Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became the first U.S. Secretary of State to visit an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank, signalling U.S. approval of Israel’s military occupation. Pompeo’s visit is the most recent of a series of controversial decisions by the Trump administration. As the
The ruling party of French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday November 30 it would entirely rewrite a draft plan that would have placed limits on people’s ability to share images identifying police officers following large scale protests against police violence that took place over the weekend. Over 133,000 people
Dozens of people were confirmed dead in a “brutal” terrorist attack in the West Wellega Zone of Ethiopia. It occurred after government forces left unexpectedly on 1 November. Following their departure, survivors said rebels identifying themselves from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) arrived and claimed authority to the area. According
Indian farmers are protesting in response to a set of laws passed by the Modi government. The Prime Minister Modi claims that these new laws will help farmers by opening them up to private companies and increasing their profits. The farmers argue that the laws actually maintain the power imbalance
A report commissioned by the Australian Defence Force implicated members of the Australian special forces, particularly personnel from the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), in the murder of 39 Afghan civilians. The report, which followed a four-year investigation by Maj Gen Justice Paul Brereton, documented 23 incidents in which members
