By Zakiya Afzani UN peace keepers are embroiled in another long list of sex abuse scandals The UN Secretary General had pledged to rid the UN of the scourge of criminal activity at the hands of UN peace keepers. The UN deploys peace keepers around the world to areas afflicted…
By Omar Khalili The UK government has been found NOT guilty of illegal international arms trafficking to Saudi Arabia in a High Court ruling The UK government arms sales to Saudi Arabia are legal and lawful, the High Court of England has ruled following the disclosure of Secret evidence. The…
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis |Blockade deepens Restrictions on Qatar will continue after the nation rejected the ultimatum made by the international community, Saudi Arabia told Al-Sahawat Times in Cairo, Egypt. The foreign ministers of four Arab countries, meeting in Cairo, said they regretted Qatar’s “negative” response to their list…
By Saila Safwana UK SAS on trial for war crimes in Afghanistan UK Special Air Services (SAS) are alleged to have murdered unarmed Afghan civilians, including women and children in cold blood, before covering up the details of their alleged war crimes. The shocking claims emerged in Operation Northmoor,…
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis | After the deadline The latest deadline set by Gulf Arab states for Qatar to abide by a list of 13 demands is due to expire at midnight on Tonight. Qatar has already submitted its response to Kuwaiti mediators and its foreign minister has…
By Haifa Ahmat Film: Brad Pitt’s War Machine | Based on a true story The longest war the US has ever fought – 16 years and counting – is about to get longer as President Donald Trump decided on sending several thousand more troops to Afghanistan, a nation invaded by…
By Zakiya Afzani Gulf News |Qatar Crisis spreads On May 23, Qatar woke up to news of a hack attributing false statements to the emir of Qatar. The fake news was aired on several UAE and Saudi-owned networks in the Gulf. This sparked a series of diplomatic breakdowns between the GCC countries….
By Aisha Butt Germany has entered the Qatar-Crisis talks with warnings against escalating towards war German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has warned that the ever intensifying crisis between Qatar and its Arab neighbors of the Gulf region could end in war. Gabriel said in comments published yesterday that there was…
By Amir Ahmed Syrian forces reach Iraq border for first time in two years Syrian troops and their Arab allays fighting Daesh and other insurgents have reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015, advancing close to a strategic area that has been at the centre of tensions…
By Muhammad Ashraf US troops have killed children in Yemen Children were killed in a US military raid in Yemen, a rights group has claimed, disputing the official report that seven al-Qaeda fighters died in Tuesday’s “counter-terrorism operation”. Local sources told London-based human rights group Reprieve that US navy Seals opened…
