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Friday, 08 January 2016 17:33
Middle East: Iraq to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran?
Iraq dispatched its foreign minister to Tehran on Wednesday with an offer to mediate in an escalating feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran after Sunni Saudi Arabia executed Shi'ite Nimr al-Nimr because he complained that Shi'ites…
Friday, 08 January 2016 17:31
Yemen: Fighting causing a humanitarian disaster
Homes are without power, food supplies cannot enter the area, and medical facilities have been bombed or closed. Since November heavy fighting in the central Yemeni city of Taiz has forced more than 30 hospitals and…
Friday, 08 January 2016 17:31
Worldwide weather
In Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia more than 160,000 people were displaced over the last few days of December by the heaviest floods to hit South America in 50 years. The year 2015 was the…
Friday, 08 January 2016 17:30
INSIGHT: Elections in Taiwan and elsewhere
Taiwan’s general elections will be held on 16 January to elect the 14th president and vice president and all 113 seats of the 9th Legislative Yuan. These elections are said to be the most important in…
Thursday, 24 December 2015 11:25
Gender discrimination
This month, women in Saudi Arabia were allowed to enter politics for the very first time, but not all were able to access polling stations due to their reliance on men for transport - women are…
Thursday, 24 December 2015 11:24
Elections between now and the end of January
The Central African Republic will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on the day after Boxing Day. On 30 December Bangladesh will hold their municipal elections, and the following day, New Year’s Eve, Burkina Faso will also…