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Former Guatemalan president indicted for fraud

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A Guatemalan court has indicted former President Otto Perez Molina on corruption charges. Judge Miguel Angel Galvez on Tuesday ordered Perez to remain in jail while awaiting prosecution on charges of customs fraud, racketeering and bribery. The 64-year-old retired general will remain in custody until the trial in three months’ time. A UN commission tasked with fighting high-level graft in Guatemala... 

Israel Christians protest school funding cuts

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Israeli police stand guard during a protest of Arab Israeli Christian students on September 6, 2015. Thousands of people have held a massive rally in Jerusalem to protest against the slashing of funds for Christian schools by the Tel Aviv regime. The demonstrators gathered outside the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday and were later joined by a dozen Arab Israeli members... 

Guatemala president quits amid graft scandal

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Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has stepped down shortly after an arrest warrant was issued for him amid a corruption scandal that has rattled his government. The embattled leader decided to resign from presidency in order to confront “individually the proceedings against him,” his spokesman Jorge Ortega said on Thursday. Perez Molina’s resignation came hours after an arrest warrant was... 

EPA Threatens Man with $16 Million Fine Over Pond

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“Threatening me with ruinous fines even though I’ve done nothing wrong is extortionate”. A Wyoming rancher facing more than $16 million in fines from the Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to take his case to federal court. The incident began in 2012 when Fort Bridger resident and rancher Andy Johnson built a small stock pond in order to provide water to his livestock. Shortly... 

Google faces Billions of Dollars in Fines over Search Results Censorship

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Internet heavyweight Google is under investigation by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over alleged rigging of search results in the country, a violation that could potentially be punished by up to 10 percent of the company’s income, running into billions of dollars. The CCI director general filed a report following initial complaints by Consumer Unity and Trust Society, a local nonprofit... 

US Court Rules That Illegal Aliens Have Second Amendment Rights

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The words “the people” in the Second Amendment, apply to everyone in the US, including illegal aliens. When Mario Meza-Rodriguez was five years old, his parents brought him into the United States illegally. By the time he was an adult, he managed to get in trouble with the police after getting into a bar fight two years ago. When the police arrested him, they discovered a .22 caliber pistol in... 

UK benefit claimants die mysteriously

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Mortality statistics for people on out-of-work benefits released by DWP. A new data from the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions reveals the death of more than 2,000 benefit claimants between 2011 and 2014. The DWP figures disclosed that most of the claimants were reported dead within weeks of being declared “fit for work” and taken off sickness benefits. The data has been compiled in response... 

Wikipedia risks being banned in Russia

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After previous warnings Russian internet watchdog Roskomnadzor announced on Monday it will order the blockage of a Wikipedia page on preparing and using a cannabis-containing drug, despite fears that this will bar the whole site on Russia’s territory. Roskomnadzor issued an official warning to Wikipedia last Friday asking the Russian branch of the project to delete the page that detailed the procedure... 

France's National Front expels founder Jean-Marie Le Pen

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France’s far-right party National Front (FN) has decided to expel Jean-Marie Le Pen, its founder and honorary president, over his sharp criticisms of his daughter’s measures as the current party leader. On Thursday, the FN’s executive committee removed the octogenarian politician from his position and annulled his membership in the party. The decision was made after the committee questioned... 

US Drops to 20th Spot on Liberties

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The death of Eric Garner, unarmed African American man, by a white police officer last July led to protests across the US. The civil liberties situation in the United States has worsened due to the erosion of economic freedom, civil rights and other measures of personal liberty, according to a new comprehensive study. The United States fell from 17th in 2008 to 20th place in 2012, the most recent year... 

Alabama Sorority Slammed for Being "Too White"

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A University of Alabama sorority recruitment video was slammed as being “racially homogenous” and objectifying to women because it features a number of attractive, thin white girls. The video shows a group of mostly white women partying and dancing to promote Alpha Phi, who are based at the Tuscaloosa campus. However, the clip set off a firestorm of criticism, with AL.com writer A.L. Bailey... 

Brazilians stage massive nation-wide anti-government protests

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Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets across the country to protest against alleged government corruption and looming recession, calling for the resignation of President Dilma Rouseff. At least 5,000 demonstrators gathered in the city center of the capital Brasilia on Sunday and a police estimate showed that some 419,000 other protesters marched in 12 other cities of Latin... 

Moscow-based Church of Scientology allegedly spied on visitors

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Police sources say a raid on the Moscow headquarters of the Church of Scientology earlier this year revealed spy equipment installed in reconciliation rooms. A leak claims the recordings could allegedly be used to blackmail parishioners of the church. Illegal audio and video recording equipment was planted in the headquarters of a religious organization situated on Taganskaya Street in downtown Moscow,... 

University of California says you are a racist if you say "the human race"

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In the last decade, colleges were punishing students who didn’t completely ignore race. These days, they are punishing students who do ignore race. In present-day colleges, liberals are now saying race does exist, and you are an evil racist if you refuse to acknowledge someone as a “racial/cultural being”. According to liberals from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the... 

Windows 10 stirs Espionage fears in Russian Communists

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A senior Communist functionary claims that the end-user service agreement attached to the new Windows 10 OS violates the Russian law requiring the personal data of Russian citizens to be collected and processed only by specially-licensed companies. Vadim Solovyov, the chief lawyer of the Communist Party in the State Duma addressed Prosecutor General Yury Chaika with an official request to launch a... 
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