February 4, 2013: Peace talks held at the UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s country retreat between Pakistan and Afghanistan are the third of their kind as the two countries struggle to create stable...

January 31, 2013: Syria claims that Israeli fighter jets purposefully bombed a military research center in Jamraya, which is north-west of Damascus. While Israel remains silent, a US official stated...

January 22, 2013: The militant group Boko Haram is believed to be behind a series of shootings in Nigeria. Boko Haram, which was formed in 2002, is fighting to create an Islamist state. Their shootings...

December 4, 2012: Due to concerns that the Syrian government is going to use chemical weapons against the rebels, NATO has decided to keep Patriot anti-missile batteries along the border. Syria is believed...

Hey everybody. Due to the fall break, I was unable to do a Where in the World for November 19 – 23. I am sorry for any inconvenience that this might have caused. November 27, 2012: The Middle-East...

October 22, 2012: It isn’t often that people are charged for manslaughter because of an earthquake. A regional court in Italy charged six scientists and one ex-government official for sending in inaccurate...

October 9, 2012 Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai, an activist for girl’s education in Pakistan, was shot in the head today on her way home from school. Her attacker was sent by the Pakastani Taliban...

October 1, 2012: The Syrian Foreign Minister, Walled Muallem, pointed his finger at a number of countries including the US and France who he claims have helped the rebel forces in his country attain...

September 25, 2012: In Madrid, Spain, people congregated in the Plaza de Neptuno to march on parliament to protest of the bail-out and the “kidnapping of democracy.”  The protest was planned via...

20 September 2012: The Middle East is once again seeing a large amount of unrest as the Syrian rebels continue their fight against their government and protests in many Islamic countries become violent....