Canadian leadership has decided not to put in place a national handgun ban and, instead, has put the power of handgun laws into the hands of local communities. Despite gun control activists supporting legislation for a national handgun ban, Canadian leadership will allow individual communities to decide on their own
Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s rise to power and administration has been anything but stable. Moise was elected in 2015 under allegations of fraud. He was elected again in 2016 for a five-year term but was sworn into office in 2017, claims Al Jazeera. He asserts that he deserves another year
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government introduced new farming laws in September, causing widespread disagreement and leading to violent protests in the country’s capital. These new laws have led to two months of largely calm demonstrations involving farmers from India’s agriculturally-based northern states, according to the Associated Press. A protest
A few days ago, a crowded market near Tayaran Square in Baghdad was the site of a double suicide bombing. With at least 32 people dead and over 100 wounded, Iraq is reeling from this new trauma. These bombings come as a surprise to Iraqis given ISIS has lost control
Recently, Yemen’s Houthi movement was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government. The Houthi movement, also called Ansarullah, is an Iran-backed group who kill and kidnap, undermine stability in the country, and prevent future peace for Yemenis. Iran is supplying weapons and training to the Houthis and encouraging
An Azerbaijani soldier was killed, and another wounded, in an Armenian attack in late December 2020, furthering tensions between the two countries over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry claims it will respond accordingly if Armenian soldiers continue with these deadly attacks, says Al Jazeera. Despite the Azerbaijani Defense
Our world is increasingly dependent on cyberspace. Organizations and individuals seeking to cause chaos or steal information are developing and using cyber capabilities to do just that. Recently, 36 journalists associated with Al Jazeera were hacked by an Israeli spy firm taking advantage of an iPhone software flaw. According to
In the last week, Azerbaijani soldiers were arrested for committing war crimes. These soldiers are charged with dishonouring bodies of Armenian troops, violating rights of Armenian soldiers, and vandalizing Armenian gravestones, claims the International Center for Transitional Justice. This news became public as multiple videos were recorded and released online
Over 170,000 Eritrean refugees are living in refugee camps in Ethiopia, according to Human Rights Watch. Almost 100,000 of these refugees live in four camps in the Tigray region, along the northern border of Ethiopia. UNHCR reports that 44 per cent of refugees in these camps are children, many unaccompanied.
