As many as 20% of men working in sugar cane fields in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Costa Rica may be suffering from chronic kidney disease and not know it, according to new research on finding an epidemic of unknown
A Russian nuclear energy firm has announced that it is in talks to help construct a nuclear plant in Argentina. Rosatom expressed interest in the project, and its chief says the company only awaits the decision of the Argentine government
A group of activists in Puerto Rico unhappy with the current status of the island as a United States commonwealth is demanding a separation from America and reunification with Spain. The group plans to contest the 1898 Treaty of Paris,
As Congress demands answers on the reasoning behind the highly-secretive exchange of five Taliban officials for captive Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, new details emerge on Bergdahl’s time in captivity. The Department of Defense has denied they paid the Taliban money for
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testified before the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday, reaffirming the Obama administration stance that the trade of five high-level Taliban officials for captive Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was the “last, best opportunity” to free Bergdahl and
The United States withdrawal from Iraq in 2012 was celebrated as a major advancement in ending the war on terror, but as American presence diminishes in the nation, jihadist groups have made significant gains, taking over the second-largest city in
The territorial dispute between China and Vietnam involving a Chinese oil rig parked near the disputed Paracel Islands has continued to escalate and, in an extensive report, the government of China is now claiming that the oil rig triggered an
British chocolate company Cadbury has quelled calls for a boycott in Malaysia after fully certifying its products are pork-free and thus Halal. The company received a fully Halal certification on Monday by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) after reports
The government of North Korea has responded with signature bombast to the news that the United Nations is opening an office in South Korea dedicated to studying and combating human rights abuses within North Korea, warning that the challenge “to
The recent wave of uprisings against the socialist government of Venezuela has largely been possible due to dissenters using YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to expose the abuses of the Chavista government. That soon may no longer be possible, as leftists
Few details have emerged regarding the health and status of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl after his return from a five-year captivity with the Taliban. He is known to be in stable condition and has spoken of his captivity, but the details
King Juan Carlos I of Spain shocked his nation this month by announcing that he would abdicate the throne, citing his age and that of his son, Prince Felipe of Asturias, as a major motivator in making the decision. According
Those close to Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl are finding the toll of supporting him through allegations of desertion and anti-Americanism increasingly challenging. The FBI has revealed that Bergdahl’s parents have received threats for their public support of their son, while residents
Indian government officials have struggled to suppress the country’s rape epidemic, and some have exacerbated public outrage with insensitive remarks. The latest such remark comes from a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, who claimed rapes “happen accidentally.” The
The Basque separatist group Gure Esku Dago (“It Is in Our Hands”) organized a human chain that connected the northern city of Pamplona to Durango, Biscay. The controversial move has been condemned by Spanish authorities for the use of children
Leaders across the planet united to observe the 70th anniversary of D-Day on Friday, and the milestone has caused a resurfacing of comments by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in which he contended the West “diminishes” Russia’s role in the
The story of Bowe Bergdahl is also the story of six soldiers killed seeking a man who may have intentionally walked into the arms of the Taliban. Krisa Murphrey, whose brother, Staff Sergeant Michael Murphrey, was killed on a mission
Amid news of the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five high-level Taliban leaders, North Korea announced that it had arrested yet another American without indicating what crime the American had committed. According to the nation’s Korean Central
A report by the Secure Free Society reveals this week that Venezuela and Cuba have been providing passports and national identification cards to Middle Eastern immigrants, later used to surreptitiously enter the United States and Canada, with Venezuela providing a
Last month, a report based on documents obtained by Edward Snowden uncovered an elaborate National Security Agency surveillance program that monitors every call made in the Bahamas. The island nation appears to have responded to those charges by retaining attorneys
The number of Jihadist groups across North Africa and the Middle East has increased exponentially in the past four years and appears to be growing. A new study by the Rand Institute’s National Defense Research Institute warns that American military withdrawal
The Greek Parliament abruptly called a two-week vacation this week followed by a requisite four-month vacation during which only one third of Parliament will be around for three of the four weeks. The vacations have prompted an outcry from those
In the wake of the Obama administration’s decision to trade five high-level Taliban officials to free Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the only Taliban captive in the American military’s history, those concerned about arrested USAID worker Alan Gross are beginning to ask
The socialist government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro continues to try to convince the world that opposition leader María Corina Machado is a “murderer” involved in an elaborate plot to kill him – a distraction from the rampant poverty and
“If he is released, he will burn our houses again because he doesn’t shake hands with the government,” Khwaja Gul Ahmad, a 74-year old Afghan farmer, told the Wall Street Journal of Mohammed Fazl, an infamous Taliban military leader now set
