News Source: The Boston Globe
| 14 days ago
A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader is calling on the country's fractious political blocs to solve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January. Sheik Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalaie is the
News Source: Truthout
| 23 days ago
A new bill before the Ugandan parliament proposes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” and “serial offenders.” A sentence of life imprisonment will be imposed for touching a person with homosexual intent. Membership in gay
News Source: The New York Times
| 26 days ago
After weeks of legislative stalemate and concerns about the stability of Iraq ’s fragile democracy, Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday approved a law to administer a critical national election early next year that could determine how quickly American combat