30+ Dead After Police Clash With Islamic Hardliners In Bangladesh

Clashes took place between police and tens of thousands of protesters who demanded the passage of an anti-blasphemy bill.

Janessa Schilmoeller
By Janessa Schilmoeller

NAMIBIA - More than 30 people were killed in Bangladesh on Sunday and Monday in clashes between police and tens of thousands of protesters who demanded the passage of an anti-blasphemy bill in the Islamic state, ruled under a secular penal code dating back to 1860. As many as 36 people had been reported killed in protests across the country as of

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Is Latvia The New Cyprus?

The newest destination for Russian money is worrying euro zone officials ahead of its adoption of the euro next year.

Charles McPhedran and Markus Kuokkannen
By Charles McPhedran and Markus Kuokkannen

RIGA, Latvia — Tiny European country lures Russian cash by the suitcase before suffering banking crisis. Sound familiar? But this isn’t Cyprus, whose financial woes unleashed a European political crisis just over a month ago. An old playground for wealthy Russians, Latvia plans to join the euro zone next year, which has made it one of the

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Is Hezbollah Israel’s Real Target — Not Syria?

The attack, which Syrian officials argue struck a research center, occurred just days after another airstrike against Syria last Friday.

Dale Gavlak
By Dale Gavlak

BEIRUT - While a top Syrian government official has called Sunday’s bomb attack in a Damascus suburb a "declaration of war" by Israel, some Arab political analysts believe the intended targets were weapons — whether conventional or chemical — destined for Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah organization and not Bashar Assad’s beleaguered regime. They say

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UK Starts Launching Armed Drones From British Soil

Last Thursday, The United Nations Human Rights Council has called for a moratorium on the production, transfer and use of drones worldwide because the robotic weapons violate international law.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

As debate rages in the U.S. over the morality and legality of drone use overseas, the United Kingdom is announcing its first armed drone attack targeted at Afghanistan from British soil, representing a new era in U.S-U.K. military strategy. While the British Ministry of Defense has said it will not discuss the details of the incident, it did

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The Usual $uspects: Chronic Fraud By US Defense Contractors

In 2009, the United States government filed a formal claim against Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman — two major defense contractors — in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in regard to alleged violations of the False Claims Act, according to leaked court documents. The Integrated Deepwater System Program (IDS Program or […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In 2009, the United States government filed a formal claim against Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman — two major defense contractors — in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in regard to alleged violations of the False Claims Act, according to leaked court documents. The Integrated Deepwater System Program (IDS Program or

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Will U.S. Discovery Of Chemical Weapons Use In Syria Signal War?

AMMAN, Jordan – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced there is U.S. intelligence showing “with some degree of varying confidence” that the Syrian regime has used sarin gas against its people. Reportedly, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and the Israeli government knew that Syria was using the chemical agent sarin gas, but only released […]

Dale Gavlak
By Dale Gavlak

AMMAN, Jordan - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced there is U.S. intelligence showing "with some degree of varying confidence" that the Syrian regime has used sarin gas against its people. Reportedly, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and the Israeli government knew that Syria was using the chemical agent sarin gas, but only

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