President Obama reveals plan to welcome more immigrants On Sep. 14, President Obama announced that he plans on welcoming 110,000 refugees into the U.S. in October. According to the Washington Post, the increase is substantial since the number of refugees admitted in 2016 was 85,000, and in the three years prior, it was 70,000. Russia […]

ITT Technical Institute closes doors After nearly 50 years of service, ITT has permanently closed all of its locations. This is in response to a ruling by the Department of Education preventing students with federal financial aid to be enrolled in one of ITT’s 130 schools, according to CNN.  In a press release on Sep. […]

Suspect believed to have caused deadly blasts in Thailand Explosions went off in a number of Thailand’s prominent resort and beach cities on Aug. 11, killing approximately four people and wounding dozens more. While authorities were quick to rule out any connection between the bombings and foreign militants, they have identified a Thai native, Ahama […]

ISIS captures factory workers in Syria On April 8, members of ISIS captured more than 300 workers from the cement company Al-Badiyeh in Damascus, Syria’s capital. A local official said he saw approximately 125 workers transported to suburban areas that are known for being controlled by ISIS. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that […]

Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former German foreign minister, dead at 89 Genscher’s office announced that the former foreign minister, who served from 1974 to 1992, died on March 31. Genscher entered parliament in 1965, and in 1974, he won the Free Democratic Party chairmanship, becoming foreign minister. Genscher’s 18-year tenure as chief diplomat is a record across […]

Radovan Karadzic convicted of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity A United Nations tribunal sentenced former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to 40 years in prison for his participation in ethnic cleansing, the siege of Sarajevo and the massacre of 8,000 men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995. The tribunal also found him guilty of […]

Mother Teresa to be declared a saint in September Pope Francis announced that the late Mother Teresa, a Roman Catholic nun who famously worked with the poor in Calcutta, India, will become canonized on Sept. 4. Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and, in 2003, Pope John Paul II beatified her after […]

Angolan president to step down after nearly four decades On March 11, José Eduardo dos Santos, president of Angola, announced to the leaders of his party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, that he would step down in 2018, 37 years after he came into power. In his announcement, dos Santos spoke against […]

Three former executives charged with negligence over 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster Five years after an earthquake and tsunami caused several nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, a citizen’s panel ruled that three former Tokyo Electric Power Company executives will appear in court. The three former executives have been charged with professional negligence, and the […]

Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali dead at 93 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, accomplished Egyptian diplomat who served as United Nations secretary-general for one term from 1992 to 1996, passed away at 93 on Feb. 16 at a Cairo hospital after breaking his pelvis. Boutros-Ghali was the first U.N. chief from Africa and the only secretary-general to serve […]