembourg has made all public transit free of charge for residents and visitors alike. Beginning Saturday, the nation’s bus, train, and tram systems will all be board-able and free to ride without a ticket. The change has not been entirely drastic, as transport was already
