Photojournalist Heriberto Castro maintains a beautiful blog dedicated to one of his passions: dance. The blog En la Punta del Pie [es] includes his stunning images and information on dance events. Wr...
Following protests in Timbuktu in April 2012, citizens of the city of Gao have taken to the streets to protest about the demands and orders imposed by the Islamic groups currently occupying northern M...
The digital magazine 80 Grados -an important space for in-depth and alternative journalism and scholarly essays- has launched a funding campaign [es] to support its continued commitment and sustain i...
Mark Lyndersay blogs about some of the issues facing the local film industry, here. Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit ·...
Again, a Chinese man was brutally killed on May 15 by dipper when he tried to stop his home from being razed by the government-employed demolition team in Heilongjiang province. (Ministry of Tofu has...
Nearly 100 people were killed and at least 200 injured when a suicide blast targeted a military parade rehearsal in Yemen's capital Sana'a on May 21. The bomber detonated his explosives in the middle...
Those who made the final decision on the design of Brazil's Belo Monte hydroelectric dam will face legal action in the future for the damages caused. This is the kind of warning one would expect from...
A well-oiled prevention system that involves the entire country, from the highest spheres of government to the most isolated rural community, makes Cuba one of the best-prepared countries in the world...
Jennifer Cheung from China Labour Bulletin introduces how workers in China make use of micro-blog to tell their stories in different artistic forms. Written by Oiwan Lam · comments (0) Share: Don...
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has said he expects to sign a deal with Iran soon on investigating suspected weapons activities connected to the country's nuclear programme.
South Sudan Theatre Company online: “Advised and led by three of South Sudan’s most respected cultural leaders, a group of artists and dramatists have come together to form the South Sudan The...
Africa needs to reduce its dependency on foreign aid and get to the point of financing its own development, some of the continent's key development experts say. Timing is optimal now that Africa is...
Sea level rise near Papua New Guinea, a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the southwest Pacific, is estimated at seven millimetres per year, double the global annual average of 2.8-3.6 mm.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appears more ready than previous governments to negotiate a settlement of the Muslim insurgency in the south, but her ability to end the violent stalemate is limited...
The murder of prominent Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad Abdul Wahed on Sunday, and the street battles that followed, forced open a new chapter in Lebanon's supercharged sectarian tensions and put the name o...
Savers, for too long robbed by governments, should be allowed a risk-free interest rate above the rate of inflation and offered a real return without investing in the likes of Facebook. Such a change...
A trilateral free-trade agreement between China, Japan and South Korea, though tough to achieve, will have significant effects on the global economy and on the strategic environment in Asia, with the...
Costanzo Preve, born of Italian parents and with an Armenian grandmother, never had it easy; he chose the path of uncompromising philosophy, and he begun to recognize the historical failure of communi...
The Taiwan government appears to be paying little notice to calls for a transport tunnel to be built linking mainland China and Taiwan, yet serious business interests advocating the daunting 124-kilom...
A fatal car smash after a speeding Ferrari jumped a red light in Singapore has brought resentment against mainland Chinese into sharp focus, igniting a tirade of abuse against "locusts" flooding the j...
Since the 1950s, weekly indoctrination and mutual criticism sessions have done more to instill the greatness of the Kim family into the North Korean psyche than state-run media, with local committees...
President Barack Obama last week extended the United States' sanctions policy on Myanmar under "national emergency" rules, despite the country's internal reforms and the negligible threat it presents...
Such is the nature of revolutions: They are initiated by dreamers, carried out by brave people, and taken over by opportunists. Several missing links in the Arab revolution suggest the process of rebu...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has approved at its Chicago summit plans to hand over security in Afghanistan to local forces by mid-2013 and to withdraw combat troops by 2014, pledging that Ka...
Two new oil discoveries in the north of Bangladesh will help relieve the country's dire energy shortages and ease pressure on its balance of payments. Production may begin next year, with the prospect...
The Caribbean Community bloc (Caricom) is lobbying Mexico to use its influence as chair of the G20, which controls 90 percent of world trade, to promote the interests of the Caribbean and other sma...
A YouTube video posted on the Al Akhbar website on May 12 has angered Mauritanians. The video shows a 40-year-old Mauritanian man being interrogated by members of Al Qaeda, who accuse him of espionage...
A painting by Cape Town-based artist Brett Murray depicting President Jacob Zuma's genitals has ignited online debate about morality and freedom of speech in South Africa. The painting tilted “The S...
With increased media attention on the country during this week's Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan, former prisoner of conscience Emin Milli argues that the international music competiti...
Blog Semióticas [pt] celebrates this year's Camões Award - “the highest honor” for a Portuguese language writer - given to Dalton Trevisan from Curitiba, Brazil, for his “extr...
