Category: Editors’ Choice

Fri 11 October 2019: Oslo: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve his country’s conflict with bitter foe Eritrea, the Nobel Committee said. Abiy was honoured “for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve […]

Tue 08 October 2019: BBC investigation exposes Shia clerics in Baghdad advising men on how to abuse girls I’m walking through the security cordon that leads into Kadhimiyah, one of Shia Islam’s holiest sites. I’m in a queue, along with dozens of pilgrims who have come from all over the world to pay their respects […]

Sat 05 October 2019: The U.S. will block the entry of immigrants without health insurance or the ability to pay for medical bills, President Donald Trump revealed Friday. Consular officers will only be allowed to issue visas to prospective immigrants who can prove they “will not impose a substantial burden” on the U.S. health care […]

Thu 03 October 2019: An edited excerpt of Black Lives Matter activist Linda Cheriyan’s address at a vigil for Kashmir in Times Square, NYC, on September 27, 2019. I’m from India. India has a long history of oppressing their own people in quite the same way the United States has long-standing traditions of marginalizing communities […]

Tue 01 October 2019: A Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) report on Russian intervention in Syria says at least 6,686 civilians died, including 908 women and 928 children, in Russian attacks. The report, which categorizes attacks where at least five people have lost their lives as “massacres,” it was stated that Russia carried out […]

OPCW inspectors examine and collect evidence from a chemical attack site in Syria. (TRT World and Agencies) Fri 27 September 2019: The United States has confirmed that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces used chemical weapons in May near the Syrian port city of Latakia, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday, vowing a response. The […]

Mon 23 September 2019: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday called on Central Asian countries to dismiss China’s demands to repatriate Uighurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic group from Xinjiang, in China’s west. Pompeo was speaking at a meeting with foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The top diplomat asked his […]

Thu 19 September 2019: The world’s largest humanitarian organization on Wednesday made an urgent appeal for donations to help plug a $40 million (SR150 million) shortfall in funding to feed nearly 900,000 Rohingya refugees. With stocks expected to run out within two months, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned of an imminent food crisis in […]

Tue 17 September 2019: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday linked Saturday’s attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities with the war in Yemen. When asked about the impact of the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Abqaiq and Hijrat Khurais, Erdogan responded by saying: “We have to look at how the conflict […]