By Zakiya Afzani Cosmetic company Niva’s “White is Purity” line results in ban There have been some alarmingly insensitive advertisements recently including a supermarket in the UK offering Ramadan discount on Wine and bacon flavoured crisps. Such stunts result in bans and fines. Al-Sahawat Times | Ethical Global News from…
By Zakiya Afzani Wildfires cause chaos across the Mediterranean Scorching heat and dry summer conditions have resulted in large scale wildfires across the the Mediterranean. Fires broke out across Croatia, the Croatian Islands, Northern Italy, the Italian island of Sardinia and the South of France. Al-Sahawat Times | Ethical Global…
By Jabar Abdullah Good News| Is this the friendliest island on earth? As Greece and other EU nations turn Syrian refugees away or force them to make the long hard and often dangerous trip across either the war torn Balkans or the dangerous Mediterranean crossing from Africa to Italy this…
By Zakiya Afzani Why Mother Teresa’s clothes have been trademarked Mother Teresa (Majka Teresa), known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was a christian nun of Albanian-Indian decent born and raised in the Former Yugoslavia. Teresa was born in Skopje now…
By Zakiya Afzani UN peace keepers are embroiled in another long list of sex abuse scandals The UN Secretary General had pledged to rid the UN of the scourge of criminal activity at the hands of UN peace keepers. The UN deploys peace keepers around the world to areas afflicted…
By Zakiya Afzani The young racists trying to ‘cleanse Europe’ Generation Identity is what they call themselves. Made up of mainly 20-something tech-savvy members, the “Identitarian” movement has been described as the hipster right. Fiercely anti-immigration, anti-Humanitarian-aid and anti-Muslim, its aim is to stop migration to Europe. With headquarters in Austria…
By Saila Safwana UK SAS on trial for war crimes in Afghanistan UK Special Air Services (SAS) are alleged to have murdered unarmed Afghan civilians, including women and children in cold blood, before covering up the details of their alleged war crimes. The shocking claims emerged in Operation Northmoor,…
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis | After the deadline The latest deadline set by Gulf Arab states for Qatar to abide by a list of 13 demands is due to expire at midnight on Tonight. Qatar has already submitted its response to Kuwaiti mediators and its foreign minister has…
By Haifa Ahmat Film: Brad Pitt’s War Machine | Based on a true story The longest war the US has ever fought – 16 years and counting – is about to get longer as President Donald Trump decided on sending several thousand more troops to Afghanistan, a nation invaded by…
By Zakiya Afzani Gulf News |Qatar Crisis spreads On May 23, Qatar woke up to news of a hack attributing false statements to the emir of Qatar. The fake news was aired on several UAE and Saudi-owned networks in the Gulf. This sparked a series of diplomatic breakdowns between the GCC countries….
