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Militarism: The top ten countries with most soldiers

Militarism: The top ten countries with most soldiers

North Korea and Pakistan are countries that ramped up their military spending to level their economy couldn’t support, trading military for socio-economic development. In North Korea, 33% of its budget is allocated to military while in Pakistan, military spending is 10 times its health budget. Please follow and like us:

US-led coalition “successfully engaged multiple targets” in ISIL’s Raqqa

US-led coalition “successfully engaged multiple targets” in ISIL’s Raqqa

The US-led coalition “successfully engaged multiple targets” in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group’s de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria, US officials said. Coalition jets conducted at least 16 raids on Sunday, which destroyed ISIL-controlled structures and transit routes in Syria, Brett McGurk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern […]

ISIL video shows teenagers killing 25 Syrian soldiers

ISIL video shows teenagers killing 25 Syrian soldiers

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has released a video showing 25 Syrian government soldiers being killed by teenagers in the ancient amphitheatre in the city of Palmyra. The video – published on Saturday – documented a murder that reportedly happened shortly after the group captured the city on May 21. […]

Senior ISIL Commander Abu Mohammad Flees to Turkey

Senior ISIL Commander Abu Mohammad Flees to Turkey

A senior commander of the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group fighting against the government forces in Deir Ezzur province, Eastern Syria, fled to neighboring Turkey. “Amer al-Naklavi nicknamed Abu Mohammad fled Deir Ezzur into neighboring Turkey,” local sources said on Saturday. Al-Naklavi was commander of Jund al-Rahman terrorists group in the Eastern parts of Deir Ezzur […]

Afghan men throw acid into girls’ faces ‘for going to school’

Afghan men throw acid into girls’ faces ‘for going to school’

Attackers on a motorbike threw acid in the faces of three teenage girls on their way to school in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Saturday, an official told CNN. The girls, age 16 to 18, are students at one of the biggest girls’ schools in Herat city, the provincial capital, said Aziz-ul-Rahman Sarwary, head of […]

Syrian Army kills over Hundred ISIS militants in Aleppo in one day

Syrian Army kills over Hundred ISIS militants in Aleppo in one day

The Syrian army continued its military operations against the Takfiri terrorist groups in the city of Aleppo in Northern Syria on Friday, and killed tens of militants in heavy clashes. More than 100 Takfiri terrorists were killed and 14 of their vehicles were destroyed in different parts of Aleppo, including Hleiseh, al-Jabboul, Ein al-Hanash, Deir […]

Syrian Kurdish fighters advance on ISIL-held Raqqa

Syrian Kurdish fighters advance on ISIL-held Raqqa

Syrian Kurdish fighters have advanced on the northern city of Raqqa, putting them just 50km away from the de facto capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, sources told Al Jazeera. On Friday, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG, closed the main route ISIL allegedly uses to supply Raqqa […]

Afghanistan Is No Country for Women

Afghanistan Is No Country for Women

Thirteen years after the fall of the Taliban, women in Afghanistan continue to suffer oppression and abuse. Research by Global Rights estimates that almost nine out of 10 Afghan women face physical, sexual or psychological violence, or are forced into marriage. In the majority of cases the abuse is committed by the people they love […]

Syrian rivals locked in heavy fighting over Aleppo

Syrian rivals locked in heavy fighting over Aleppo

A rebel alliance and Syrian government forces have been locked in a battle in and around Aleppo city with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime seeking to repel major offensive with heavy air strikes. Thursday’s attack, the most intense rebel offensive in Aleppo in three years, aimed to build on recent advances against Assad by an array […]

Talk show host, guest to be tried for ‘insulting’ Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah

Talk show host, guest to be tried for ‘insulting’ Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah

A television talk show has been taken off the air and two people have been referred to the public prosecution upon orders from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Gulf News reported quoting Saudi news site Sabq on Friday. Muhsen Al Awaji and Abdullah Al Mudaifer will most likely face charges of […]

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