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Chelsea Manning Banned From Entering Canada For Potential ‘Treason’

The ex-political prisoner and whistle-blower posted a rejection letter from the Canadian government dated Sept. 22.

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The ex-political prisoner and whistleblower posted a rejection letter from the Canadian government dated Sept. 22. Chelsea Manning has been banned from entering Canada for what she could potentially do in the country, a tweet from the activist announced. The ex-political prisoner and whistleblower posted a rejection letter from the Canadian

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‘The Tougher, The Better’: Trump’s New Venezuela Travel Ban Explained

The new restrictions come after Trump said that regime change in Venezuela will come “very, very soon.”

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A government supporter holds a placard with the universal "No" symbol over a caricature of U.S. President Donald Trump during an anti-imperialist demonstration, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. In his debut address to the U.N. General Assembly, Trump says the socialist government in Venezuela has brought a once-thriving nation to the "brink of collapse." Trump accused its President Nicolas Maduro of stealing power from elected representatives to preserve his "disastrous rule." (AP/Ariana Cubillos)

Nine months after Trump introduced a controversial travel ban widely panned as discriminatory and anti-Muslim, the White House has issued new regulations that add North Korea, Chad and Venezuela to the list. "Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet," Trump said in a tweet

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US to Extract Minerals From Afghanistan to ‘Defray Cost of US Assistance’

The U.S. military has had its eyes on Afghan mineral deposits for some time. A 2007 Pentagon memo that the New York Times quoted in a 2010 article says that Afghanistan could be the “Saudi Arabia of lithium.”

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Afghanistan has a vast untouched wealth of minerals, including lithium, the silvery metal used in mobile phone and computer batteries considered essential to modern life. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

U.S. Companies are planning on taking a larger role in extracting Afghanistan's enormous reserves of valuable rare earth minerals, Reuters reported after U.S. President Donald Trump met with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Thursday. According to a White House statement, the presidents agreed that the development of Afghan minerals by U.S.

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Facebook Stifles Rohingya Reports Of Ethnic Cleansing

Amnesty International’s Burma researcher, told the Daily Beast that there appeared to be a targeted campaign to report Rohingya accounts to Facebook in a bid to shut them down.

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Alishaan, a Rohingya Muslim man, walks towards a hospital carrying his sick mother Aishya Khatoon at Taiy Khali refugee camp, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. More than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since Aug. 25. (AP/Dar Yasin)

Facebook has asked its moderators to remove the content "by or praising" the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. Facebook has come under fire for stifling voices reporting crimes against humanity in the ongoing crisis in Myanmar. The backlash comes after the social media network labeled the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, ARSA, as a "dangerous

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US Opens First Military Base In Israel, Adding To Over 800 Worldwide

The new base adds to the U.S. garrison of the world, which accounts for some 800 military bases on soil other than its own.

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Israeli Defense Forces Brig. Gen. Zvika Haimovich, right, and U.S. Maj. Gen. John L. Gronski sign an agreement during a ceremony at the Bislach Air Base, near Mitzpe Ramon, Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. Israel and the United States announced plans Monday to open the first American air base in the Jewish state -- a facility that will aim to bolster Israel's aerial defenses. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

The first U.S. military base in Israel has been officially inaugurated. It's located within the confines of the Aerial Defense Division in the south of the country. A few dozen U.S. soldiers will live and work on the base, situated inside the school of the of the Israeli Air Force, in the Negev. “The base is here to stay. It involved a

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Anti-Brutality Protests Hit St. Louis Streets For Fourth Night

The ACLU accuses police of “unacceptable, unlawful” behavior as protests continue unabated against the acquittal of an ex-cop charged with murder.

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Police arrest a man as they try to clear a crowd Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, in University City, Mo. Earlier, protesters marched peacefully in response to a not guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley. (AP/Jeff Roberson)

Despite an estimated 140 arrests over the past weekend, demonstrators in St. Louis aren't letting up in their protests against police violence. They have taken to the streets for the fourth consecutive day to denounce the not-guilty verdict given to a former officer for the 2011 fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old Black man who was

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Wells Run Dry Near Giant Coca-Cola Bottling Plant In Mexico

The Mexican FEMSA-run bottling company operating the plant in the region is said to have consumed at least 1.08 million liters of water per day in 2016.

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A large roadside sign welcomes visitors to the town of Zinacantán, near the city of San Cristobal, Mexico. (Photo: María Verza/Periodismohumano)

A Coca-Cola plant is said to be taking up copious amounts of water to manufacture its signature soda, in turn, drying up the wells in southern Mexico. A report in Truthout says supplies are disappearing in San Felipe Ecatepec, an Indigenous town three miles outside of San Cristobal de las Casas in the state of Chiapas. The Mexican FEMSA-run

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