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7 shocking restrictions of women's rights in the world

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International Women’s Day is over, but there are millions of women in the world, who do not enjoy life to the fullest. Many women are considered inferior members of the human race, who are deprived of basic and constitutionally enshrined rights. For example, in Yemen, if a woman is a witness in a court case, which is a very rare occurrence, her testimony will be counted as only 50-percent truthful.... 

Algeria: Violence against women equal to 20 years in jail

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The parliament of Algeria passed a law that stipulates criminal punishment for causing bodily harm to one’s life partner. The changes in the law of the country have sparked critical reviews from Islamists. More than half of Algeria’s 462 MPs took part in the vote to adopt the bill. The law makes inflicting injury on one’s spouse punishable with up to 20 years in prison. In accordance... 

​Canadian faces $20k fine, jail time for refusing to unlock phone during airport check

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A 38-year old Canadian citizen is facing up to a year in jail and a fine of up to 25,000 Canadian dollars for refusing to unlock his cell and thus “obstructing” an in-depth security screening by the border service officials at the Halifax airport. Alain Philippon from Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec, has been detained and charged with “obstructing border officials” after he refused to provide... 

Tanzania sentences 4 to death over albino murder

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A Tanzanian court has handed down death penalties to four people convicted of killing an albino woman. On Thursday, Tanzania’s High Court sentenced four people to death for killing 22-year-old Zawadi Mangidu in 2008 in the northwestern town of Geita. “The prosecution has proved the case beyond reasonable doubt,” said High Court judge Joaquine Demello, adding that the verdict was issued... 

Google Moving To Shut Down Alternative Media By Ranking Sites On 'Facts'

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Wants To Cross Check Websites Against Debunking Sites Such As Snopes.com Search Engine giant Google, the major driver of traffic to the majority of media portals is moving to change the way it ranks websites, declaring that it intends to use known partisan debunking outlets to determine the “truthfulness” of content. Currently, Google rankings are determined by the number of incoming links to... 

Obama Thanks Americans for Supporting Destruction of the Internet

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Net neutrality is a classic Trojan horse. Obama thanked internet users for supporting the FCC’s decision to micromanage the internet: As Ron Paul notes today the FCC is a non-elected federal government agency that has arbitrarily decided, without a vote from Congress or permission from the American people, to regulate the internet. Paul characterizes this as “the largest regulatory power grab... 

North Carolina black cop kills innocent white woman, no media outrage

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Betty Sexton had called officers to her home in Gastonia, North Carolina, to get help removing unwanted guests. The negligence of American police officers led to a tragedy in North Carolina. A white woman, mother of two, called the police, but was shot dead by a black police officer, who arrived to her call. Betty Sexton a mother of two, called the police after she saw two strangers on the territory... 

Kaspersky Reveals HDD firmware virus infecting computers since 2001

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Since 2001, a group of hackers, dubbed the “Equation Group” by researchers from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, have infected computers in at least 42 countries (with Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and Syria most infected) with what Ars Technica calls “superhuman technical feats” indicating “extraordinary skill and unlimited resources.” The exploits, including the ‘prized technique’... 

Robot Cops to be patrolling the US streets by 2016

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By 2016, there will likely be a 6-foot tall police robot patrolling the streets and handing out parking tickets. The Telebot, developed by Florida International University’s Discovery Lab, has been field-tested and is undergoing final tune up. With a swiveling head and dexterous fingers, the humanoid robot is controlled remotely by a person wearing an Oculus Rift headset and motion-tracking vest,... 

ISIL video, claims execution of 21 Egyptian Christians

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ISIL Takfiri terrorists have released a new video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians kidnapped in Libya following an earlier announcement of the terror act in an issue of their magazine, Dabiq. The five-minute video, released on Sunday, shows the handcuffed hostages dressed in orange jumpsuits, similar to previous ISIL victims, kneeling down along the seaside in the Libyan capital... 

Top US Newsman Brian Williams “Destroyed”, 3 Others Killed Over Obama 9/11 Fears

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An astounding new report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) states that top US newsman Brian Williams of NBC News has been “effectively destroyed” and three of his colleagues killed this past week over Obama regime fears they were ready to release evidence provided to them by Russia proving that the 11 September 2001 attacks upon America were an... 

Missouri sues citizens for voting against Red Light Cameras

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Question: When do you know that you live in a tyranny? Answer: When the citizens vote to ban red light cameras and the city reacts by suing them. St. Peters, O’Fallon, Lake St. Louis, and a councilman from O’Fallon have filed a lawsuit against their OWN CITIZENS. In November of last year, the citizens of St. Charles County democratically expressed their anger with the use of red light cameras... 

Obama: 'We have to twist arms when countries don't do what we need them to'

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President Barack Obama has said the reality of “American leadership” at times entails “twisting the arms” of states which “don’t do what we need them to do,” and that the US relied on its military strength and other leverage to achieve its goals. In a broad-ranging interview with Vox, which Obama himself described as a venue “for the brainiac-nerd types,” the US president... 

Grandfather Could Be Exhumed After Burial Location 'Offends' Muslims

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Pamela Geller: UK is being “subsumed by Islam”. A grieving family may have to exhume their grandfather and move his body to a different location after a Muslim family who owned a plot next to the burial site complained that the man was a non-believer. After more than 400 people showed up to pay their respects to 89-year-old Shadrack Smith, who was buried on January 30, the family were... 

China fines US tech firm record $975mn over antitrust violations

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US chipmaker Qualcomm has received the largest fine in Chinese corporate history from anti-monopoly regulators who claim the company needed to lower its patent fees as they were “stifling innovation.” China is the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer and has fined Qualcomm $975 million (6.088 billion yuan) over unfair market dominance. Qualcomm has now agreed to lower its royalty fees on... 
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