The trial of Saif al-Islam, son of the deposed President Muamar Gadafi, accused of corruption and war crimes began in Libya. Along with Saif al-Islam, other senior officials of the Gadafi government will be prosecuted, among them, the ex-Chief of Intelligence Abdullah al-Senussi and the former Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi. Saif al-Islam, who is imprisoned in Zintan, […]readmore
The trial against the athlete Oscar Pistorius was temporarily adjourned when he broke into sobs as he testified about the moment in which he shot at his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The lawyers asked him what exactly he said when he approached the bathroom. And it was at that time when he began to cry. On […]readmore
At least 71 people were killed in two explosions that rocked a bus station in the outskirts of the capital of Abuja, Nigeria. The police said that 130 others were injured in the explosions, which occurred when the bus station was packed with travelers. The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, who visited the scene, blamed […]readmore
The President of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, called for the deployment of peacekeeping troops in the east of the country, where Russian activists continue occupying government buildings. Turchynov issued his statement after pro-Russian groups attacked another government official in the city of Horlivka on Monday. Video scenes show more than a hundred activists attacking the building […]readmore
On the third day of Oscar Pistorius’s testimony in the trial for the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp he revealed new details about what happened on the night he shot her. During intense questioning from Prosecutor Gerrie Nel, Oscar Pistorius said on Wednesday that he was a prisoner of fear and fired unintentionally. «I […]readmore
Cuba’s Foreign Ministry says that it received «with concern» the information that the imprisoned U.S. subcontractor Alan Gross had started a hunger strike last week. In the statement, signed by Josefina Vidal, General Director of the U.S. Department of the Foreign Ministry in Havana, the Cuban Government stressed that they are willing to find a […]readmore
The Episcopal Conference of Venezuela yesterday blamed President Nicolas Maduro of trying to impose a «totalitarian government», said its President, Diego Padrón, at a press conference. Criticism by the Venezuelan Church occurs after more than two months of protests in the streets that have already left 39 dead. What is happening «is very serious, both by the magnitude and […]readmore
The Case of Crimea, and the ease with which it seems to have been resolved, spans other European territories who sympathize with Russia. The Serbian Republic of Bosnia – the so-called Republika Srpska-, forming one country with the region inhabited by Bosniak Muslims and Croats, as they establish the peace accords that ended the war (1992-1995) is […]readmore
The Nippon Research Institute of Riken acknowledged today that the last and revolutionary study on stem cells, led by scientist Haruko Obokata, published by the journal «Nature» contained «fraudulent» parts. The study, published in January in two articles that were picked up by «Nature», showed a very simple method to reprogram adult cells (immersing them in an acid or by […]readmore
Joseph Kony, one of the world’s most wanted men, is hidden in one of the most inaccessible and dangerous regions of the planet, among thousands of kilometers of dense forests and a hard geography that encompasses at least five Central African countries, several of them with their own internal conflict and a long line of […]readmore
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