David Gardner, GuestWaking Times Online harassment is a problem of epidemic proportions that is increasing around the world at an alarming rate. Frequently cloaked in anonymity and with an air of moral righteousness, online trolls and cyberstalkers reveal the worst side of human nature in their efforts to attack and suppress the […]
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Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen ahead of peace talks
Representatives of Yemen’s Houthis and ex-president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi are set to start a new round of UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait on Monday in a bid to end the conflict in the country. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed on Sunday landed in Kuwait City, where he said the situation was generally stable […]
Swiss Banker Whistleblower: CIA Behind Panama Papers
Swiss Banker Whistleblower: CIA Behind Panama Papers April 12th, 2016 Via: CNBC: Bradley Birkenfeld is the most significant financial whistleblower of all time, so you might think he’d be cheering on the disclosures in the new Panama Papers leaks. But today, Birkenfeld is raising […]
Jewelry Producers plagued by smuggling
Director of the Gold and Jewelry Producers and Exporters Union has voiced growing concern over the adverse effects of the illegal import of foreign jewelry into the market. According to Ebadollah Mohammad-Vali, import of all foreign jewelry items is illegal. He said all the gold and jewelry items manufactured abroad are smuggled into the country and sold […]
IDF demands popular Israeli bloggers submit posts to censor
The expansion of the IDF’s censorship scope was first revealed by one of the bloggers targeted, Yossi Gurvitz. He runs a Facebook page called “George’s Friends” – a title alluding to writer George Orwell – which has over 10,000 subscribers. This week he tweeted that the IDF’s former spokesperson, who was appointed chief censor less […]
Pakistan offers to mediate between Iran, Saudi Arabia
Islamabad, Jan 28, IRNA- Pakistan UN permanent representative, Malihe Ludi said on Wednesday that Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) can play a major role in defusing the tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia and in re-establishing bilateral ties. Ludi said that negotiations would be an important and effective way to solve the problems among regional […]
Tourism project harming Tehran forest
Tehran, Jan 10, IRNA – The tourist resort ‘Sib Village’ under construction in Tehran Province’s Aminabad region (in the north), has already inflicted damage to the forest in the area due to the contractors’ negligence and refusal to meet environment commitments. Mohammad Hadi Heydarzadeh, director of the provincial office of the Department of Environment, told […]
Brits call for banning Trump from entering UK
A growing number of Britons have signed a petition calling for banning the US Republican Presidential Hopeful Donald Trump from entering the UK after he suggested all Muslims should be barred from entering America. The online petition says: “The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. If the United Kingdom is to continue applying the […]
Political blackmail is real: Why lawmakers should care about electronic privacy more than most
Most good spy stories involve political blackmail. In the first season of the popular television show HOMELAND, about the CIA’s post-9/11 terror wars, the bearded old CIA veteran Saul meets with a federal judge to get a court order to conduct surveillance on someone in the United States without probable cause. The judge […]