Monthly Archive: August 2016
The federal government auctioned off oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday despite opposition from Gulf residents. Environmentalist said fossil fuel exploitation is especially inappropriate as the region is gripped by...
Police in Zimbabwe on forcibly dispersed another peaceful demonstration Wednesday organized by the political opposition. Hundreds of people from the Movement for Democratic Change’s youth wing had gathered to protest police brutality following the...
Turkish tanks and troops moved into Syria to capture the city of Jarablus Wednesday in its first ground offensive against the self-styled Islamic State. But the Turkish invasion will also deny Kurdish militia from...
California remains in the midst of its worst drought on record. As the crisis persists, attempts to improve resource management are hampered by what some researchers say is an inadequate inventory of the state’s...
Students around the country are heading back to school this week, and some were looking forward to having access to facilities that align with their gender identity. But a District judge in Texas has...
The reputation of UN peacekeepers reputation suffered another blow with blue helmets in South Sudan failing to protect foreign aid-workers in a recent attack. The United Nations says it’s investigating the incident which it...
Turkey is reeling from a Saturday suicide bombing that killed 54 people – including dozens of children – at a wedding in the southern city of Gaziantep. FSRN’s Noah Blaser reports from Istanbul. Download...
Police accountability and private prisons DEA: marijuana stays in most restricted drug class despite state legalization trend Saudi-led airstrikes target Yemeni hospital, schools UN troops accused of standing idle during Juba attack on aid...
The Milwaukee officer who fatally shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith last weekend has been identified as a fellow African-American who lived in the community and attended high school with the man he killed. FSRN’s Jacob...
The United Nations is marking “World Humanitarian Day” today. A celebrity-laden event at its headquarters in New York is intended to highlight the dangers faced by humanitarian workers around the world, who dedicate their...