Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are living in miserable conditions in Bangladesh camps where they lack of food, clean water and health care, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said on Friday. although this news has been still going around and relevant for weeks, the conditions have been getting worse.Up to 12,000 more children join them every week, fleeing violence or… Read more »
Suggestion that those on official register would be required to undergo testing to avoid ‘spread of sexually-transmitted diseases’ Move reported amid growing concerns over safety of LGBT communities across Muslim-majority regions of former Soviet Union. Photograph: Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images View more sharing options Shares 3059 AFP in Dushanbe Tuesday 17 October 201715.22 EDTLast modified on Tuesday 17 October 201718.04 EDT Authorities in… Read more »
Air pollution in Indian capital hits 18 times the healthy limit despite supreme court ban on sale of firecrackers Indian commuters drive and cycle through air pollution in Delhi the day after Diwali. Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images View more sharing options Shares 228 Reuters Friday 20 October 201703.21 EDTLast modified on Friday 20 October 201706.32 EDT Air pollution in Delhi has hit… Read more »
Suicide bombings in capital Kabul and Ghor province leave at least 70 dead, the latest in a series of attacks across the country Security personnel are on edge in Kabul after a series of attacks targeting Shia places of worship in recent months. Photograph: Hedayatullah Amid/EPA View more sharing options Shares 66 Sune Engel Rasmussen in Islamabad Friday 20 October… Read more »
In Ashgabat, Turkmenistan the streets are white marble, Guinness Book of World Record holder, yet the people have frowns on their faces. When Turkmenistan gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the birth of a new era began. The new president, Saparmurat Niyazov wanted to rebuild the country and make it brand new. He began to tear down… Read more »
CNN)Nearly 1,000 suspected ISIS militants have surrendered to Kurdish forces near Kirkuk in the last few weeks, Kurdish Gen. Shawrash Hakim said Tuesday. Most of the suspects fled among civilians who left Hawija, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of Kirkuk, after Iraqi troops launched a military operation to retake the town of about 100,000 people from ISIS’ grasp last… Read more »
When I was child, Ashgabat was known as the “garden city”. It drowned in greenery, canals gurgled with mountain water and trees cast a shady cool even in July and August. In the evenings, neighbours would gather around gazebos and drink tea.
A US drone strike has killed 14 Islamic State militants, Afghan officials say. The strike took place in a remote area of Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province on Thursday afternoon. Abdul Ghani Musamim, a spokesman for the provincial governor, told the Associated Press that the drone had targeted a meeting of Isis commanders who were planning a terrorist attack. The government has no… Read more »
Iraqi federal forces seized the contested city of Kirkuk from Kurdish forces almost unopposed on Monday in a stunning reversal of fortunes for Iraq’s Kurds.
Anara had never been in love before. Pacing nervously outside the house of the girl she’d just started seeing, overwhelmed by emotions, she forgot the need for caution.