Bahrain has announced it is cutting all ties with Qatar after hackers in Qatar, allegedly linked to terrorist groups, “interfered with the internal affairs” of Bahrain. Qatar has been accused by Bahrain of supporting international terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Daesh, along with having financial ties with groups linked to Iran. Qatari diplomats […]
The article you are about to read depicts suffering beyond my full comprehension,and therefore does not intend to assume or wholistically interpret the experiences of people of color in America, rather it serves as an educational piece promoting justice and understanding. Know that this article does engage heavily with race/minority politics, including discussions about structural […]
This page will act as an archive of domestic US reactions to the announcement by American president Donald Trump of his intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. It will be updated as necessary. On June 1, 2017, three states (California, Washington, New York) announced their intention to continue to hold to the provisions […]
Recently, tensions on the Korean peninsula have ratcheted up dramatically, with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea, henceforth DPRK) testing several ballistic missiles over a relatively short period of time. The missiles, some of which have been nuclear-capable, have flown toward Japan and Russia, and with relations between China and the DPRK at […]
“Because they (the Maute group) threatened to go down from the mountains to burn down Marawi? Go ahead, be my guest. We will wait for you there. No problem.” -Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, 2 December 2016 On May 23rd, 2017, at around 2:00 PM local-time, clashes broke out in the Philippine city of Marawi, located […]
background The Republic of The Gambia is the smallest country in mainland Africa, with a population just shy of two million living in an area slightly less than twice the size of the US state of Delaware (about 11,300 sq km). Surrounded by Senegal and the Atlantic Ocean, the Gambia’s location along the Gambia river made […]
On Tuesday President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and Donald Trump met at the White House to conduct talks concerning Syria and a press conference (video here) laden with mutually congratulatory statements. Trump’s opening bit was noticeably shorter than his guest’s and perhaps less rehearsed. But what got the most attention online was the bloody […]
On April 27th, 2017, Al-Masdar News made an announcement through their Twitter account that they had become aware that one of their contributing writers “may have engaged in abusive behavior on a public forum prior to joining AMN”, and that the unnamed journalist in question was as of that date “suspended with pay”. The individual […]
On April 29th, 2017, the Syrian Civil Defense (henceforth White Helmets) center in Kafr Zeita, near Hama, Syria, came under sustained aerial bombardment from Russian and Syrian government aircraft. The precision with which the facility was struck, plus the use of bunker-busting munitions, strongly points to Russian aircraft as being the primary aggressors in this […]
