Child soldiers: Iraqi govt militia recruits displaced minors to fight ISIS, HRW report says
Child soldiers are recruited by government-aligned militias to fight Islamic State forces in Mosul, Human Rights Watch has learned. The NGO urges Iraq’s allies to take action as the US-led coalition plans to retake the Iraqi city before year-end. Speaking to witnesses on the ground the HRW discovered that two tribal militias who are taking part in the fight for Mosul recruited at least seven children from the Debaga camp in August.The camp itself houses displaced persons who f..>> view originalTime for Temer
THE street vendors who set up around Brazil's congress must have been disappointed. Police had expected thousands to gather for the closing stages of the impeachment trial of Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's president. But when the senate voted by 61 to 20 to ...>> view originalJapan woos Russia with deeper economic ties in face of rising China
Japan woos Russia with deeper economic ties in face of rising China By Reuters Published: 23:39 EST, 31 August 2016 | Updated: 23:39 EST, 31 August 2016 By Kiyoshi TakenakaTOKYO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Japan is hoping the lure of deeper economic ties with Russia will strengthen strategic relations in the face of a rising China, but sceptics question whether the approach will generate a breakthrough in a decades-old territorial dispute.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Russian..>> view originalEurope migrant crisis: Angela Merkel isolated on refugees
More than half of Britons want to ban the burka, despite what our preachy liberal elite would have you think
The EU referendum campaign gave the great and good an ideal platform to patronise and preach to Britain. The bien pensant Remainers scoffed at the very idea of Brexit and those who would be tempted by it. Liberal Democrat MEP Catherine Bearder dismissed anyone who wanted Britain to leave as "lemmings" and described what they wanted as "idiotic". She clearly hadn't learnt from the European elections in 2014, which saw voters back Ukip en masse and boot out all of her fellow Lib Dem colleagues. S..>> view originalSyria releases seaside ad campaign to boost domestic tourism
Syria’s tourism board is making an attempt to attract travellers to the war-torn nation with the release of a new promotional campaign.The commercial, which tells viewers Syria is “always beautiful”, focuses on the coastal town of Tartus, a town hit by a series of ISIS suicide bombings earlier this year.It features jet-skiers and beach-goers, with wide, panning shots across the ocean and nearby seaside villas. The campaign is the government’s attempt to sell the nation as a luxurious holiday de..>> view originalItaly prepares for reconstruction, starts post-earthquake probe
By: AP | Published:September 1, 2016 3:11 pm Of the 292 confirmed dead, 231 were found in Amatrice, which was left in ruins. A number of foreigners were among the dead, including 11 Romanians and three Britons. (Source:AP) Italy began looking to the future Wednesday a week after an earthquake flattened three towns, with Premier Matteo Renzi tapping a reconstruction czar to oversee the rebuilding and investigators acquiring the first documentation into the constructi..>> view original
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