AN EASTER MASSACRE IN SRI LANKA

Photo by, Stringer/Reuters Stramed, On Easter Sunday, coordinated suicide attacks shook Sri Lanka, leaving more than 200 people dead and injuring several hundred more. Eight separate attacks targeted Christians celebrating…

SISI CONSOLIDATES POWER IN EGYPT

Photo: President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, source: Getty Images   Stramed, While nonviolent popular protests recently toppled long-standing dictators in Sudan and Algeria, the autocratic government in Egypt is attempting to…

GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE POLITICAL TRANSITION IN KAZAKHSTAN

Photo: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaye, source: Wikipedia.org Stramed,  On March 19, 2019, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced he would be stepping down after nearly three decades in power. Nazarbayev’s resignation…

US GOVERNMENT WILL EXECUTE INMATES FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2003

Photo: Attorney General William Barr, source: Wikipedia.org Stramed,  Washington. The Justice Department said Thursday the federal government will resume executing death-row inmates for the first time since 2003, ending an…

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TAKES NOVEL BASWEDAN CASE TO U.S. CONGRESS

Photo: Novel Baswedan, source: Suara.com/Arief Hermawan P   Stramed,  The acid attack on Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan will be presented before the United States Congress on July…