Phillip Hancock: Rare foreign organ donor praised in China
Source: BBC News By Frances Mao Mr Hancock, 27, died from complications related to type 1 diabetes in the city of Chongqing on 9 May. According to the Red Cross […]
US border agents halt migrant family prosecutions
Source: BBC News Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan told reporters in Texas the prosecution referrals were suspended last week. He said it followed an order last week […]
Doctor in Spain faces court over Franco-era ‘stolen babies’
Source: CNN By Laura Maestro and Angela Dewan Madrid (CNN)It was almost half a century ago that Ines Madrigal was born in Spain and handed to a woman who was not […]
Refugees held by Australia languish in a world beyond suffering and suicide
Source: CNN By Behrouz Boochani Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (CNN)We are forgotten people, discarded on forgotten islands. I am writing from Manus Island. I am writing from where […]
European MPs spend night on migrant ship in desperate bid to secure dock
Source: CNN By Nadine Schmidt and Sheena McKenzie, CNN A group of five European politicians spent Sunday night on a rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean with hundreds of migrants […]
2 migrant rescue vessels suspend operations after Italian intervention
Source: CNN By Jay Croft, Valentina DiDonato and Nadine Schmidt Amid the ongoing controversy over immigration, the owners of two rescue boats say Italy has forced them to stop operating. […]
Dozens injured after blast hits rally attended by Ethiopian leader
Source: CNN Dozens were injured, and at least one person killed, in an explosion Saturday at a rally in Addis Ababa attended by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, officials said. […]
No one is immune to suicide. But there is hope
Source: CNN By Faith Karimi Suicide affects people from all walks of life, sometimes in silence and isolation. It can reach across social, political and economic lines. That was the […]
India the most dangerous country to be a woman, survey shows
Source: CNN India is the most dangerous country in the world to be a woman because of the high risk of sexual violence and slave labor, a new survey of […]
David Goldblatt, who documented apartheid South Africa, dies
Source: Al Jazeera News Renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt, whose work documented the abuses and divisions of apartheid, has died aged 87. “He passed away peacefully in the early […]
What next for Turkey after Erdogan’s executive presidency win?
Source : Al Jazeera News Istanbul, Turkey – Turkey’s high-stakes elections might be over, but the dynamics that will emerge after ushering in a new executive presidential system are yet to be seen […]
Four Arab states ‘support US plan’ for peace in the Middle East
Source: Al Jazeera News Four Arab states have backed the US plan for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, regardless of the position of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli newspaper […]
Why Do You Kill?: The Untold Story of the Iraqi Resistance – Book Review
Jürgen Todenhöfer’s book sheds light on the other side of the story, reporting on how Iraqi people talk about the war when there are no heavily armed GIs […]
Inside Geneva : Who’s in charge in today’s wars?
By Imogen Foulkes This content was published on June 25, 2018 It is key for humanitarian organisations to be able to talk to ‘non-state’ armed groups to try to […]
Lasting damage to the ‘idea of America’
Jun 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby The sights and sounds of Central American children being ripped from their parents by US Border Patrol officers have, by now, […]
King of Jordan, US president hold talks at White House
By JT – Jun 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, in the presence of Her Majesty […]
Indonesia: Jokowi lays first stone of new int’l Islamic university
Posted, 2018-06-05 The Jakarta Post Report rights infringement developed with YouTube President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Indonesia International Islamic University (UIII) in Depok, […]
In photos: The Syrian women and children waiting in the shadows of Lebanon’s refugee camps
As Lebanon tries to welcome and attract with one arm, it is pushing back hard with the other. Photojournalist Paddy Dowling reports Paddy Dowling The Independent Online Of its 6 […]
French far-right group arrested over alleged plot to attack Muslims
Source Independent Several firearms reportedly discovered during raids and some suspects had grenades and explosives A group linked to France’s radical far-right have been arrested on suspicion of planning an […]