Global Issues

March 31, 2020

SAN DIEGO – Federal agents on the San Diego Tunnel Task Force uncovered a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel on Thursday, March...

Citing Spike in Crime, International Red Cross Reduces Operations in Central African Republic

Blast Magazine Newsroom

February 12, 2020

BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC — Following a number of security incidents that have endangered its personnel and its operations, the...

DEA leads international operation against Dark Web operators

Blast Magazine Newsroom

Enterprise Articles Global Issues

May 3, 2019

WASHINGTON – After a two-year investigation into one of the world’s largest dark web marketplaces, the DEA and other law...

Enterprise Article: Turning The Tide On Diabetes — The Growing Health Crisis In Fiji

Sarah Osborne

September 28, 2015

LOMALOMA, FIJI — With its white sandy beaches, palm trees, and tropical climate, Fiji is a picture perfect destination that...

Sustainability Within the Hotel Industry

Sarah Kai Schwarz

Enterprise Articles Features Global Issues

July 3, 2015

The Comfort Inn & Suites, located in Revere, Massachusetts, appears as a classic airport hotel. Shuttles line the front...

Interview: “Lentil Underground” aims to save family farms

Sarah Kai Schwarz

Earth and Environment Features Global Issues

March 17, 2015

As farmers around the country are being pressured to adopt corporate techniques for growing unsustainable crops, a group of about 20...

Who is Joseph Kony?

Anthony McColgan

Global Issues The Issue

March 13, 2012

Learn more about the subject of the "Kony 2012" phenomenon

Reports: American soldier kills at least 16 civilians in Afghanistan

March 11, 2012

An American soldier opened fire on civilians in southern Afghanistan shortly before dawn on Sunday, killing at least 16 people...

Special Report: Cambodia’s elusive justice — How the Khmer Rouge Tribunal found itself in a mine field

Olesia Plokhii

December 26, 2011

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Like those lush green pastures with roaming cows and floating pink water lilies in rural Cambodia,...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dead

December 18, 2011

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has died at age 69. The mysterious, often erratic leader of the north, which...

Iran captures American unmanned drone

Anthony McColgan

December 9, 2011

On Sunday, Iranian news network Fars News Agency announced that an Iranian electronic warfare unit had downed and captured a...

Large disease researcher makes major cutbacks until 2014

Global Issues Health and fitness

November 27, 2011

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria hit by economy

Moammar Khadafy dead (warning, graphic image)

October 20, 2011

Libya’s transitional government claims that deposed dictator Moammar Khadafy has been killed in the attack and fall of Sirte, his...

Retaliation may follow Anwar al-Awlaki killing

October 1, 2011

The government warned that the killing of an American-born terror leader in Yemen has raised the risk of anti-American violence...

Leila Lopes of Angola wins Miss Universe crown

September 14, 2011

Leila Lopes from Angola was crowned Miss Universe on Monday night, marking Angola’s first winner. The contestant cinched the crown...

Wikileaks reveals new Apple security plan

The Embassy Cables

August 31, 2011

The crew that helped put an end to counterfeit Viagra pills from China is now on board with Apple, helping...

Irish presidential election eroding reputation

Brenda Collins

August 22, 2011

The largely diplomatic (and often ignored) position has whipped up nasty competition.

Another stage collapse kills five in Belgium

August 19, 2011

Three stages collapsed at the Pukkelpop Music Festival in Belgium

Sony Distribution Warehouse Destroyed in London Riots

August 10, 2011

A Sony distribution warehouse in North London was destroyed by a fire as a result of the third night of...

Darkest Day of the War: 22 members of SEAL Team 6 killed