As the last patch of ISIS’s “caliphate� in Syria crumbles, thousands of civilians have been fleeing the final battle zone in recent weeks – among them, more than a dozen Yazidi women who have spent years in the torturous confines of sexual slav…
{FD} Vet founder of crowdfunding campaign to build border wall insists construction will begin within months
For Brian Kolfage, a triple amputee severely wounded serving in the Iraq War and founder of a crowdfunding campaign to build a border wall, it’s not a matter of if Trump’s much-touted and controversial border wall will be built – it’s when….
{FD} Son of smuggler for Pablo Escobar turning members of Congress on to support legal pot
Meet native South Floridian attorney Brady Cobb, the son of one of Pablo Escobar’s top US cannabis couriers who, over the past two years, has managed to flip almost all of Washington’s Republican top brass into voting in support of legalizing canna…
{FD} Kashmiri residents fear escalating cycle of violence between India, Pakistan
Tensions are at a tipping point between India and Pakistan, as the two nuclear-armed adversaries brawled in the air over their long-running border conflict this week, sending a tremor through the international community.
{FD} Asia Bibi’s whereabouts shrouded in secrecy over fears for her safety
Asia Bibi, 54, is technically a Å“free woman “ having had her death sentence for blasphemy thrown out by the Pakistani court “ but she is far from safe enough to step foot in public, as religious extremists still call for her hanging….
{FD} At least 60 dead in Boko Haram attack: report
At least 60 people have been killed in an attack carried out by militant group Boko Haram this week, Amnesty International confirmed on Friday.
{FD} Keanu Reeves picture among tools in China’s crackdown on Uighur minority
Millions from the Chinese Uighurs have disappeared into shadowy prisons and “concentration camps” under Chinese Communist Party rule in the country’s autonomous Xinjiang region, often referred to as the Chinese occupied East Turkestan, following a larg… Continue reading →
{FD} Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty for five charged in Khashoggi murder
A Saudi prosecutor is seeking capital punishment for five of the eleven suspects currently detained over the death of Jamal Khashoggi in the Kingdom’s Istanbul consulate last October. Continue reading →
{FD} Colombia’s peace agreement bloodied by distrust, drugs – and the Venezuelan regime
With a potent push of instability from neighboring Venezuela and its own internal struggles, Colombia’s Nobel-winning peace process with is on increasingly feeble ground. Continue reading →
{FD} Spiraling Venezuela crisis threatens to infect entire region, analysts say
The depth of the Venezuelan catastrophe threatens to unravel the stability and wreak financial havoc beyond just Latin America, with little end in sight. Continue reading →
{FD} Desperate women fleeing Venezuela sell hair, ****** milk, sex to get by
They come from a country that now resembles a war zone –their lives have been ripped apart by displacement, starvation, disease, desperation, torment and fear life – and while that war zone sentiment too has permeated the Colombian side of the border, … Continue reading →
{FD} Syrian Kurds allied with U.S. shocked, scared by news of troop withdrawal
For many of the Kurds living under the protection of the U.S forces and the U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Wednesday’s announcement of complete removal of the American troops from the region is the stuff of nightmares. Continue reading →
{FD} El Chapo’s ‘rage-filled’ attorney: There isn’t a case I can’t win
It was a career that sparked in childhood after seeing Paul Newman star in 1982’s “The Verdict.” And now, almost four decades since seeing the critically-acclaimed legal drama, New York City criminal defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman has some critical … Continue reading →
{FD} France’s ‘yellow vest’ protesters rage on for fifth weekend
Despite a dip in numbers, France’s “yellow vest” protesters continued their demonstrations – and clashed with police – for the fifth consecutive weekend. Continue reading →
{FD} U.S. Navy offers what Venezuelan regime can’t: Urgent health care
While the Venezuelan government continues downplay the horrific humanitarian and economic crisis,a floating US Navy hospital, USNS Comfort, is attempting to alleviate some of the burden. Continue reading →
{FD} Venezuelans regret gun ban, ‘a declaration of war against an unarmed population’
As Venezuela continues to crumble under the socialist dictatorship of President Nicolas Maduro, some are expressing words of warning – and resentment –regarding the country’s earlier gun control bill that saw citizens stripped of their weapons-owning r… Continue reading →
{FD} In Venezuelan crisis, families can’t even afford to properly bury the dead
As the crisis in Venezuela deepens – gripped by mass hunger, starvation and a lack of medical supplies – there is no comfort, even for the dead. Continue reading →
