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Northern Aleppo Countryside 'Totally Encircled', say Syrian Rebel Commander

Even as heavy Russian bombardment continued, the northern countryside of Aleppo province was completely encircled by Syrian government forces and its allies, said the commander of a U.S.-supported Syrian rebel group on Friday.   Choking opposition supply lines from Turkey to Aleppo city,...

UN Panel Decides WikiLeaks' Assange Should Go Free from Embassy and be Compensated

A much awaited opinion of the UN panel has opined that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to go free from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and be awarded compensation for what amounts to a three-and-a-half-year arbitrary detention.   Assange has been holed up in the embassy...

United Nations Recognized Julian Assange's Deprivation of Freedom Illegal

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled in favor of the founder of the site WikiLeaks Julian Assange, having declared his prisoning in the Ecuadorian embassy guarded round the clock by British police illegal. The formal decision on the legality of the WikiLeaks founder’s detention is...

BBC Claims U.N. Panel to Rule that WikiLeaks' Assange 'Unlawfully Detained' in Ecuador Embassy

A United Nations panel examining an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will rule on Friday that his three-and-a-half-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London amounts to 'unlawful detention', the BBC reported.   He was a political refugee whose rights had been infringed by being...

As Syrian Rebels Remain in Hope of More Weapons, the Army Closes in on Aleppo

Even as Syrian rebels pounded by Russian air strikes expressed hope that the failure of Geneva peace talks would encourage their foreign backers to send better weapons, a Syrian army source said the city of Aleppo would soon be encircled by government forces.   There was no point to peace...

Sexual Transmission thought to be Behind the First Reported US Case of Zika Virus Transmission

A day after the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency, the first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials.   Health officials claimed that the virus was transmitted through sex...

WHO Issues Zika Alert, Africa, Asia Vulnerable to Spread the Virus

As the World Health Organization launched a global response unit against the new medical emergency caused by Zika virus, the WHO warned that the Zika virus linked to a microcephaly outbreak in Latin America could spread to Africa and Asia, with the world's highest birth rates.   An...

John Kerry says Libya Threatened by ISIS Despite Being Pushed Back in Iraq and Syria

The Islamic State is threatening Libya and could seize the nation's oil wealth even as an international coalition is pushing back the radical group militants in their Syrian and Iraqi strongholds, U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.   The Islamic State is spreading into other...

The First Primaries in the United States Did Not Single Out a Winner Among Democrats

Primaries for Republican and Democratic parties started in the US state of Iowa on Monday evening. They results designate candidates for the presidential election by each party in each state. Voting takes place in the show-of-hands (open vote of party members) and primary form (by secret ballot on...

Private Gun Advertising and Transactions Blocked on Facebook, Instagram

Facebook is taking steps to stop private individuals from advertising guns. Individuals would also no longer be allowed to sell and advertise guns on Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook.   While the new rules aim to stop all gun trade between individuals on the sites, the...
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