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Culture
South African boy triumphs at ballet awards
Young South African dancer Leroy Mokgatle was the winner of the gold medal at the prestigious Genee International Ballet Competition, Held at London’s Sadler’s Well Theater, as it was streamed worldwide for the first time in its history. The 15-year-old, who was awarded the top prize by the judging panel, also won…
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Politics
Military coup takes over Burkina Faso
Guards detained interim President Michel Kafando and other government ministers during the raid in the capital Wednesday, the United Nations said. It’s unclear where the guards took the President, Prime Minister Isaac Zida and the other officials. Hours after their detention, an unidentified military official took to the airwaves Thursday…
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Business
French AccorHotels becomes first international chain to open in Iran
The French group AccorHotels, the world’s sixth-largest hotel group, announced on Monday it would become the first international hotel group to operate in Iran as the Islamic republic opens up to the west after the deal on its nuclear program. AccorHotels will open an Ibis hotel and a Novotel branch…
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World
Charlie Hebdo mock European stance on migrants, publish Syrian toddler cartoons
The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has published a cartoon about the death of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi on the cover of its latest issue. Since the photograph of three-year-old Aylan al-Kurdi, who fled with his family from the Syrian civil war but died on a Turkish beach was shared…
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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
Russia offers french plane carriers for sale
Russia has offered to sell two french air craft carriers “Mistrals” to Egypt, equipped with Russian equipment that Moscow installed before breaching their contact with France. A french official told “Defense News” that they were expecting that Egypt is most likely to buy the two carriers, due to the recent framework of…
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West Asia
ISIS says Norwegian and Chinese hostages are ‘for sale’
The terrorist group ISIS says it’s holding two more foreign nationals hostage, and shows the pictures of two men in yellow jumpsuits with “For Sale” posted below their portraits in the final pages of the latest edition of the ISIS online magazine Dabiq. One page reads “Norwegian Prisoner For Sale.” The…
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World
Female police manages to control harassment in Egypt
Head of fighting violence against women department, colonel Manal Atef said that female police forces managed to limit sexual harassment in Eid and other festivals. and she added in an interview on local TV, that harassment is a society’s problem that requires efforts from all society’s organizations, and she adds that…
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Politics
Attack on Turkey leads to a series of protests
Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu has promised to boost security along the country’s border with Syria, after 30 people were killed by a bomb in the town of Suruc, reports BBC Investigators think the blast was caused by a female suicide bomber from the Islamic State group. Correspondents say Turkey is…
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Society
Timbuktu mausoleums in Mali rebuilt after destruction
Fourteen mausoleums in the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali have been rebuilt, three years after they were destroyed by Islamist extremists, BBC reports. The reconstruction was carried out by local stonemasons working for the UN’s cultural organisation, Unesco. On a visit to the city, Unesco’s chief said she wanted…
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