Dominican Republican President Luis Abinader recently announced plans to construct a barrier along its Haitian border. According to the President, this 380 km fence will help curb illegal immigration, drug trade, and other criminal activities. Although the exact timeline and budget are unknown, President Abinader told Congress that he hopes
Following reports of a large incursion by Chinese warplanes and fighter jets, Taiwan believes China to be embarking on a show of force and intimidation. Taiwan’s defence ministry claims that eight Chinese bomber planes, capable of nuclear activity, four fighter jets, and one anti-submarine aircraft entered Taiwan’s self-declared air defence
Chinese e-commerce corporate giants, Alibaba and Huawei, are making headlines for their link to racially discriminatory practices. Following reports from United States-based video surveillance group IPVM claiming that new facial recognition technology can be used for identifying Uyghur minorities, both companies were forced to hastily respond to the charge. Soon
A bomb strapped to a rickshaw detonated on Friday 18 December 2020, in the eastern province of Ghazni. The blast killed 15 children and injured another 20 people. The reason for the explosion is still unknown, with two converging accounts of the event emerging. One story, popularized by a spokesperson
A 13-year-old Palestinian, named Ali Abu Alia, died on Friday, December 4th, after being critically injured by Israeli troops in Almugayer, a village just northeast of Ramallah. The deadly incident occurred when Israeli soldiers came upon a group in the West Bank who began throwing stones. The Israeli soldiers responded,
On Thursday, November 19th, Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas was beaten to death by two white security guards at a grocery store in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Camera footage depicts Joao being repeatedly punched in the face while being restrained by another guard. It is thought that another person was present and filming the
A Greek consulate worker and a Saudi security guard were wounded when an explosive detonated during a remembrance event in Jedda, Saudi Arabia on November 11 2020. The ceremony occurs annually in a non-Muslim cemetery and is attended by a diverse group of foreign diplomats and staffers. This year was
Police fired shots to break up a protest this weekend, directly injuring two women and harming others through the resulting chaos. The decision to fire at a protest against the violence of women (VAW) has, naturally, generated considerable outrage. The police fired air shots when the female activists attempted to
Protesters campaigning against sexual and gender-based violence are once again making headlines in Namibia. The protesters have flooded business districts on several occasions, even shutting down the capital city of Windhoek earlier in October. The response has not always been peaceful, as many young demonstrators found themselves facing rubber bullets
Belarus police detained 713 people during mass protests on Sunday against the re-election of the country’s authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko. Of those apprehended, 570 remain in custody. These startling figures make Sunday the most severe response to demonstrations since August. The protests spanned several Belarusian cities, but the largest crowds
An explosive-laden truck detonated in Syria on Tuesday, killing at least 19 civilians and wounding more than 80 others. The explosion occurred near a bus station in al-Bab, about 40 kilometres east of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city. Images and videos shared on social media depict large plumes of smoke and extensive
In Baghdad, five Iraqi civilians were killed and two others were severely wounded after a Katyusha rocket struck a residence on Monday, September 28th, destroying the family home upon impact. The rocket appears to have been launched from the al-Jihad neighbourhood of Baghdad and thought to have originally targeted the
