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West Asia
EU recognize use of force against migrant smugglers
European Union decided to use military force against migrants smugglers , after 34 new bodies were retrieved from Aegean sea near Greece while trying to go to Europe, among those were 11 children. It’s expected that this decision will be in effect starting October, and it will give the European…
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West Asia
UK’s prime minister visits refugee camp in Lebanon
UK’s prime minister David Cameron visited one of the Syrian refugees camps in Lebanon, to hold talks on the refugee crisis with his Lebanese counterpart Tammam Salam. Cameron announced earlier this month that Britain would take in 20,000 more Syrian refugees, amid growing pressure at home and abroad to address the…
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West Asia
Egyptian security forces ‘kill Mexican tourists’
Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says. The tourists were travelling in four buses that entered a “banned area” in the Wahat area of the Western Desert, the ministry said in a statement. Ten Mexicans and Egyptians…
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South Asia
American backpacker, artist killed in Nepal
After the devastating earthquake in April in Nepal, Dahlia Yehia, an artist and a teacher from the US, backpacked to the Asian country to help the people. According to the “Find Dahlia” Facebook page her family and friends started to help find her, Yehia, 25, arrived on July 20 and…
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Culture
A ‘Beat’ ghost walks across American landscape in search of himself
Kerouac ‘On the Road’ “Last night I walked clear down to Times Square and just as I arrived I suddenly realized I was a ghost – it was my ghost walking on the sidewalk.” In the words of the Beat writer Jack Kerouac who gives life to words and reinvents…
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South Asia
Over 1,000 Indian Muslim clerics deem IS ‘un-Islamic’
More than 1,000 Muslim clerics in India have backed a religious ruling condemning the Islamic State, calling the extremist group’s actions “un-Islamic.” Religious leaders from hundreds of mosques, education institutions and civic groups across India have signed the edict, or fatwa, saying the actions of the Islamic State group went…
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West Asia
Iranian photographer to share prize money with refugees
Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will donate part of a 100,000-euro ($112,000) Dutch award to charity, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees. “It is hard for me to enjoy this prize as much as I would like to, seeing the region where I work and live in flames and…
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West Asia
Syrian boy’s death sparks media’s attention
As many Syrian refugee families, Abduallah Kurdi’s family was trying to take shelter in another country, when the wife and the two kids died. In a rubber raft, they were trying to make their way from Turkey to Greece, when the waves hit the boat, and the two boys, Aylan…
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West Asia
Egyptian billionaire offers to buy island for refugees
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, telecom tycoon and owner of an Egyptian TV channel, has offered to buy an island off the shores of Greece or Italy and develop it to help thousands of refugees. He first wrote on Twitter, “Greece or Italy sell me an island, I’ll call its independence…
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Society
Two American journalists shot dead during live TV broadcast
Two American TV journalists were shot dead during live reporting in rural Virginia on Wednesday. 24-year-old Alison Parker and 27-year-old Adam Ward, employees of a local TV station WDBJ7, were holding a live broadcast around 6:45 am when an armed man opened fire at them. The gunman, Bryce Williams reportedly…
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