The Pentagon has announced that over a dozen missiles were fired by Iran at two US airbases in Iraq on Tuesday night, in an apparent revenge attack for the death of General Qasem Soleimani.
Iranian officials have labelled last night’s airstrike on senior generals as an “act of war”, promising “harsh revenge” for the attack on a military convoy at Baghdad airport that killed eight people in total.
US soldiers are currently firing tear gas and stun grenades from the rooftop of the US embassy after hundreds of Shia protestors stormed the Baghdad compound following airstrikes on pro-Iranian Hezbollah forces which killed 25 militants on Sunday.
Julia Webb won the Route 66 women’s half marathon in Tulsa, Oklahoma last week , setting a new world record while she pushed her 10-month-old daughter, Gabriella, in a stroller.
More than 100,000 people turned out to a Thanksgiving assembly in Hong Kong, waving US flags and singing the US national anthem after President Donald Trump signed two bills supporting human rights and democracy in the territory.
LGBTQ mental health hasn’t improved since the US Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage.
The suicide rate among 10 to 24 year olds in the US rose by 56% between 2007 and 2017 according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, overtaking the number of young people killed by homicide around 2010.
BREAKING: Footage of war crime emerges & Turkey refuses to rule out attack on Syrian Army. #gript
The breakthrough deal may put an end to further advances by the Turkish army, as it is likely that Kurdish hopes of an independent state have diminished with the arrival of the Syrian army
Speeches by supporters of assisted suicide always include a big shout-out for people with disabilities. Hey, guys, you’re top on our list of favs; we’re just working out the delicate balance against individual rights. Just hang in there; we love youse all. Which, translated, means that the fears of people with disabilities are going to be […]
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has been remanded in custody once more pending an extradition hearing next February which could see him transferred to the USA on spying charges.
One of the interesting and worrying trends in the USA at the moment is its political polarisation. This is of course not unique to that country, but there is some evidence that the political divide is becoming increasingly reflected in an economic and geographic one. That is, people are becoming less likely to be living […]