Gertrude Mkoloi earns a living harvesting maize on a small piece of land in rural Zimbabwe. Or at least she used to.
Mexico and Central America look like they are covered in dried blood on maps projecting future soil moisture conditions.
The author of Lost Sambista Blog shares a photo of Che Guevara being awarded the Gra-cruz of honor by Janio Quadros, the Brazilian President for only seven months in 1961, and writes about foreign aff...
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake, the strongest since 1917, shook Bulgaria's capital Sofia and the perimeter zone of around 100 km last night, followed by a number of strong aftershocks. No victims have...
The use of satirical language and cartoons in the media is relatively new in most African countries. Abdoulaye Bah explores the history behind these comic tools.
Chile has enormous potential for producing non-conventional renewable energies (NCRE) like solar and geothermal, yet they only contribute three percent of the country's energy mix.
The deaths of 20 children, in an outbreak of measles in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Agency (FATA), are raising concerns over the state of immunisation in the conflict-ridden areas along t...
As was the case in 2009 during a rally to mark International Women's Day, nationalists in Armenia infiltrated and disrupted a march in Yerevan on 21 May to commemorate World Day for Cultural Diversity...
Understanding political discussions in the Russian blogosphere requires a certain fluency in RuNet slang. For anyone interested in grasping the nuances of online satire and blogger arguments (or for t...
CJMyanmar uploaded photos of the protest against the electricity shortage in Mandalay, the second largest city of Myanmar. Hundreds who joined the activity lighted candles and peacefully protested in...
Tension rose in the past month between the Philippines and China when the governments of the two nations accused each other of illegally occupying the territorial waters near the disputed Scarborough...
Addressing a group of journalists during a workshop in Bangkok, Ali Raza Rizvi, Asia head of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s regional climate change and resilience pr...
The movie Chumpi & The Waterfall follows the life of young Chumpi and his community, the Achuar people who live in the Amazon Rainforest in the border between Peru and Ecuador. In the movie, subt...
The Next Web analyzes how the new UK app Vyclone could have helped get more footage of Arab Spring or the Occupy Movement onto mainstream news channels, and if it could do the same for future news...
'Blockupy' protests against the austerity measures being implemented in the Eurozone shook the financial epicenter of Europe - Frankfurt - last week. Online social networks buzzed with citizen reports...
The singer Maria Rita toured Brazil with a series of free concerts in homage to her late mother Elis Regina, one of the most iconic performers of Brazilian music. The subject became a worldwide trendi...
Young Bulgarians and guests from Italy, with support of the New Bulgarian University and project “Beautiful Europe” [bg] will meet on May 23 to discuss the “European idea” and...
Activists in Bulgaria have called for national protests against shale gas extraction on May 22. There is a Facebook event [bg] “National protest against shale gas and changes in Forest Law!̶...
In a post entitled “On Kalkil Politik” [Cr], Guadeloupean blogger Gwakafwika explains his complete distrust in the recent appointment of 1 Guianese and 2 Guadeloupean-born Ministers in the...
Haitians all over the world recently celebrated the 209th Haitian Flag Day along with the country's educational system. Martinican blogger at Bel Balawou publishes a stream of pictures [Fr], taken...
Before his election as the 24th President of the French Republic, left-wing candidate Francois Hollande, had promised a new government with two specificities: an equal number of women and men and mini...
With a month to go before the United Nations Conference on Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro, nearly two dozen NGOs are calling on President Barack Obama to confirm his attendance at the event, know...
Twitter users have organized [es] a tweeting marathon to demand the resignation of Senator Eduardo Merlano after the politician refused [es] to undergo a sobriety test. The goal is to reach 50,000 twe...
Malijet reports that Interim President Dioncounda Traoré was hurt [fr] during protests [fr] that asked for his removal and caused three casualties. Written by Lova Rakotomalala · comments (0) Sh...
Blogger, journalist and LGBT activist Francisco Rodríguez Cruz (Paquito el de Cuba) discusses Mariela Castro Espín's [es] message on occasion of the 5th Cuban Congress against Homophobia recent...
Eloísa Gordon analyzes the decadence and transformation of Old San Juan [es] -the colonial city in the capital, San Juan- within the logics of globalization. Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle ·...
The team behind the documentary on the life and death at the hand of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of Puerto Rican freedom fighter Filiberto Ojeda Ríos [es] have sued the public agency F...
Journalist Nelson del Castillo analyzes the political significance of Juan Bosch [es] -the Dominican politician, writer, essayist, historian and educator- on occasion of the national presidential ele...
In Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, millions of people are facing a severe humanitarian crisis, widespread hunger and chronic malnutrition. New figures from the World Food Progra...
The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro has been described as one of the largest international conferences in the history of the United Nations, attracting over 20,000 participants, including more...