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Thursday, January 16, 2025

Saudi crown prince lands in hot water: UN report on Khashoggi murder

AFP | Saudi Arabia has sought to move on from the scandal triggered by journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder, but a UN expert's report implicating its...

Pakistan to set up gender-based violence courts

AFP| Pakistan's top judge has vowed to set up more than 100 gender-based violence courts in the patriarchal country regularly ranked as among the...

New Zealand mosque attacks: Government starts gun buyback scheme

AFP| New Zealand opened a gun buyback scheme Thursday aimed at ridding the country of semi-automatic weapons similar to those used in the Christchurch mosque...

Merkel says she’s ‘fine’ after trembling from dehydration

AFP| German Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed concerns about her health after visibly trembling at an official ceremony Tuesday, saying she was just a bit dehydrated...

Facebook enters cryptocurrency game with ‘Libra’ coin

AFP| Facebook unveiled plans Tuesday for a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, pledging to deliver a stable virtual money that lives on smartphones and could...

Tribute to Mohamed Morsi: Man of courage

Anadolu | "If the price for safeguarding legitimacy is my blood, then I am prepared to sacrifice my blood for the cause of safety and...

United Nations failed to handle Rohingya crisis: UN Report

AFP | The United Nations experienced "systemic failures" in its handling of the situation in Myanmar leading up to the 2017 mass exodus of Rohingya,...

Puppy Dog Eyes: How your Dog is getting things his way!

AFP | Ever wondered how dogs learned to use their "puppy eyes" to bend us to their will? It turns out our pet pooches have evolved...

Egypt and Morsi: A long and troublesome relationship

AFP | Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi died on Monday after a court hearing in Cairo, nearly six years after his ouster by current leader...

World’s Nuclear Arsenal: Quantity drops Quality Rises

AFP | The overall number of nuclear warheads in the world has declined in the past year but nations are modernizing their arsenals, a report...

Hope for Sudan, Omar al Bashir before court

AFP | Fallen Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir was Sunday seen in public for the first time since being ousted, as he was driven in an...

5 Times media fell for western “Fake News”

RT | When throwing out serious accusations, it’s always good to back up one’s claims with proof, but the need for evidence seems to have...