Gary Younge, Noted columnist/ Gulf News For quite some time during the primary season for the 2016 presidential race, Democratic party leaders were delighted that Donald Trump was leading the Republican pack. They assumed the brash reality TV star would expose the bigotry of the Republican base before flaming out and leaving a more plausible…
Amelia Smith/Middle East Monitor Rabaa represents the failed hope of Egyptian democracy and it set a precedent for the despicable brutality of a regime towards its own citizens. Expectations that deposed President Mohammed Morsi would return came to a brutal end in Rabaa Square five years ago today after security forces advanced on demonstrators, shot…
BRAC Millions of young people are fighting everyday to make the world a better place for all. Let’s meet three of these people from Bangladesh and Uganda whose stories confirm the remarkable things that happen when young people find safe spaces to learn and grow. Mahinur: A 16-year-old’s fight to save child brides Comilla, Bangladesh…
Craig Considine/Daily Sabah The words “I think Islam hates us,” “True hatred among Muslims is too great,” “Over 80 percent of mosques in this country are controlled by radical imams,” “Sharia is incompatible with Western civilization” from prominent U.S. politicians, brand Muslims as un-American, unassimilable, and potential societal and security threats to the United States….
Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibeis, Clinical associate professor at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where she teaches an immigration law clinic/BDnews24 President Donald Trump wants to end asylum for Central Americans to keep his campaign promise of halting immigration along the southwest US border. Yet that goal runs afoul of US immigration law, which allows people…
Reuters: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the government on Monday of economic mismanagement and said it needed to improve its performance to help the country better weather newly reimposed U.S. sanctions. Washington reimposed strict sanctions against Iran last Tuesday and President Donald Trump has threatened to penalize firms from other countries that continue…
Desk Report: The first drug to prevent migraine has been approved by European health officials. According to a report in The Guardian, the drug Erenumab will now be examined by English and Scottish health agencies to determine if it is viable to be used by officials of National Health Service. Manufacturers of Erenumab, Novartis, however,…
Tariq Al Gurg/Gulf News Technical and Vocational Education and Training is the key to sustainable development, growth and advancement of nations The essentiality of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to the sustainable development, growth and advancement of nations has become more widely recognised around the world in recent decades. Over the past years,…
Arab News: King Abdullah of Jordan said his country would hold all those accountable for undermining the security of the Kingdom and the safety of its citizens after four security officers were killed in a shoot-out. Jordanian forces laid siege to a building in a residential part of Salt on Saturday night in search of…
ANI: According to a study, more than four in 10 women with asthma are more likely to develop the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that obstructs airflow from the lungs. The researchers at American Thoracic Society examined risk factors for developing asthma and COPD overlap syndrome, known as…