In my first article, “Saudi woman’s flight rallies opposition to male guardianship” it talked about how women in Saudi Arabia right now need male approval to do a lot of basic tasks. Its so sexist and makes to Saudi women feel oppressed. There has been a rise in a movement to empower women and to get rid of the guardianship… Read more »
Speaking at a meeting with representatives of the national community in Denmark on Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdelkader Messahel said that Algeria was a stable country thanks to the foresighted leadership of President of the Republic, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the people’s commitment to surmounting the hardest moments of their history and the performance of state institutions. Messahel seized the opportunity… Read more »
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese police used tear gas to disperse “illegal” protests against the 30-year rule of President Omar al-Bashir in the city of Omdurman in which three people were killed, state news agency SUNA said on Thursday. Sudan’s second-largest city “witnessed riots and illegal gatherings” on Wednesday, SUNA said, amid weeks of demonstrations. SUNA quoted police as saying that… Read more »
SYDNEY/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Australia said on Wednesday it would consider taking in a 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family, which she accused of abuse, would kill her. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun arrived in Bangkok on Saturday appealing for asylum. Australia said on Tuesday it would consider resettling her if the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees… Read more »
RIYADH (Reuters) – An 18-year-old Saudi woman’s flight from what she said was an abusive family has rallied opposition to the kingdom’s male guardianship system, still a major constraint on women despite the conservative Muslim country’s efforts to open up.FILE PHOTO: Women walk past a poster of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during Janadriyah Cultural Festival on… Read more »
The first article I read was about the world worst outbreak of cholera that’s been happening in Yemen. All the disease is happening in the war-torn area from the Saudi vs Iran war. They have destroyed Yemen’s healthcare system and their sanitation throughout the country. Over 1.2 million people have been affected by cholera. That is absolutely insane! 2,515 people… Read more »
Removed episode of Patriotic Act with Hasan Minhaj criticised Saudi Arabia over journalist’s killing and war in Yemen.1 Jan 2019 Netflix has removed an episode of a show critical of Saudi Arabia following a complaint by the kingdom, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The internet-streaming service removed the second episode of Patriotic Act with Hasan Minhaj in Saudi Arabia after authorities there… Read more »
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s neighbors, caught off-guard by reports of U.S. plans to withdraw thousands of troops, have begun preparing for the risk that a pullout could send hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing across their borders, diplomats say.An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier keeps watch at a check point on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan December 31, 2018. REUTERS/Omar… Read more »
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – Sudanese authorities are blocking access to popular social media platforms used to organize and broadcast nationwide anti-government protests triggered by an economic crisis, internet users say. Sudan has been rocked by near-daily demonstrations over the past two weeks. Protesters have set alight ruling party buildings and have called on President Omar al-Bashir, who took power in 1989,… Read more »
LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have found that a strain of cholera causing an epidemic in Yemen – the worst in recorded history – came from eastern Africa and was probably borne into Yemen by migrants. FILE PHOTO: A doctor checks a cholera-infected child in a treatment ward at al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo Using… Read more »