As our world continues spinning out of control today due to the horrific events in Japan and the chaos of rebellion sweeping the Middle East, following a year (2010) that the global insurance giant Munich Re named as the second worst in history for natural disasters, shocking news has arrived from America showing that the long feared “shroud of silence” is about to fall upon them thus completing... 

Saudi officials are aware of protests - sometimes focused at their country - building across the region. All protests and marches are to be banned in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry has announced on state TV. Its statement said security forces would use all measures to prevent any attempt to disrupt public order. The announcement follows a series of protests by the kingdom’s Shia minority... 

Bahraini anti-government demonstrators run during clashes between protesters and the Bahraini army during a demonstration in Manama, Bahrain. Soldiers opened fire Friday on thousands of protesters defying a government ban and streaming toward the landmark square that had been the symbolic center of the uprising to break the political grip of the Gulf nation’s leaders. Officials at the main Salmaniya... 

Australian anti-whaling activists Japanese and American officials discussed taking action to weaken a prominent anti-whaling group, with Tokyo insisting that Sea Shepherd’s confrontations on the high seas actually hurt efforts to reduce whaling, U.S. diplomatic cables show. The U.S. representative to the International Whaling Commission, Monica Medina, discussed revoking the U.S.-based conservation... 

Shi Tao, a freelance journalist, is serving a jail sentence for leaking a document banning coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests anniversary. Human rights groups and WikiLeaks itself warn that Government Leaks project is naive given China’s strict secrecy laws. Attempts to create a “Chinese WikiLeaks” project could result in lengthy jail sentences for internet users who send sensitive... 

Greek Riots of 2010 Europe is likely to see intermittent protests over the summer against painful economic measures, impacting markets but much tamer than the violent unrest in Greece that sent jitters through southern Europe. Long regarded as the most prone to street violence in western Europe — as well as the most financially troubled — Greece has seen several angry protests culminating... 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nation’s General Assembly. Delegates from the US, Israel and EU stormed out as Iran’s leader was speaking.  Read More »

More than 1,000 Muslim migrants and leftists demonstrated in Athens Friday over an alleged police insult to the Koran, a week after two similar protests degenerated into clashes with anti-riot police. The protest was called by leftist and anti-racist groups after a police officer allegedly tore up some sheets of paper with extracts from the Muslim holy book belonging to an Iraqi migrant during an identity... 

Demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest rally: Protesters demand Georgian president resigns Overshadowed by allegations of bizarre coup plots and Kremlin-inspired subterfuge, the protests have prompted fears of a return to the violent turmoil that characterised Georgia’s transition from Soviet satellite to sovereign state in the early 1990s. But so far, at least, the demonstrations have... 

Hundreds of people have demonstrated in German city of Cologne protesting against an anti-Islam rally and urging support to Muslims’ rights in the country. Two right-wing groups held the anti-Islam rally on Saturday to oppose the building of a large new mosque in the city. There were about 300 people at the right-wing rally, according to police. Following the anti-Islam rally, about 1600 left-wingers...