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Video: Harry’s Arrival in Antartica for Trek
December 7, 2013

In Antarctica, a group of adventurers are starting a trek to raise money for injured veterans. Three teams of competitors are racing to the South Pole for the cause, which is part of the Walking for the Wounded challenge. The teams will brave harsh winter conditions, including temperatures that dip below negative 45 degrees Celsius. A guide and a mentor is present for all the teams, and the UK team is made up of four amputees from the military. This challenge is sure to be a daunting one, and this...


Obamacare Agency Rushed to Hire Contractor Without Bids
December 7, 2013

According to recent documents, the Obamacare agency is once again under fire for its actions. It seems that the financial and accounting aspects of creating the online market were given to a contractor without first accepting bids from rival companies. The agency responsible also admitted that they did not have the resources needed to complete the job. With financial management already behind schedule by two months, Obama deemed the process an emergency; therefore, ordering that no additional...


US-Iran Secret Talks – Setting Stage for Nuke Deal
December 7, 2013

Barack Obama selected a number of diplomats and officials from the United States to serve in talks with the Iranians, and these talks seem to be heading over to a deal involving nuclear materials. Even the most close of allies to the United States were left out without any information about these talks, and it was only in September that there was any public mention of these talks taking place. It's been released that there were at least five talks, held in secret, between the two powers. A nuclear...


Female General Who Overturned Sex Assault Ruling is Retiring
November 12, 2013

After dedicating over 30 years of service to the United States Air Force, 55 year old Susan Helms, remembered as the first woman from the U.S. military to go into space, is retiring. The withdrawal was predicated by a nomination as vice commander of Air Force Space Command, which was blocked in the Senate because of a decision she made last year. Helms overturned the conviction of an Air Force captain accused of aggravated sexual assault after reviewing the evidence and instead found him guilty...


Joe Root Shines on a Rain Hit Final Day
November 11, 2013

The Ashes cricket match in the England tour was delayed for two days due to a rain-out. After the rain prevented play, Alastair Cook and Michael Carberry were taken off their starting positions, "retiring out" in order to give time to their teammates. This caused the scoreboard to suffer significantly, as these great players weren't there to get the ball rolling. However, Trott and Pietersen performed admirably in their stead, and before the rain halted the game, they only had two overs. Joe Root...


Tamils Raped and Tortured in Sri Lanka
November 11, 2013

After a civil war in Sri Lanka, even though it's four years after it ended, there have been widespread accusations against Sri Lankan officials. Namely, women are admitting that they were being raped. Furthermore, it wasn't simply rape based on the power of the individuals in question. There was some serious torture and demeaning behavior involved. Officials took one woman, according to herself, into a room and beat her with batons and stubbed out cigarettes on her to burn her. Then they tried drowning...


Senate Panel Okays Beefed-Up Oversight of Drone Attacks
November 11, 2013

The Senate Intelligence Committee is working to analyze the drone attacks that the United States Military has been staging. It's both an internal government endeavor as well as a public endeavor. The reason for these strikes becoming so big in the media is because they are being used to selectively kill individuals overseas, and many of the strikes are allegedly against United States citizens themselves. This is leading to a lot of fear and uncertainty about where the US government itself is headed...


European Court Rules Sexual-Orientation Persecution as Grounds for EU Asylum
November 11, 2013

There's a large ordeal with gay individuals in African countries that are quite intolerant, and it would make sense for some of them to want to flee to other countries. That's a legitimate, though difficult situation, as it requires those persecuted to seek asylum and go through the regulatory process of taking temporary refuge in another country. In this case, a European Court of Justice has confirmed that it is a legitimate reason for asylum in the European Union if one is persecuted for their...


UK: Relaxing Its Visa Rules for Chinese
October 18, 2013

Britain has long allowed tourists and visitors from China in an effort to bring in more tourist money, but they have not really provided these same benefits for those wanting to come to work for British companies. Now, the United Kingdom is planning on relaxing the visa rules which make it difficult for Chinese to come as workers. Chinese could easily apply for a visa to all of Europe, through the EU, but they had to file separate paperwork to apply for a visa in the UK. They are now starting to offer...


Kidnapped Red Cross Workers in Syria
October 18, 2013

The International Committee of the Red Cross have called out the abduction of six Red Cross workers and one Red Crescent volunteer, who were captured at gunpoint by unidentified kidnappers near Saraqeb. The International Red Cross states that the vehicles they were traveling in were marked explicitly with Red Cross symbols. The humanitarian aid group's symbols were clearly not of a religious nature, making a religiously-inspired attack unlikely. These volunteers started working in the field on October...