Turkey’s Academic Future: A Degree of Uncertainty
On July 23, Mira, a 21-year-old international student at Gediz University, was on her way to the pristine…
How Global Aid Leaders Propose to Tackle the Refugee and Migrant Crisis?
LONDON, Sept 19 – As world leaders head to New York for a major U.N. summit on the…
Philippine C.bank Ordered to Return Recovered Money to Bangladesh
MANILA, Sept 19 – A Philippine regional trial court has ordered the Bangko Sentral Pilipinas (BSP) to return…
WH Ireland says Kuwaiti Investors Looking to Buy Stake
Financial services company WH Ireland Group Plc said on Monday that Kuwaiti European Holdings Group (KEH) was considering…
Obama Would Veto Bill Allowing 9/11 Families to Sue Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON, Sept 12 – President Barack Obama would veto a bill passed by both houses of Congress that…
Dutch Police Arrest Erdogan Backer for Threats After Failed Turkish Coup
AMSTERDAM, Sept 5 – Dutch police on Monday detained a 42-year-old Dutchman of Turkish descent for alleged death…
Taliban Attack in Afghan Capital Kabul Kills at least Nine
KABUL, Sept 5 – A Taliban suicide attack on a busy area near the defense ministry in the…
Australia Foreshadows Expanding Role in Fight Against Daesh in Syria and Iraq
SYDNEY, Sept 1 – Australia will expand its military action against the Daesh militant group in Syria and…
Morocco, Polisario Standoff Escalates Western Sahara Tensions
ALGIERS/NEW YORK, Sept 1 – U.N. peacekeepers have deployed to monitor a standoff between Moroccan forces and Western Sahara’s…
When Did Journalism Become So Humiliating?
On June 15, 2015, Brendan Klinkenberg ate a burrito. It was a breakfast burrito packed with eggs, bacon,…
Oil Fires Cast Black Cloud Over Iraqi Town Retaken From Daesh
QAYYARA, Iraq, Aug 30 – It gets darker earlier these days in the northern Iraqi town of Qayyara,…
Iraq’s Qayyara Oil Fields Won’t Return to Production Before Mosul Retaken
BAGHDAD, Aug 30 – Iraq doesn’t expect to resume production from the northern Qayyara oil region before the…
U.N. says 10,000 Killed in Yemen War, Far More Than Other Estimates
SANAA, Aug 30 – At least 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen’s 18-month-old civil war, the United…
Australian Aid Worker Kidnapped in Afghanistan Freed
SYDNEY/KABUL, Aug 29 – An Australian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan four months ago was freed following a…
A Feast for the Faithful
Indulging in gourmet meals and heavy desserts especially prepared for Ramadan may be ironic during this sacred month,…
South Sudan Cabinet Wants Big Spending Boost to Heal Divisions
JUBA, Aug 25 – South Sudan’s cabinet wants to almost triple spending in the next budget, as it…
To Deter Refugees, Norway Readies Fence on Ex-Cold War Border
OSLO, Aug 24  – Norway is putting up a steel fence at a remote Arctic border post with…
Guantanamo: The Outcasts
In the largest operation of its kind, the United States deported 15 Guantanamo inmates—12 Yemenis and three Afghanis—to…
Libya Car Bomb Targets Security Forces in Benghazi, Kills 22
BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug 2 – A car bomb targeting security forces in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi…
Senegal: School of Knocks
In cities and towns throughout Senegal, tens of thousands of boys, some as young as 5, are imprisoned in Quranic…
Has Hamas Reached A Dead End?
In Gaza, the movement is strapped for cash, as the territory’s residents continue to suffer under Israel’s illegal…
No One Is Safe
Last week’s terror attacks in Quetta, Pakistan, saw three generations of lawyers, wiped out. Quetta has been one…
South Sudan’s President Says Not Fighting U.N. Over Troops Plan
JUBA, Aug 15 – South Sudan is not fighting the United Nations over its plan to intervene to…
Iranian Rappers: Protect Ya Neck
It could have happened almost anywhere in the world. Sporting sunglasses and flourescent sneakers, a small group of…