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A scientific review of popular anti-depressant drugs has concluded that antidepressants do cause some people to commit suicide, and their effects are no better than a placebo.  The Australian research showed that Aropax and Paxil (also […]

A Saudi diplomat accused of raping two Nepalese maids in India for months, has left the country under diplomatic immunity. The police removed Nepalese maids from the diplomat’s home last week The two women, aged […]

New legislation allowing the armed forces to conduct warfare abroad has been approved by Japan’s upper house panel for the first time since the end of WWII. The committee’s vote clears the way for the […]

Iceland’s capital city council have voted in favor of boycotting all Israeli-made products. Iceland Magazine reported that the city council voted on Tuesday that Reykjavík would not purchase any goods manufactured in Israel as long as […]

Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations has dismissed  US claims accusing President Assad’s regime for the rise of ISIS. Vitaly Churkin, said that the Islamic State’s rise goes back to the US-led intervention in Iraq. […]

Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General has voiced concern over the treatment of refugees on the border of Hungary and Serbia after Hungarian police attacked the asylum seekers. On Wednesday Hungarian police deployed tear gas and water […]

Hungarian police have deployed tear gas and water cannon against refugees who broke through a razor wire fence at the border crossing with Serbia. And water cannon too. #Horgos @5_News pic.twitter.com/pBJ33g6gE5 — Peter Lane (@peterlane5news) […]

The refugee crisis has claimed another twenty two lives, including four children, as a wooden boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast. The boat had the capacity to hold 50-60 people, but […]

Hungary has taken a new step in the ongoing refugee crisis:  the country has declared a state of emergency, sealed its border with Serbia, and detained anyone trying to illegally enter the country.   From […]