The news coverage has been increasingly distressing for the past months regarding the worsening situation of migrants travelling the Mediterranean Sea in smuggling boats. As a result, the EU has called on the European leaders for an urgent meeting. Currently held by Luxembourg, the leadership of the Council of the European Union has announced that a meeting regarding “extraordinary justice and … [Read more...]
Global Healthy Life Expectancy Stagnates As People Live Longer But Sicker
In spite of the fact that life expectancy has increased significantly since the 1990 even in the poorer nations of the globe, researchers also noticed that age-old diseases plague more people than ever. In India, for example, life expectancy has extended between 1990 and 2013 with 6.9 years for men and 10.3 years for women. Conducted in 188 countries, this new research is the result of an … [Read more...]
Rights Groups Oppose New Anti-terrorism Law Adopted by Tunisian Parliament
A new anti-terrorism law was adopted by the Tunisian parliament after deadly attacks took place on its territory, encouraging powers to deal with the threat posed by extremists. Rights groups, however, weren’t so eager to accept the law, considering it “draconian.” After only three days of debate, the law got a sheer majority of the 174 votes of the parliament; no one was against it, and only … [Read more...]
Barack Obama: Britain Must Remain in EU to Keep Its Global Influence
Barack Obama was never shy about his opinion about the European Union, admitting when things went wrong, but in a recent interview with the BBC, he urged the United Kingdom to remain in the Union. The President of the United States explained that the UK is a great and important partner to our nation, and it needed the EU backing it up if it wanted to keep on having this kind of strong influence … [Read more...]
Refugee Crisis: More Than 4 Million Syrians Live in UNHCR Camps
According to a report released on Thursday by the UN Refugee Agency, more than 4 million Syrians have fled the country because of war and extreme persecution, seeking refuge in neighboring countries. The striking number has put the Syrian conflict at the top of world crises that happened in the last quarter of a century. UNHCR reported that Syrian refugees seeking asylum in other countries has … [Read more...]
Record Numbers of Migrants Seek Refuge in Europe in First Six Months of 2015
According to a recent United Nations Refugee Agency report, the first six months of 2015 have already knocked off all records of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea seeking resettlement under international law. The shores of Europe have been swamped by huge numbers of boats carrying desperate people running away from war zones or poverty. The UN Refugee Agency estimates that from January to … [Read more...]
WikiLeaks Releases More Than 60,000 Saudi Documents
More than 500,000 Saudi documents are about to be leaked on WikiLeaks, the international non-profit journalistic website. Following the pattern of its famous release from 2010, when US State Department cables were leaked, WikiLeaks said 60,000 files are already uploaded on the website; most of them seem to be written in Arabic. So far, the authenticity of the documents has yet to be … [Read more...]
Italy Calls On European Countries Over Migrant Redistribution in Europe
Yet another call to solidarity was issued by Interior Minister Angelino Alfano on Sunday, asking other European countries to share the burden of the thousands of migrants that are rescued from the sea and then processed in the overflowing centers across the country. Since Italy is one of the few forefront nations, officials have increased pressure on EU to offer a helping hand by establishing … [Read more...]
Save the Children Pakistani Office Sealed Down by Government Order
According to official statements, Save the Children, the international aid agency, has been ordered to leave Pakistan and completely shut down its operations on the country’s territory. The Pakistan's government has accused the organization of “working against the country,” so police and government officials paid a visit at the charity's office in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital. The after-hours … [Read more...]
Australia Supports Migration Relief in Myanmar, Bangladesh with $5 Million
Australia is on a roll in providing funds for humanitarian aid, as it has recently offered yet another $5 million to help with the migration relief efforts for populations from Bangladesh and Myanmar. The financial aid coincided with the conference held in Bangkok on the issue of irregular migration in the Indian Ocean. The target of this special event is to formulate both short and long-term … [Read more...]