News: Wednesday 16 December 2014 saw a tragedy unfold in Peshawar. Armed attackers struck the Army Public School, moving from classroom to classroom, killing well over one hundred, most of them of children. Following this attack, for which the shadowy Pakistani Taliban (TTP) group apparently claimed responsibility, Pak COAS Raheel Sharif announced a harsh response with further strikes in the tribal regions of Pakistan. He also flew to Afghanistan, together…

News: It has been reported by the media that the United States had announced to put on hold the signing of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact with Tanzania pending the government's action on the Tegeta Escrow scandal. US Ambassador Mark Childress said the MCC Board meeting in Washington shelved an allocation of $9.78 million (Sh16.14 billion) as it awaits the outcome of the Escrow investigation and other reforms to…

News: The December 15th, 2014 issue of the New York Magazine carries an article titled: "The Torture Party: Why Republicans Defend the Most Sadistic Government Program in Recent History", which discusses the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on CIA torture between 2001 and 2009 that was released earlier this week. Comment: The new revelations include rectal abuse, being forced to stand on broken limbs as well as murder. This may not…

Headlines: German Eurosceptics Embrace Anti-Islam Protests CIA Interrogations Report Sparks Prosecution Calls Egypt: ‘Revolution Insult' Law Raises Concerns Details: German Eurosceptics Embrace Anti-Islam Protests The wave of anti-Islam protests gripping the German city of Dresden have ignited a political row, after the leader of the country's rapidly growing Eurosceptic party publicly backed the protesters. Ten thousand people took to the streets of Dresden on Monday in the latest in a…