Wednesday, October 7

Tag: Featured

A documentary made about radical Islam in Pakistan
4Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

A documentary made about radical Islam in Pakistan

    We are so oblivious of what is happening in Pakistan that we are just reacting to the simple impulse of hatred, says Indian filmmaker Hemal Trivedi. Among the Believers is a powerful new documentary that sheds light on Pakistan’s global image problem. The story of its making begins with raw emotion — the hatred some Indians felt toward Pakistan after November 26, 2008—“26/11.” The coordinated shooting and bombing attacks carried out in Mumbai by 10 members of a Pakistan-based terrorist organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba, left 164 victims dead and more than 300 wounded at the landmark Taj Mahal hotel and in or near other strategically chosen locations in the city a hospital, a college, a cinema, a historic Jewish enclave. Hemal Trivedi, the co-producer, director and editor of th...
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PM May vows to protect troops from legal witch hunt
4Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

PM May vows to protect troops from legal witch hunt

    British soldiers will never again face a legal witch hunt, Theresa May will pledge as she says that European human rights laws will no longer apply on the battlefield. In a joint announcement with Sir Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, the Prime Minister will say that UK troops will be protected from the “industry of vexatious claims that has pursued those who served in previous conflicts”. Mrs May and Sir Michael will say that in future conflicts Britain will opt out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), protecting our frontline forces from “spurious” legal claims. Their intervention is a major victory for soldiers, MPs and senior military figures who have fought against the hounding of troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan over allegations that date ...
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Thousands protest in Poland rally against anti-abortion bill
4Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Thousands protest in Poland rally against anti-abortion bill

    Thousands of people joined a rally in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday to protest a proposed bill that would institute a complete ban on pregnancy terminations, in line with the position of the Catholic church in the country. The leader of the governing conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party announced earlier last week that he supported the call from Catholic bishops to tighten the regulations, which are already some of the most restrictive in Europe. At the rally, organized by the leftwing Together party, protesters shouted such slogans as keep your hands off the uterus and my body, my business, while some waved coat-hangers as a symbol for the kind of underground abortions that are widespread in the country according to pro-choice activists. Even Iran’s abortion laws are more...
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Theresa May sets Brexit deadline: 16 month high and pound plunges below $1.29 as FTSE 100 hits
3Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May sets Brexit deadline: 16 month high and pound plunges below $1.29 as FTSE 100 hits

    SVG unveils 'white knight' talks with Goldman Sachs SVG Capital has confirmed it is in talks with several rival suitors including Goldman Sachs about a possible takeover, in a move that it hopes could fend off a hostile bid from the American investment house HarbourVest. The FTSE 250-listed private equity specialist, which rejected HarbourVest’s £1bn proposal last month, has been searching for a “white knight” bidder that could make a better offer. SVG said it has begun “detailed discussions” with Goldman Sachs alongside the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, while also speaking to another unnamed company that is seeking a partner to make a joint bid. A third party, also unnamed, “may be interested in considering an offer”, SVG said. The firm plans to update its share...
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The world’s oldest library is about to reopen in Morocco
3Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

The world’s oldest library is about to reopen in Morocco

    The ancient capital of Morocco holds a precious literary secret. Tucked away in Fez's old medina quarter, one of humanity's most important buildings is currently undergoing a rigorous restoration. The al-Qarawiyyin library is thought to be the oldest in the world and will open its doors to the public for the first time next year. Founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri, daughter of a wealthy Tunisian merchant, the library, along with the mosque and the university that share its name, formed the cultural heart of the ancient capital. All these centuries later, a woman is once again influencing its legacy. Aziza Chaouni, a Fez native based in Toronto, is the architect supervising its restoration. "We knew where it was more or less, but could not enter. It was this big, mysterious ...
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Boris mistakenly calls Africa at Conservative conference
3Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Boris mistakenly calls Africa at Conservative conference

    Boris Johnson mistakenly called Africa a country instead of a continent as he spoke at the Tory conference today. The Foreign Secretary misspoke as he suggested to Conservative Party members that increases in life expectancy in African countries such as Ethiopia could largely be attributed to UK foreign aid spending. He said: For all its difficulties, life expectancy in Africa has risen astonishingly as that country has entered the global economic system. In 2000, the average Ethiopian lived to only 47 - it is now 64 and climbing; in Zambia the increase has been from 44 years to 60 years. Boris Johnson calls Africa a country in slip-up at Conservative conference "In 1990, 37% of the world's population lived in poverty that is now down to only 9.6% today. I think we, with o...
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Kim Kardashian being robbed at gunpoint in exclusive hotel in France
3Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Kim Kardashian being robbed at gunpoint in exclusive hotel in France

    US reality TV star Kim Kardashian West has fled the French capital after being robbed at gunpoint in an exclusive hotel by a gang posing as police officers who stole up to ten million euros worth of jewellery. Sources close to Kardashian West, who is married to the US rapper Kanye West, said she was left "badly shaken but physically unharmed." A police source told AFP that Kardashian West left Paris on Monday morning after being questioned about the robbery. Unconfirmed French media reports said the masked robbers, who were disguised as police officers, found Kardashian West in the bathroom when they struck. They are said to have tied her up before fleeing with an estimated 10 million euros (£8.6m) in valuables. The gang had kidnapped and handcuffed a night guard who led t...
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Hard and harsh Brexit after Theresa May revealed Article 50
3Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Hard and harsh Brexit after Theresa May revealed Article 50

    Senior Tories have warned against a hard and harsh Brexit after Theresa May revealed Article 50 would be triggered by March next year. Commons Education Committee chair Neil Carmichael and former minister Anna Soubry both stressed the importance of the single market and warned a “hard Brexit” - with the UK outside the free trade zone - would damage the economy. Hours after the PM finally announced her timetable for exiting the EU, Carmichael told pro-Europe Tories the country must avoid a damaging Brexit “at all costs”. “We would be unwise to challenge the democratic view but we would be reckless if we did not challenge some of the consequences of a hard or harsh Brexit,” he told members of the Conservative Group for Europe. “Because we have got to understand that if it is...
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French Police use tear gas and water cannons in violent clashes with British protesters in Calais Jungle
2Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

French Police use tear gas and water cannons in violent clashes with British protesters in Calais Jungle

    French police used tear gas and water cannons in violent clashes with migrants and British activists who attempted to hold a banned rally beside the squalid Jungle camp in Calais. Demonstrators - including many British activists from migrant support groups - said they were expressing solidarity with the migrants. The confrontation, the worst since February, lasted three hours police union official Gilles Debove reported 10 officers were hurt, including one who was hospitalised after activists hurled stones at them. A photographer said he was also slightly injured from the stone-throwing and seven police vehicles were damaged. Tensions mounted in the Jungle, set to be closed by winter, after a demonstration planned Saturday by a group working with migrants was banned by loc...
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The burka to ban and fine in Bulgaria
2Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

The burka to ban and fine in Bulgaria

    Bulgaria has followed France and Belgium by banning face veils in public with a £664 fine for those who repeatedly flout the law. Referring to the burka and the niqab, its parliament approved a law that "bans wearing in public clothing that partially or completely covers the face". There will be a fine of 200 lev (£89), rising to 1,500 lev (£664) for repeated offences. Several towns have already banned the niqab locally. The niqab covers the face except the eyes, while the burka covers the whole face, often incorporating a mesh screen to see through. Bulgaria's Muslim community, which makes up about 13% of the population, dates back centuries to Ottoman times. There has been a small reported rise recently in the number of Roma women wearing the niqab among conservative com...
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