Female politicians have failed to find their way in parliament, now some are calling for a quota for women. Lebanon is campaigning to get at least five times more women elected to parliament this spring in its first vote in nearly 10 years, the country’s first women’s affairs minister says. With diverse religious groups and […]

Gun battle at base in southern part of Indian-administered Kashmir leaves five soldiers and three gunmen dead. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – A marathon gun battle at a paramilitary base in Indian-administered Kashmir has ended after almost 36 hours, with the killing of the last remaining gunman fighting off Indian security forces. The fighting at the […]

A possible fentanyl lab has been dismantled in Calgary, according to the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams. On Jan. 18, ALERT’s Calgary organized crime team dismantled the lab and reportedly found a pill press, dies, various chemical powders and fentanyl in both pill and powder forms. The tablets were reportedly marked with “CDN” and “80” […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is sticking to the Brexit withdrawal agreement, European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted on Wednesday, in what he said was a message to British Prime Minister Theresa May. “The Withdrawal Agreement is not open for renegotiation. Yesterday, we found out what the UK doesn’t want. But we still don’t […]

There’s tight security presence in Honduras as protests continue ahead of the inauguration of re-elected President Juan Orlando Hernandez. There’s tight security presence in Honduras as protests continue ahead of the inauguration of re-elected President Juan Orlando Hernandez. The opposition has called for a general strike. It says the vote-count after November’s presidential election was […]

Commemoration of the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali coincides with broader protests against state austerity measures. Tunis – Several thousand people marched through the main street of the Tunisian capital on Sunday, marking the seventh anniversary of the toppling of the country’s former president after mass protests. But, for many people, this year’s […]

In an attempt to quell criticism, the government of Cameroon continues to shut down social media and messaging apps. For people in the English speaking parts of Cameroon, free speech on the internet has become all but impossible. Authorities in the country’s Anglophone region have blocked access to social media and messaging apps for almost […]

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed for contempt of court for their role in the country’s 2014 ‘Umbrella’ protests. A Hong Kong court has jailed activist Joshua Wong for the second time over his role in the country’s pro-democracy “Umbrella Movement” protests. The country’s High Court found Wong guilty of contempt of court for failing to […]

At least 15 people have been reportedly killed and hundreds arrested as protests show no sign of letting up. New protests have erupted in Iran as a wave of anti-government rallies that began last week shows no sign of losing its momentum. Iranian state media has said that 14 people and one policeman have been killed […]

Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ won him many fans behind bars, and the country music singer went on to perform at other prisons and advocate for improved conditions. Fans of the late singer Johnny Cash are remembering the concert he recorded exactly 50 years ago – performing before an audience of inmates inside one of America’s […]