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North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il, 69, Dies –By Rafael Wober | HuffPost
North Korean television announced in a “special broadcast” that its leader, Kim Jong Il, is dead. News of Kim’s death was made public on Monday, with officials indicating that he actually died two...
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Egypt: Thousands March to Protest Military Violence Against Women | The...
Around 10,000 women have marched through central Cairo demanding Egypt’s ruling military step down in an unprecedented show of outrage over soldiers who dragged women by the hair and stomped on them,...
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Egyptian Court Orders Military to End Virginity Tests | BBC & Euronews
A Cairo court has ordered forced virginity tests on female detainees in military prisons to be stopped. The court made the decision after a case was brought by protester Samira Ibrahim. She accused...
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Killing of Syrian Children Provokes Outrage | Al-Jazeera
The United Nations says hundreds of Syrian children have been tortured and killed since anti-government protests began in March. Al Jazeera’s Nisreen El-Shamayleh met one family whose teenage boy went...
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Situation Tense in South Sudan | Al Jazeera (Video)
Thousands of villagers in South Sudan are hiding in the bush, waiting for UN and government troops to stop a tribal conflict, which officials fear may have left scores of people dead over the weekend....
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Afghan Child Bride Tortured for Six Months | Al Jazeera (Video)
An Afghan child bride is recovering in hospital after being held captive and tortured for six months by her husband’s family. While her case is extreme, it is still often acceptable in Afghan culture...
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Elusive Equality: Why Arab Women Remain Voiceless| AJE (Video)
Amal al-Malki, a Qatari author, says the Arab Spring has so far failed women in their struggle for equality. She talks about women’s rights in the Arab world, political and social empowerment and...
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Another Day, Another Massacre In Syria (Video)
Activists say another massacre has taken place in Syria just days after nearly 100 people were killed in Houla. This time, at least 86 people are said to have been killed by pro-Assad militias in and...
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Teen Activist Malala Yusafzai, 14, Shot by Taliban for Demanding Education...
Malala Yusafzai Malala Yusafzai, a 14-year-old education rights activist, has been shot and injured while on her way home from school in Mingora, the main town in the Swat Valley region of northwest...
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Argentine Mom Susana Trimarco Saves Hundreds of Sex Slaves In Quest to Find...
Click to view slideshow. LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) — Susana Trimarco was a housewife who fussed over her family and paid scant attention to the news until her daughter left for a doctor’s appointment...
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Obama’s Forgotten Victims | Mirza Shahzad Akbar
“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” ~James Baldwin Background In a letter dated May 22, 2013,...
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Over 200 Nigerian Schoolgirls Kidnapped, Reportedly Sold as Brides for $12
Two weeks ago, 270 Nigerian girls were kidnapped from a boarding school in the country’s northernmost state of Borno. The schoolgirls were captured during a predawn raid on April 15 in the town of...
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Remembering the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre
South Africans commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre on Saturday, when 69 people were killed and 180 others wounded for protesting apartheid. The day is hallowed on the South...
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Remembering the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre
South Africans commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre on Saturday, when 69 people were killed and 180 others wounded for protesting apartheid. The day is hallowed on the South...
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The Case of Théo L. and The Toxic Legacy of Police Brutality in French Suburbs
A rally in Paris against police violence when they arrested a young man called Theo in early February. (Photo: AFP / Irina Kalashnikova); Featured imaged: The Observers via FRANCE 24. A horrific case...
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No Where To Turn: Children As Young As Four Brutually Raped in Greek Refugee...
A child carries a blanket at the makeshift refugee camp at the Greek-Macedonian border last March. (Photo: AFP / Guardian UK) “I told myself, ‘Look at yourself – you came to Europe, what was your...
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Lowering the Sky-High Murder Rate in Latin America
Two women hold signs with the pictures of murdered relatives during a demonstration against the lack of safety on the streets, on June 20, 2009 in Caracas. (Photo: Juann Barreto / AFP/ Getty Images);...
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The Hidden Human Calamity: African Migrants Sold As Slaves in Libya
Earlier this month, CNN published cellphone and hidden-camera footage from what appeared to be “slave auctions” conducted in Libya. The images, including video obtained by undercover CNN journalists,...
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Rohingyas: The Most Persecuted People on Earth
Rohingya refugees wait to receive aid in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on September 24, 2017 (Photo: Cathal McNaughton/ Reuters); Background: Rohingya refugee Azida Begum, 11, was shot twice, under her arm...
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