University students in Honduras’ capital city of Tegucigalpa wrapped up a 36-hour protest on Tuesday when they allowed access to the campus they had occupied for nearly two days as their latest move in a wave of actions demanding high-level reforms at the university and an overhaul of rising tuition costs.... More
Iraqi forces have managed to liberate more areas near the strategic city of Fallujah in Anbar province from the control of the Daesh terrorist group.... More
The United Nations has released new estimates showing that more than 10,000 refugees died attempting to cross the Mediterranean waters into Europe since 2014.... More
Israeli authorities have approved permits for the construction of 82 new settler units in the occupied East Jerusalem in defiance of international calls on Tel Aviv to end the practice.... More
Great Britain is secretly upgrading its Trident submarine-launched nuclear missile program and creating a new nuclear warhead that is going to cost them about $300 billion U$D, without notifying parliament.... More
In related news, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won in the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. While laying off much of his staff, he has vowed to remain in the race to challenge Hillary Clinton at the convention in July.... More
In the U.S. state of California, Helen Chavez, an activist who played a crucial role in launching the United Farm Workers of America, has died at the age of 88.... More
A dozen U.S. inmates at Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin plan to launch a hunger strike to protest that they are being held in indefinite solitary confinement.... More
UK manufacturing activity barely grew last month, raising concerns over the economy's strength in the run-up to the June 23rd referendum on whether the country should remain a member of European Union.... More
According to newly-declassified documents and testimonies, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had a permanent operation to intervene in political and social decisions of Ecuador for more than half a century.... More
Former Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva has accused the country's interim government of having orchestrated a coup to rise to power in the South American country.... More
The Guardian reports that the judge overseeing the military tribunal at the U.S. prison on Guantánamo "effectively conspired" with prosecutors to destroy evidence related to the defense of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused architect of the 9/11 attacks.... More
A bomb blast has rocked central downtown Istanbul, Turkey, killing at least 11 people and leaving 36 others injured. ... More
A car bomb has exploded in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, leaving at least five people dead and 11 others wounded. ... More
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