Kurds Nominate Fuad Masum for Position.
Another session of Iraqi parliament came and went with no settlement, though it is widely expected that the vote on president will proceed tomorrow, as the Kurdish blocs have finally settled on a candidate. That will be Fuad Masum, a long-time member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, and a former de facto Kurdish premier during
Promoting cooperation and unity, not fomenting unrest, Putin’s approach to Latin America is the exact opposite of the U.S.’s.
As the United States upholds its policy of fomenting unrest against socialist governments in Latin America -- the latest example being Venezuela after the death of Hugo Chávez in March 2013 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has charted a course in the opposite direction. Ostracized by the West following the pro-Russian referendum deciding the
The NYPD’s police commissioner and Internal Affairs Division both admit to “wrongdoing” in Garner’s arrest, but Internet users aren’t so sure.
Members of the American public have recently flooded the comments sections of news articles chronicling the tragic death of 43-year-old Eric Garner, who stopped breathing during his violent arrest in Staten Island, New York, last week for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes. Though the bulk of the comments express outrage for the level of
Come November, Alaska, Oregon, and South Portland, Maine, voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana for adults.
It’s official: Voters in Oregon and South Portland, Maine, will decide this fall whether to follow in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington state and legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older in limited quantities. News that voters in Oregon had gathered the some 88,500 signatures needed to place the legalization measure on the November
OHCHR estimates that among nearly 700 Palestinians killed more than two-thirds are civilians, including nearly 150 children.
The United Nation's top official on human rights said on Wednesday that Israel's military assault on the Gaza Strip may constitute "war crimes" for its widespread practice of targeting civilian areas. After two weeks of bombing, the Israeli assault has now claimed an estimated 680 Palestinians lives. Nearly 70 percent of those, according to UN
Grappling with a shrinking budget and limited manpower, the EPA pursues criminal charges in “fewer than one-half of one percent” of total legal violations.
WASHINGTON --- While U.S. regulators are actively flagging and tracking corporate violations of federal environmental laws, the government is rarely pursuing criminal penalties for those infractions. The Environmental Protection Agency, the key department in safeguarding the country’s health from pollutants, pursues criminal charges in fewer
