Jan 11, – Dressed in black, world leaders, including French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, stood at the front of a unity rally in Paris to show solidarity for the victims of this week’s deadly attacks by Islamist extremists. They were joined by hundreds […]
Jan 05, – Overwhelmed by a massive influx of desperate refugees, Lebanon began imposing unprecedented visa restrictions on Syrians on Monday, including those fleeing their country’s civil war. “Today we began implementing the new entry measures and Syrians at the borders have begun presenting their documents to enter,” a source at Lebanon’s general security agency […]
Jan 03, – At least 15 people have been killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on a bus in northern Cameroon, a senior local security official and a businessman said on Saturday. Over the last year, Boko Haram, which has killed thousands in its struggle to create a caliphate in northern Nigeria, […]
Sep 23, – The U.S. military and unidentified “partner nations” early Tuesday launched a bombing campaign against Islamist positions inside Syria, marking the first Western air raids on that country since a rebellion erupted there in 2011. The attacks used a mix of fighters, bombers and Tomahawk missiles, Pentagon spokesman Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby […]
Sep 21, – Hundreds of Kurdish fighters raced from Turkey and Iraq into neighboring Syria on Saturday to defend a Kurdish area under attack by Islamic State militants. As the fighting raged, more than 60,000 mostly Kurdish refugees streamed across the dusty and barren border into Turkey, some hobbling on crutches as others lugged bulging […]
Aug 12, – A temporary Israel-Hamas truce is holding for a second day as marathon, indirect negotiations on a lasting cease-fire and a long-term solution for the battered Gaza Strip are to resume in Cairo. Israel Radio says the Israeli delegation would return to the Egyptian capital on Tuesday after a short stay in Israel. […]
May 14, – Pakistani police arrested a teacher at a Quranic school and his two friends on charges of gang raping a college student in the country’s northwest, alleging he filmed the attack and may have blackmailed other victims, authorities said Wednesday. The case against Qari Naseer, 27, in the city of Mansehra marks a […]
Jan 01, – In a break from convention, Putin recorded two messages this year. The first, broadcast in the far east of the country, showed Putin at the Kremlin and called on Russians to work together. In the second, made on Tuesday while he was meeting flood victims in the city of Khabarovsk, he mentioned […]
Dec 29, – Beiging: A female college student in Taiwan has been charged with animal abuse after she “punished” her pet cat by stuffing the feline in a plastic jar and then posting a picture of it on Facebook. Kiki Lin, a student at Taichung’s Providence University, came under fire from Facebook users after she […]
Dec 23, – The Boeing 747-400 en route for London Heathrow Airport took a taxiway that was too narrow for it, said South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokeswoman Phindiwe Gwebu on Monday. “This resulted in the aircraft’s right-hand wing impacting the office building,”. The control tower “told them to take one taxiway and they […]
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Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment
Human Rights Observers an organization in special status with UN ECOSOC has organized conference on Women’s rights and Environmental awareness Speaking on the occasion prominent senior advocate smt. Venkateshwari, stated that Violence against women and girls, a gross human rights violation, devastates lives, causes untold pain, suffering and illness. She has given various examples of […]
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