UK: Australian Julian Assange guilty of breaching bail
Westminster Magistrates’ Court: A UK judge has found Australian Julian Assange WikiLeaks founder guilty of breaching his bail. His supporters packed the public gallery. [...]
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Jehovah’s Witnesses Tortured in Russia
Key Points: Jehovah’s Witnesses were subjected to physical abuse—electric shocks, suffocation, and beatings The agents put a bags over their heads and sealed it with [...]
Putin: Russia suspends INF nuclear deal with U.S.
President Vladimir Putin announced on Saturday that Russia has suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty after a similar move by the United States. [...]
Germany: Man drives through crowd in deliberate attack on foreigners
Western German: A 50-year-old man has ploughed his car into a crowd of people, injuring at least four. Authorities say it was an intentional attack on foreigners. Those [...]
Putin’s Russia Terrorises Jehovah’s Witnesses
Over the past year the Russian state has conducted a systematic campaign of terror against Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country. In at least seven cities across police [...]
Russia: “Unfriendly” Western Diplomats Get Marching Orders
MOSCOW Jamie Dettmer(VOA) — The Kremlin has given marching orders to “unfriendly diplomats” from several Western countries in retaliation for the collective Western [...]
The Cranberries Lead Singer Dies Age 46
Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer of Irish rock group The Cranberries, has died at the age of 46. Her publicist says O’Riordan died suddenly while in London for [...]
Elite companions, flute girls and child slaves: sex work in ancient Athens
A painting depicting a debate between Socrates and Aspasia, by Nicolas André Monsiaux, circa 1800. Wikimedia Commons Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle In our [...]
The grim reality of the brothels of Pompei
Brothels in Pompeii were decorated with murals depicting erotic and exotic scenes: but the reality was far more brutal and mundane. Thomas Shahan/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY [...]
Sweden: Synagogue in Gothenburg attacked
Up to 20 rioters attacked a synagogue in Gothenburg, Sweden. The attack comes as Muslim protests continue against U.S President Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem [...]
