World News
- Jan- 2018 -4 January
Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees – January 2018
Deteriorated Situations: Cameroon, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Honduras, Israel/Palestine, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Egypt, Libya Improved Situations: None / Resolution Opportunities: None…
Read More » - 4 January
Canadian recovered by Pakistan appears in court on criminal charges
OTTAWA: A Canadian court on Wednesday postponed a bail hearing for former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle, who was arrested on…
Read More » - 3 January
A Diphtheria Dilemma?
A global shortage of the antitoxin used to treat highly contagious diphtheria could trigger an ethical dilemma for health providers…
Read More » - 3 January
IRIN: E-Book on Climate Change and Food Security
It’s not often we offer up an item of more than 100 pages compiled by IRIN itself. However, 2017 has…
Read More » - 3 January
US Drone Strikes in Somalia Double Under Trump
IRIN reported on this topic in early November, but given Wednesday’s 27/12/2017, announcement that a fresh US drone strike has killed 13…
Read More » - 3 January
The Iran-U.S. Trigger List
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran, as well as between Iran and Saudi Arabia, are reaching a critical level, as…
Read More » - Dec- 2017 -29 December
Urgent: Stop the Removal of Lazia Nabbanja (A Lesbian Woman) To Uganda
The UK Government says, “We don’t deport LGBT asylum seekers and we never will”. Is that a lie? Let’s stop the deportation…
Read More » - 25 December
Gunshots being fired at INSPAD coordinator’s house
ISLAMABAD: President Institute of Peace and Development (INSPAD) Muhammed Tahir Tabassum, General Secretary Sheikh Saqib Ahmed Ansari Advocate strongly condemned…
Read More » - 23 December
Somalis Were Shackled for Nearly 48 Hours on Failed US Deportation Flight
More than 90 Somali men and women were held shackled on an airplane for nearly 48 hours – and some…
Read More » - 20 December
Ethiopian Academic Acquitted of Terrorism Charges
A member of an Ethiopian opposition movement banned by the Ethiopian regime has been acquitted of all charges of terrorism…
Read More » - 20 December
UN ‘Appalled’ at Mass Execution of 38 Prisoners in Iraq
Expressing deep shock at a mass execution of 38 men at a prison in the Iraqi city of Nassiriya, the…
Read More » - 13 December
Shahid Kapoor dethrones Zayn Malik as Sexiest Asian Man
British singer Zayn Malik has lost his crown as the sexiest Asian man in the world to Indian actor Shahid…
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