Often considered a “taboo” or “uncomfortable” subject, sexual assault and enslavement is rarely covered as much as it should be in the media. Sexual enslavement and abuse of women is one of the continuing tragedies in the world today. Especially in LDC’s and other areas where gender empowerment is lacking, women face these problems every day without any notice from… Read more »
Spain, backed by NATO withdrew their fueling request with Russia recently. NATO members are worried about Russia using their ships to airstrike in Aleppo, therefore urged Spain to take control of the situation and deny Russia’s request to refuel. NATO has good reason for believing this. First of all there has been reports that the Russian ships were Syria- bound,… Read more »
Not known if in response to a flotilla of Russian warships sailing past Norway en route to Syria, Norway announced that U.S. could station over 300 soldiers within its borders. Though it is on a trial basis, this decision is one that significantly goes against Norway’s diplomacy of not allowing foreign allies to post soldiers on its soils. Norway’s announcement stressed… Read more »
Hungary’s media for the past four months has been plagued with negative advertisements concerning migrants and those seeking asylum. This anti-migrant sentiment, often including xenophobic statements, was encouraged by the Hungarian Government including Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The country was asked to host a small amount of 1,294 migrants fleeing war in their own countries. Rather than accept this request… Read more »
What I find most interesting about this article and situation is how out of all the 15-member Security Council, not one person, voting for or against the 10 candidates, said ‘discourage’ to Antonio Guterres. If I had to say, I would think that not having a single ‘discourage’ written on a ballot for any candidate is common. I like to… Read more »
On Monday, the United States withdrew from the Syrian Peace Process because Russia was not holding up its end of the deal. The United States stated that Syria still continued to bomb in Aleppo and did not uphold the ceasefire. As a result of Russia’s failure to meet its agreements, the United States decided to pull out of the agreement…. Read more »
The Brexit is causing concerns for the whole EU and with valid reason. Germany is especially upset because Germany believes the financial weight lies on them. It is unfair Germany is going to be the state that makes up for Britain’s losses. However, who would pay for the majority of EU’s funding if Germany didn’t? Smaller states do not have… Read more »
Any and all Nazis that were involved in the mass murder of the Jewish people should be convicted and sent to jail. No question about it in my mind. It gets a little excessive though when a German court is putting Hubert Zafke on trial for the fourth attempt. I’m only saying that because the man is 95 years old…. Read more »
Restrictions on Muslim freedoms and Islamaphobia have become more and more prominent since ISIS has unleashed multiple terrorist attacks over the course of the last decade. The victims of these hateful crimes are not the only ones harmed by these attacks. Muslim people all over the globe are subject to hate crimes and discrimination, and now are being forced to… Read more »
The ongoing Syrian conflict has led to greater tension between European nations and the Putin administration. Although both sides appear to be in support of a peaceful solution to the crisis, the future leadership in Syria has put the two bloc’s in diametrically opposed positions….