Fri 27 January 2023: A default by the US government could have catastrophic effects on both domestic and global economies. The United States government hit its borrowing limit last week, on January 19, leading to new economic worries at a time when most countries are expecting a slowdown in economic growth. The US administration has […]
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Thu 26 January 2023: Opium poppy was cultivated on more than 40,000 hectares in Myanmar last year, a 33 percent increase compared with 2021. Opium poppy cultivation has surged in Myanmar since the military seized power in 2021, reversing a steady decline that was seen in the illicit crop between 2014 and 2020, the United Nations Office […]
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President Cyril Ramaphosa receives, Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russia Sergei Lavrov in Pretoria. Wed 25 January 2023: Pretoria has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion but continues to call for dialogue. The United States has criticised South Africa’s decision to hold military exercises next month with Russia and China as the war in Ukraine […]
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On October 1, 1999, Putin ordered a ground offensive into Chechnya. These forces are pictured on October 2. Sun 22 January 2023: Moscow’s invasion has echoes of the tactics it employed in conflicts in the North Caucasus, experts and survivors say. Kyiv, Ukraine – As Maryam watched an online video recorded in Ukraine of a Russian […]
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Thu 19 January 2023: Ronaldo’s signing for Al Nassr could have a significant effect on Saudi football and the kingdom’s wider vision. Saudi Arabia made headlines in November by beating Argentina at the 2022 World Cup – the only team to defeat the eventual winners in Qatar – but there was still time in 2022 for a […]
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Sat 14 January 2023: Last week, the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup kicked off in Iraq for the first time in 44 years, with Basra serving as the host city for the regional biennial football tournament. Hosting the “Gulf Cup” as it is also known, was significant for the country, given the decades-long FIFA ban on […]
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Sun 08 January 2023: If it seems like Groundhog Day in Afghanistan, you could be right. The ruling Taliban seems to have made little change to its ideology and is even further away from the promises it made to improve women’s rights when its fighters entered Kabul unchallenged in August 2021. Girls’ schools have been […]
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Sat 31 December 2022: 2022 is coming to an end, however the events and conflicts that took place during this year are unresolved, the most important of which is the Russian-Ukrainian war that erupted in February. For me, the state of our Islamic nation breaks my heart. Indeed, every Muslim is saddened by the weakness […]
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Fri 30 December 2022: A burgeoning volunteer movement has taken on an increasingly prominent role in supplying Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. The clanking sound of sewing machines resounded through a Moscow workshop where more than a dozen women were busy assembling tactical stretchers for Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. The women were working under […]
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Fri 29 December 2022: Iran is heading into 2023 amid continuing protests and fraught relations with the West as it tries to entrench its regional influence and manage an ailing economy. The number of street demonstrations in Iran has decreased in recent weeks – but they have not gone away, defying some of the early […]
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