Progressive pan-Arab media outlet The New Arab has posted a hilarious retort following demands imposed on Qatar by the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to shut down independent media. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed and The New Arab have outright dismissed calls for its shutdown as one of the demands made by several Gulf nations ...
By Daniel Khalili-Tari One of the US’s greatest exports is arms. Cuba’s is doctors. In the US citizens can die if they can’t afford healthcare. But in Cuba, universal healthcare is free. The US’s adult literacy rate is not known. Cuba’s however, is 100 per cent. Why is the Trump ...
By Daniel Khalili-Tari What happened? According to the polls the Conservatives had a lead in the double digits. How could Theresa May, who only in April earlier this year was the most popular politician in the UK, now be having to form a minority government? How could the Prime Minister once ...
Trouble is brewing in the Middle East after six Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. The governments of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt said in statements they will suspend air and sea travel to and ...
Theresa May has declared that "enough is enough" following the terrorist attacks in London on Saturday night which killed seven people and injured 48. The attack has propelled security to the top on the agenda in the final days of the election campaign, and May will no doubt take the ...
By Michael McNulty Location, location, location! Here are five films in which the city plays an integral part. 25th Hour – New York City, New York Monty Brogan, a midlevel drug dealer, spends his final hours before beginning a seven year prison sentence for possession and dealing, with his with ...
The blast that killed 22 people at Manchester Arena deliberately targeted a security soft spot while concert goers got public transport home, a security expert said today. A suicide bomber detonated a homemade bomb inside the foyer of the arena following an Ariana Grande concert at the point where gig-goers ...
By Tom Moore Racists up and down the UK are today unsure what to think as the reality of ‘being free to negotiate deals with nations around the world’ becomes apparent. There was an assumption amongst the racists that ‘other nations’ meant the US and Canada and possibly one or ...
International students and professors at US universities were among those caught in the wake of President Trump's revised executive order to ban anyone from six predominantly islamic countries from entering the US. There are currently over a million international students at US universities, and there is concern among them that ...