Section: Time (USA)
U.N. Headquarters in South Dakota: How It Could Have Happened
MoreHow the United Nations Human Rights Council Unfairly Targets IsraelUN General Assembly: Crimea Referendum Was IllegalRepresentatives from around the world are now gathering in New York City for the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly. A vast cadre of diplomats, staff and heads of state have descended on the Big Apple —...
Photos Show ‘Unprecedented’ Shift of Refugees Into Turkey
MoreTurkey Grapples With an Unprecedented Flood of Refugees Fleeing ISISU.S. Launches Air-Strike Campaign Against ISIS in SyriaThousands Are Fleeing From Syria to Turkey to Escape the Latest ISIS OnslaughtAmong the top accusations against Turkey during Syria’s ongoing civil war has been that its government has not done enough to stem the...
Russia Says It’s Putting Another Man on the Moon…By 2030
Russia’s space agency said Tuesday it will launch a “full-scale” exploration of the Moon as part of a long-term mission to get a human being on the lunar surface for the first time in decades. The head of Roscomsos, Oleg Ostapenko, said that designs were already underway for a manned spacecraft that he estimated could reach the moon by the...
Pope Francis Keeps Silent on Syria Strikes
One voice has so far remained quiet since the United States and five allied Arab nations launched airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) late Monday: That of Pope Francis. MoreThe Air Force Scandal Shows Secular Americans Still Need Equal RightsDefeating ISIS Will Take More Than Military Action’Only...
UN General Assembly Kicks Off in New York City
More than 140 heads of state and government gathered in New York City Tuesday for the 69th annual United Nations general assembly. This year’s agenda is crowded with talks and speeches on new crises, including the rise of Islamic State extremists in Syria and Iraq, the ongoing civil strife in Ukraine, and the deadly Ebola outbreak, as well...
Thousands of Russians March for Peace in Ukraine
Thousands of people staged a peace march in Moscow on Sunday to protest against the Russian government’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict. People of all ages joined the rally and many waved Ukrainian flags, chanting songs and holding banners that read “Hands off Ukraine!” and “No to war,” the Guardian reports. “This march is to show the...
Russia Says Scottish Referendum Could Have Been Rigged
Scotland’s historic election on independence did not meet international standards for constitutional referendums, the head of a Russian voting rights organization has said, with procedures that left the result subject to rigging and vote-tampering. Igor Borisov, chairman of the Public Institute of Suffrage in Moscow (also translated as the...
Moscow Welcomes More Autonomy for Pro-Russian Separatists in Ukraine
MoreUkraine Grants Amnesty and More Autonomy to Separatist RegionsHow Putin Got His Way In UkraineWhy Ukraine’s Peace Plan Leaves the Door Open for a Winter of ConflictRussia has welcomed a new Ukrainian law granting autonomy to separatist-held eastern regions as “a step in the right direction,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “We hope...
Ukraine Grants Amnesty and More Autonomy to Separatist Regions
As Ukrainians celebrated the passage of an agreement to deepen ties with the European Union on Tuesday, the country’s parliament approved legislation giving greater political autonomy to pro-Moscow regions in the country’s east. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed the move would protect the “sovereignty, territorial integrity...
Ukraine Parliament Ratifies E.U. Pact
(DONETSK, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s parliament ratified an agreement to deepen economic and political ties with the European Union on Tuesday, and passed legislation to grant autonomy to the rebellious east as part of a peace deal. The ratification vote draws a line under the issue that last year sparked Ukraine’s crisis, which resulted in...
