Monthly Archive: June 2015
In India, food giant Nestlé has withdrawn its popular noodle brand “Maggi” after tests revealed they contain monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead. The noodles have become a menu staple in India for decades, especially...
The climate of protest continues to intensify in Chile as some transit workers in the capital have gone on strike just as Santiago hosts an international soccer tournament known as the Copa America. Meanwhile,...
**This post has been updated Original date: June 18, 2015 Updated date: June 19, 2015 Prayer vigils and moments of silence were held across the country Thursday following a mass shooting in a...
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian ancestry are facing the possibility of mass deportation from the Dominican Republic. The threat stems from a 2013 Dominican court ruling that allows authorities to...
The first-ever European Games kicked off this month at a $95 million opening ceremony paid for by its host, energy-rich Azerbaijan. The former Soviet republic won the right to host the international event following...
Download Audio By: Rami Almeghari, Gaza FSRN is a vital outlet for unfiltered reports from the Gaza Strip – my home where I live with my wife and children. While other media outlets...
Palestinians reject the findings of an Israeli probe into the last Israeli war on Gaza. The findings, released just ahead of a forthcoming UN report on Israel’s 2014 Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza,...
Thirty-four years ago this month, the Center for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published a piece about five cases in Los Angeles, California of a type of mysterious infection. The disease later...
All photos by Lena Nozizwe. Hear/read accompanying report. Click any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
By the end of this month, hundreds of thousands of LGBT men, women, boys and girls will have been a part of Pride parades, from Israel to the Ukraine to the US. The very...