Last November it was in Switzerland with an extreme right wing Nationalist party running a campaign on an anti-Islam message, now it is the turn of the French far right party the Front National to play the same cards of racism and xenophobia. The Front National, which gained ground in recent elections due to its [...]

US  Vice President Joe Biden has strongly condemned Israeli plan to build 1,600 more homes in East-Jerusalem. To add insult to injury, the plan was announced in the middle of  Biden’s visit to the region to help revive the moribund peace talks with the  Palestinians.
“I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance [...]

Rahm Emanuel doesn’t have the reputation of being Mr. Nice Guy. Some have likened his character disposition to the one of a mobster. With the Eric Massa incident just revealed to the press, the White House’s Chief of Staff is in the spotlight again, and it could complicate the already difficult challenges and hurdles facing [...]

The attack took place in Jos, in the Plateau area of Nigeria, over 500 people, mostly women and children were murdered in the early hours of Sunday. Once again this troubled area of Nigeria is up in flame. It is the second times in a few months that the town is engulfed in ethnic-religious violence [...]

Today Iraqi voters are going to the polls despite deadly bomb attacks on polling stations which already killed at least 38  people and dozens were wounded. Most of the attacks took place in Baghdad. The 2010 elections are the second parliamentary elections since the toppling of Saddam Hussein following the US invasion in 2003.
Around 19 [...]