By Moath al-Alwi I write this letter, as I wrote my last, between bouts of violent vomiting and sharp pains in my stomach caused by this morning’s force-feeding session. Reading news articles, […]
By Moath al-Alwi I write this letter, as I wrote my last, between bouts of violent vomiting and sharp pains in my stomach caused by this morning’s force-feeding session. Reading news articles, […]
Wow, 83 large planes have gone missing since 1948 and have never been found: (via @JuddLegum) [Source]
The Russian press added that “A Kremlin statement said Putin had underlined to Rouhani that any solution to the Ukrainian crisis must take into account the interests and the will of people […]
Snipers, who were killing people during the Euromaidan, were situated in the building of philharmonic society. At a point in time, the building was controlled by Andrey Parubiy, commandant of the Euromaidan, […]
Moscow’s ambassador to the United Nations told an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Thursday that Russia does not want to go to war over the Ukraine crisis. “Russia does not […]
Using a technique called linguistic phylogeny, scientists from Georgetown University have made an intriguing discovery: languages of the North American Na-Dene family (traditionally spoken in Alaska, Canada and parts of the US) […]
Alan Rusbridger, the editor-in-chief of the Guardian, discusses the government’s attempts to block publication of letters the Prince of Wales wrote to ministers. Rusbridger says the public has a right to know […]
The European Parliament has just voted on a comprehensive bill to express its massive disapproval of U.S. mass spying on ordinary citizens. In the bill, it calls for suspension of trade talks, […]
239 MEPs voted yes to giving Edward Snowden protection, 399 voted no, 31 abstained today in the EU parliament. The final vote was therefore a no. View more details about the vote […]
March 11 marks three years since a magnitude-nine earthquake and a giant Tsunami struck northeastern Japan. More than 20,000 people were killed in the disaster. For many who survived, the loss of […]