Category: International
INDIA ELECTED TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNOPPOSED
Securing the highest number of votes among all the other candidates to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR), India has successfully earned its place after a long wait. For […]
Google+ Shuts due to Data Leak
Google+, a social networking service launched to compete with Facebook by Google will shut down the consumer version of the social network. The failure occurred due to a security bug […]
ROHINGYAS: BATTERED AND IGNORED
The Rohingyas are a group of Muslim minority who are stateless in lieu of the prosecution they are facing in their country, Myanmar. This kind of “ethnic cleansing” has brought […]
International Court of Justice Ruling on US imposed Sanctions on Iran
Iran is one of the world’s biggest oil producers, and the exporter of oil and gas is worth billions of dollars each year. To understand the complex international situation which […]
THE TRAIL OF HORROR OF THE EAST AREA RAPIST IN SACRAMENTO
Throughout 1977, the terrified residents of Sacramento County wanted to know when their horror movie of an existence would end. In packed community forums, they expressed their fears about the […]
WILL KIM CEDE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IF U.S. PLEDGES NOT TO INVADE?
Keeping diplomatic developments coming at a head-snapping pace, the South Korean government said on Sunday that North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, had told President Moon Jae-in that he would abandon […]
Barristers Threaten Walkout Over Legal Aid Payment Changes
The 4,000 Criminal Bar Association members criticise lack of payment for new responsibilities on disclosure of evidence. Criminal courts across England and Wales are facing disruption after barristers threatened direct […]
GUN SAFETY GROUPS NOT CONVINCED BY RETIRED JUSTICE’S CALL TO REPEAL SECOND AMENDMENT
John Paul Stevens says repeal would weaken NRA’s ability to ‘block constructive gun control laws’ but Everytown and others disagree. The highest-profile gun safety groups did not take up a […]
THOMAS CALLS THE SECOND AMENDMENT A ‘CONSTITUTIONAL ORPHAN.’ STEVENS NOW SAYS GET RID OF IT.
“The demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform,” Stevens said in a New York Times op-ed. “They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.” At the high […]
World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76
Hawking passed away peacefully in his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday. He was known for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several […]