Afghan Cycling Sisters Take Refuge In Home of ‘Grand Boucle’
With discreet black scarves tucked beneath their helmets, Afghan refugees Zahra and Masomah Alizada hurtle down Brittany's rural and winding ...
Tag: Organized crime
Britain Opens Separate ‘jihadi Jails’
Britain said Thursday it had begun housing Islamist extremists in separate prison units to prevent them radicalising other inmates, as ...
Activists Urge ICC To Probe Mexico’s ‘crimes Against Humanity’
Rights activists on Wednesday urged the International Criminal Court to probe years of killings and disappearances, as well as torture ...
Polio Worker ‘shot Dead In NW Pakistan’
A health worker who had been immunising children against polio was shot dead in Pakistan's northwestern province Saturday, the provincial ...
No NATO Combat Role In Afghanistan
NATO allies will increase troop numbers in Afghanistan to help the government battle a resurgent Taliban but there is no ...
Japan Cops On the Hunt For Shareholder-Meeting Crooks
About 1,000 police fanned out across Tokyo on Thursday in a dragnet aimed at nabbing gangsters notorious for extorting companies ...
US Tech Giants Join Forces Against Terror Content
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube announced Monday the launch of an anti-terror partnership aimed at thwarting the spread of extremist ...
National Security Issues Must Not Be Turned Into Political Football
It is most unfortunate that the security situation in the country is being turned into political football by irresponsible politicians ...
At Least Two Dozen People Killed In Multiple Pakistan Blasts
Multiple blasts killed at least 24 people in two Pakistani cities on the last Friday of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, ...
Afghanistan’s ‘hill of Widows’ Live In A World Apart
The first women settled on this stony slope outside Kabul in the 1990s hoping to escape the stigma those like ...
‘El Chapo’ To Sue Netflix Over Series
Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman plans to sue Netflix and Univision for allegedly defaming him with a TV ...
UN Chief Calls For Aid To Afghanistan As Conflict Spirals
Sitting cross-legged with war-displaced women in a mud-brick settlement on Kabul's outskirts, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called ...
World Bank To Give Afghanistan $520 Mn Credit
The World Bank on Tuesday said it had approved a $520 million plan to help Afghanistan, which has been weakened ...
Behind the Scenes With America’s Most Violent Gang
A notorious Central American street gang famed for its heavily tattooed members and torturing its victims has now established its ...
Australia Builds Separate Prison Wing For Extremist Inmates
Australia's largest state Sunday said it was building a separate prison wing for extremist inmates to tackle radicalisation following a ...
Human Trafficking Is Deadly, the Marginalized Are Mostly the Victims
Worldwide, human trafficking is a canker that eats into the fabrics of every nation and impedes its development. The indigenous ...
Is Islam Responsible For Global ‘Islamist’ Terrorism?
The media have consistently, for far too long, maintained shallow, hollow and horrific reportage on the terror perpetrated by miscreants ...
US Disputes Claim Syria Strike Killed Dozens of Civilians
The Pentagon denied Wednesday that large numbers of civilians were killed in a March strike by a Syrian mosque, acknowledging ...
Human Rights Won’t Stop Terror Fight
Theresa May has said she will change human rights laws if they “get in the way” of tackling terror suspects. ...
Explosion In Afghan Capital Kills Dozens
A powerful vehicle bomb has struck the diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 49 people and ...