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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Warns Protesters

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Warns Protesters

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister issued another warning this Thursday to protesters in Taksim Square. The Turkish prime minister also commmented on  the European Union’s outrage about the way in which security forces dealt with protesters saying it is out of bounds. The PM’s comments seem to suggest that he means to end, in […]

Pirated Software Seller From China Convicted

Pirated Software Seller From China Convicted

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE agency indicated that a Chinese national who operated a website selling pirated software was sentenced to twelve years in a federal prison. Li Xiang was charged with criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The Chengdu, China resident was arrested by US agents in Saipan […]

Controversial Anti-Gay Bill Passed In Russia

Controversial Anti-Gay Bill Passed In Russia

A recent anti-gay bill that prohibits children from receiving information on homosexuality has passed with incredible support in the Russian Duma this Tuesday. The bill was supported by the Kremlin and had an overwhelming 436 votes for and 0 against with a single abstention. The bill very ambiguously bans the “propaganda” of homosexual values, as […]

NSA Leak Raise Doubts Among Analysts

NSA Leak Raise Doubts Among Analysts

Doubts were raised by security experts on the NSA leak where Edward Snowden copied sensitive documents and brought them out of the National Security Agency. The leak comes three years after the government limited access to intelligence following the release of classified documents by Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. Former NSA general counsel Stewart baker indicated […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin Divorces After 30 Years

Russian President Vladimir Putin Divorces After 30 Years

Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia and one of the world’s most successful politicians in the last decade has decided to call it quits after spending nearly 30 years together with his wife Lyudmila Putin. The news had a historic factor, as Putin will be the first leader of Russia to divorce ever since Peter […]

Cyber Security Concerns Aired By Chinese Official

Cyber Security Concerns Aired By Chinese Official

A Chinese cyber security official revealed that they have a good amount of data showing US hacking attacks against China. However, the official revealed that he will encourage cooperation in the fight against hacking instead of a confrontation. US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet in California, and Obama […]

Protesters In Turkey Blame Government For Restricting Freedom

Protesters In Turkey Blame Government For Restricting Freedom

After a couple of tumultuous nights in the country’s biggest city, Istambul, the protests that started as a peaceful manifestation to stop the destruction of a park, have escalated into a country wide revolt that recently involved public workers along other protesters in Turkey. Most of the complaints are addressed to current Prime Minister Recep […]

Protests In Turkey Broadcast Through Twitter

Protests In Turkey Broadcast Through Twitter

As protests in Turkey start to escalate, Twitter became the venue for people to broadcast excessive force used by Police against demonstrators. The number of people using Twitter was so huge that the prime minister of Turkey held the social network responsible for a majority of the protests. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated that […]

First Gay Marriage Broadcast Live On French TV

First French Gay Couple Married Live On TV

In what was a historical date, French television stations had the opportunity to broadcast the first gay couple marriage in the county after the bill that legalized gay marriage was recently passed by French lawmakers. The whole ceremony was conducted under heavy police surveillance as in past weeks a series of protests emerged while the […]

First Drone Strike Following The Pakistani Elections Carried Out

First Drone Strike Following The Pakistani Elections Carried Out

The first drone strike by the US since the Pakistani election resulted to the death of seven people in the North Waziristan region in Pakistan. A reduction on the drone strike program was announced recently by US President Barack Obama, which was cautiously welcomed by Pakistan. An official from the ally of the US in […]

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