Leaders urged to break the silence around the issue as report reveals every year 1.7 billion children across rich and poor countries experience abuse The Guardian Rebecca Ratcliffe 26 September, 2017 Nearly three out of four children experience violence each year, according to a global study that warns practices such ... Read More »
King Salman issues decree allowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia
ARAB NEWS 27 September, 2017 JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said it would allow women to drive in the Kingdom, in the latest move in a string of social and economic reforms underway in the country. King Salman issued the decree, according to a royal court statement carried by the ... Read More »
Kurdish bid for independence from Iraq emerges as regional flash point
Washington Post Tamer El-Ghobashy and Kareem Fahim 26 September, 2017 IRBIL, Iraq — Regional powers and Iraq’s central government threatened crippling economic sanctions and military action against Iraq’s Kurdish region on Tuesday, a day after Kurds staged a landmark vote for independence that is emerging as another crisis in a ... Read More »
Israel still violating UN settlement resolution, says
Palestinian News Netwok 26 September, 2017 Israel is violating UN Security Council resolution 2334 which considers Jewish settlements illegal, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process,Nickolay Mladenov said on Monday. Israel failed to “cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem,” Mladenov told UNSC ... Read More »
British policy on Arab world ‘needs a reset’
Arab News REBECCA SPONG 26 September, 2017 LONDON: A “colossal gap” in understanding of the Arab world among many Britons must be tackled to counter the growing problem of Islamophobia, while a “reset” is needed in UK foreign policy on the region. Those were key conclusions of an Arab News ... Read More »
Bali volcano: Fears of Mount Agung eruption cause more than 75,000 people to evacuate the area, say Indonesian authorities
The Independent Samuel Osborne 26 September, 2017 More than 75,000 people have been evacuated from the area around Mount Agung on Bali amid fears of an imminent eruption, the Indonesian disaster agency has said. Indonesia’s disaster agency says hundreds of tremors daily from the volcano indicate magma is moving toward ... Read More »
Macron, Aoun discuss terrorism, Syrian crisis
Arab News NAJIA HOUSSARI 26 September, 2017 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s policy of disassociation from regional conflicts is the best way to maintain the country’s stability and sovereignty, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday after meeting with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun in Paris. “In order to solve the problem of displaced ... Read More »
North Korea: US leads missile interception tests in Scotland in response to nuclear threat
Michael Fallon says Britain is at the forefront of international response to ‘growing threat’ the Independent Lizzie Dearden 26 September, 2017 A huge new military exercise involving thousands of troops, ships and fighter jets has been launched in Scotland to practise shooting down nuclear missiles. Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, ... Read More »
Ancient mystery of how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza solved
The Independent Narjas Zatat 26 September, 2017 Archaeologists believe they have solved one of history’s most puzzling questions – how the ancient Egyptians transported over 170,000 tons of limestone to build the Great Pyramid at Giza. New findings at the site on the outskirts of Cairo have revealed purpose-built boats were used ... Read More »
Sixth mass extinction of wildlife also threatens global food supplies
Plant and animal species that are the foundation of our food supplies are as endangered as wildlife but get almost no attention, a new report reveals Comment: Chips, chocolate and coffee – our food crops face mass extinction too The Guardian Damian Carrington 25 September, 2018 The sixth mass extinction ... Read More »