The ordeal of Julian Assange
THE scenes of six Metropolitan police officers dragging Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London as he was clutching a copy of History of the National Security State by Gore Vidal have sent shockwaves of horror and an avalanche of condemnation from all around the world.
Cloud of accountability in Sri Lanka
THE cloud of accountability that has dogged Sri Lanka since the end of the war has begun to spread. There was warning of this reality when the UN human rights commissioner in her March 2019 report on Sri Lanka made a recommendation that the international community should use the
How Australia's 'everyday racism' moved from political fringe to mainstream media
In the aftermath of the Christchurch attacks, the kind of racist comments usually found in the darkest corners of far-right chat sites were suddenly, stunningly, coming from the keyboard of an Australian senator.
How Australia's 'everyday racism' moved from political fringe to mainstream media
In the aftermath of the Christchurch attacks, the kind of racist comments usually found in the darkest corners of far-right chat sites were suddenly, stunningly, coming from the keyboard of an Australian senator.
Fire guts Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Macron pledges to rebuild
A massive fire consumed Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday, gutting the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world, though firefighters saved the main bell towers and outer walls from collapse before bringing the blaze under control.
Authorities detonate World War II bomb found in Frankfurt river
A WWII bomb found by firefighters taking part in a diving exercise in a river in Frankfurt, Germany, was safely detonated Sunday.
Pelosi says she talked with Sergeant-at-Arms about Omar's safety following Trump tweet
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she talked with the House Sergeant-at-Arms, the House official in charge of security, about the safety of Rep. Ilhan Omar and said she wanted to make sure a security assessment was being conducted.
One dead after Australia shooting outside nightclub
A security guard is dead and another man is fighting for his life after a drive-by shooting outside a popular Melbourne nightclub, police said Sunday, amid a spate of gun violence in Australia’s second-largest city.
Why did Ecuador give up Assange after seven years?
Hours after Julian Assange was ousted from his diplomatic refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, the country released a laundry list of alleged transgressions which brought the WikiLeaks founder's seven-year residency to an end.
The martyrdom of Julian Assange
THE arrest Thursday of Julian Assange eviscerates all pretense of the rule of law and the rights of a free press. The illegalities, embraced by the Ecuadorian, British and US governments, in the seizure of Assange are ominous. They presage a world where the internal workings, abuses,
