Israeli security units clashed with Palestinians in East Jerusalem Wednesday morning following the murder of a teenage Palestinian boy who may have been killed out of revenge in response to recently discovered bodies of three Israeli teenagers murdered in the occupied West Bank last month. Outlets reported IDF soldiers firing rubber bullets and teargas at…
As United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges restraint, both the U.S. and Israel are attempting to clear the path at the UN for the escalation of Israel’s assault on Gaza. Speaking to the UN Security Council on Thursday, Ron Prosor—the Israeli envoy to the UN—dismissed calls for deescalation and ceasefire, comparing them to “asking a…
So far, Jaime Harrison’s bid to lead the Democratic National Committee has been overshadowed by two high profile rivals. Despite the endorsements and media attention garnered by Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison and Labor Secretary Tom Perez, the South Carolina Democratic Party chairman believes his on-the-ground experience will put him over the top when the DNC…
Egypt released an Al Jazeera Arabic journalist on Tuesday after he had spent nearly 150 days on hunger strike in protest of his 10 months of incarceration without charge. Abdullah Elshamy’s detention began in August last year when he was arrested while covering the police crackdown on a protest held by supporters of ousted President…
A meta-analysis of 343 previously peer-reviewed studies from all over the world has found that organic crops contain more antioxidants and fewer pesticides than their non-organic counterparts, according to reporting in the Guardian. The research, conducted by an international team of scientists led by UK professor of ecological agriculture Carlo Leifert, is published in the…
Update — WWE also announced overnight that Erik of The Viking Raiders has signed with Raw as a free agent and Tamina, Billie Kay, and Zelina Vega have signed with SmackDown. ********** After tonight’s Raw went off the air, an additional round of draft picks was announced on Raw Talk. Lana, Riddick Moss, and Arturo Ruas were…
Advances in human development risk being erased without a renewed global commitment to eradicating inequality, tackling climate change, and providing basic services, according to the UN’s 2014 Human Development Report,(pdf), released Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. While poverty is shown to be in overall decline and gains have been made in health and nutrition, the report…
The meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan was more severe than previously acknowledged, owner Tokyo Electric Power Company announced Wednesday, according to reports from Japanese media. Click Here: Putters The company released new estimates that nearly every fuel rod at Reactor 3, located at No. 1 plant, melted as a result of…
“Metadata is not trivial,” Electronic Frontier Foundation legal fellow Andrew Crocker said Wednesday, announcing the filing of an amicus brief in Klayman v. Obama, the high-profile lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency’s program of mass surveillance. The brief, filed jointly by the EFF and the American Civil Liberties Union, declares that “call records collected by…
The Obama administration on Friday announced that it had formed a “core coalition” to fight the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as the threat of increased U.S. military involvement in the area looms. “We need to attack them in ways that prevent them from taking over territory, to bolster the Iraqi…