The Russian government has threatened to strip the accreditation of U.S. news organizations in Russia if the United States does not agree to treat Russian journalists better. Despite Russia’s criticism, the United States has continued to give visas to qualified journalists and has not revoked any foreign press credentials already
On May 11, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a long-time reporter for Al Jazeera, was shot dead by Israeli forces while on duty covering Israeli army raids in the occupied West Bank. Abu Akleh was wearing a press vest and a helmet, along with the other reporters at the scene
On Wednesday, the eighth of June 2022, Algeria announced it was suspending a decades-long ‘friendship treaty’ with Spain. The cooling of relations between the two countries, separated by only 150 kilometers of the Mediterranean sea, has major ramifications for peace and stability in the region of Western Sahara, a country
On Saturday 25 June, hours before pride events were scheduled to occur, a shooting at a gay bar in Oslo killed two and injured 21. These figures are reported by Reuters. According to The Washington Post, the perpetrator is a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen originally from Iran. He is now being
Fierce fighting for Ukraine’s strategic city of Severodonetsk rages on as Russian artillery levels infrastructure and massacres civilians. The city has become the keystone in a Russian strategy to control the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. Mixed reports and a paucity of independent observers obfuscate the current situation in Sievierodonetsk.
Amidst continuing global contestations, regional alliances have produced new revelations in their historied role as axes of power. “Moscow and Beijing have declared their opposition to further enlargement of NATO and to the formation of other regional security alliances,” notes a caption under an image of Xi Jinping and Vladimir
Malaysian companies, limited by a nationwide shortage of workers, have canceled billions of dollars in sales amidst a labour crisis that threatens to disrupt Malaysia’s post-pandemic recovery. The paucity of labour has been attributed to slow government approvals and stalling negotiations with Bangladesh and Indonesia over worker protections. The Malaysian
On June 9th, 2022, Algeria suspended the friendship treaty established in 2002 between Algeria and Spain. Tensions between Algeria and Spain have worsened due to Spain’s new position on Western Sahara. Algeria has consistently backed the Polisario Front movement in Western Sahara, which fights for full independence and sovereignty. Morocco
Sunday, June 5, was a dark day for worshippers of the St. Francis Catholic Church in the Southern Nigerian city of Owo, where a brutal church shooting cost the lives of an estimated 50 people. The attack has not yet been officially claimed, though the Nigerian government supposedly suspects Islamic
