Legal challenges to the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone call metadata are advancing through the US court system. One of three lawsuits against the NSA’s metadata collection was heard in a federal...
The Pentagon confirmed this week that US forces sought to carry out the extra-judicial killing of the leader of the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab in southern Somalia. According to Pentagon spokesperson Rear Admiral John...
Authorities in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain detained prominent human rights activist Maryam Al-Khawaja over the weekend just shortly after her flight arrived in the Bahraini capital, Manama. Al-Khawaja, who lives in Denmark,...
Pakistan is currently witnessing massive political demonstrations, protesting the government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. State-run television was at the center of a tug-of-war today between protesters and security forces, with the former...
Reproductive rights advocates have been in the streets in Louisiana and Texas this week, protesting laws that could shutter nearly all health clinics providing abortion services in their respective states. Barring court intervention, the...
A ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel reached earlier this week seems to be holding. When news of the deal broke, Gazans took to the streets in celebration. Afterword, many began to grapple with...
This week President Obama announced 19 executive actions to help reform the embattled Veterans Affairs Department and improve the health and lives of veterans. But in light of a new report also out this...
Authorities in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur have again arrested noted human rights activist Irom Sharmila just two days after her court ordered release. Sharmila has been on a hunger strike for 14...
Since the Central African Republic — or CAR — gained independence from France in 1960, there have been eight coups. The security situation in the country has deteriorated during years of war, and hundreds...
Farmers in California are struggling with record drought, and it’s proven particularly tough for small-scale farmers. This spring researchers from the University of California, Davis reported that it could cost the agricultural industry as...
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