Western nations have dominated much of the world for nearly five centuries. During this era, European nations – and later, the United States – gained power and spread the influence of Western civilization over much of the globe. China and Japan were forcibly opened to European and American trade. Africa, India, and much of Asia were overwhelmed and carved up ...

BM Gıda ve Tarım Örgütü’nün (FAO), gıda krizi ile ilgili hazırladığı 2019 yılı küresel raporuna göre, dünya nüfusunun üçte ikisi açlıkla mücadele ediyor. Bu insanların çoğu Yemen, Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Afganistan ve Suriye gibi savaşla anılan ülkelerde yaşıyor. Raporu okuduktan sonra makaleye başlık bulmak için o kadar zorlandım ki anlatamam.  İnsanlığımdan utanç duydum, kahroldum. İçimden öyle şeyler yazmak, öyle şeyler ...

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) report on global food crisis, two-thirds of the world’s population are faced with hunger, most of whom are simultaneously trying to survive the wars that led to scarcity in the first place. It’s difficult to emotionally distance yourself enough from the terrifying and shameful picture described in the ...

Assange’s arrest On Thursday, Assange was arrested in London at the Ecuadorian embassy where he had been taking refuse since 2012, before the country revoked his asylum and turned him over to UK authorities. Assange is accused of conspiring with WikiLeaks informant Chelsea Manning to steal and publish secret government documents. In the US, he faces up to five years ...

UWI reviews Wikileaks most important revelations On April 11, 2019, Wikileaks co-founder and editor Julian Assange was imprisoned. After his Ecuadorian citizenship being annulled, he was arrested inside the South American country’s embassy in London where he had lived for 7 years. His next court date is set to take place on May 2. While the US has requested Assange’s ...

Ecuadorian authorities revoked Julian Assange’s asylum and then allowed police to arrest him inside the country’s London embassy. The founder of WikiLeaks was detained inside the embassy on Thursday, with seven men dragging him out of the building and into police custody. The former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa has already condemned current president Lenin Moreno’s decision to revoke Assange’s ...

Europe Brexit is delayed… again The United Kingdom and the European Union approved the postponement of the beginning of the UK’s exit process. It was originally scheduled for the end of March 2019. However, the British Parliament did not approve Prime Minister Theresa May’s version of the plan. Now, there are three important dates for Brexit: April 12 and May ...

Israel’s parliamentary elections were held on April 9. While final results have not yet been published, according to preliminary data, the party of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won. Following the election, a new government will be formed in the country, occupying the 120 seats in the Knesset. Netanyahu’s Likud party had about 35 seats in the Knesset, while ...

On April 8, Turkish president Erdogan met Russian president Vladimir Putin. The meeting of the two leaders marked the opening of Turkish-Russian cultural interchange and tourism season. This is the third meeting of Erdogan with Putin since the beginning of 2019. Rusya’da iş dünyası temsilcileri toplantısındayız. https://t.co/Z9nCDfWjql — Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (@RT_Erdogan) April 8, 2019 S-400 One of the major ...

Turkey’s local elections Turkey held local elections on March 31, which ended in numerous disputed regions, leading the Commission to recount the votes. Particularly controversial was the battle for Istanbul, where the candidate from the ruling party, ex-speaker of parliament Binali Yıldırım and opposition member Ekrem İmamoğlu faced off. The US State Department had previously called on the parties to ...