This Saturday the 24th of March, hundreds of thousands have gathered across the United States and the world to protest against gun violence. The rally comes a month after 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. The March For Our Lives rally
On Friday, Saudi Arabia allowed female fans into an internal football game for the first time in its history. Around 300 women attended the Al-Ahli versus Al-Batin game at Pearl Stadium in the city of Jeddah. Glass panels were in place to segregate men from a women and family section.
On Friday, terrorists stormed a mosque in the Northern Sinai peninsula of Egypt, killing at least 235 worshipers during the time after regular Friday prayers, which draw Muslim adherents to mosques every week around the world. More than a dozen attackers approached the mosque in off-road vehicles, setting off several
On Saturday, Palestinian officials threatened to cease communication with the United States if the Trump Administration goes through with plans to close the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) office in Washington, DC. The U.S. government initially responded by stating this was a regular protocol under U.S. law for renewing the permission of
On the 4th of November in Saudi Arabia the recently appointed Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman, began the movement to purge his government and country of corruption by detaining eleven princes, four ministers and several influential businessmen. This has been interpreted as both a positive action to benefit the citizens
On September 5, 2017, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was revoked by President Donald Trump’s administration. The DACA was introduced by the Obama administration in 2012 to protect young immigrants who had come to the United States at a young age with their family and lived the
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled from Myanmar to bordering regions of Bangladesh after the Myanmar military was deployed into the state of Rakhine where they live. The movement began earlier this month after officials announced the military intervention. Rohingya leaders in Bangladesh have stated that at least 3,500 refugees from
In Boston, Massachusetts, U.S, a small “free-speech” rally has been overshadowed by thousands of counter-demonstrators chanting anti-racist and anti-fascist slogans. The initial rally on Boston Common was organised by The Boston Free Speech Coalition, who are enthusiasts of the First Amendment and Right to Free Speech. They expected thousands of supporters to
On Saturday, The Philippines Congress extended martial law over the island of Mindanao until the 31st of December 2017. After a 7-hour long deliberation, President Rodrigo Duterte was backed by 261 legislators who agreed to extend the current military rule over the region in an effort to fight the armed extremists
On Thursday, Iraqi government-led troops seized the Great Mosque of al-Nuri from ISIS in Mosul. This comes three years after the ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, claimed the site as the group’s caliphate and appointed himself as the leader. Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, announced the mosque had been successfully seized by their
After being detained last Tuesday, Taner Kiliç, the Chairman for Amnesty International in Turkey, and up to 22 other attorneys were officially arrested late Friday by a Turkish Court in the western province of Izmir. They were arrested under the accusation of using ByLock, an encrypted mobile messaging app that
