Australia boosts efforts to counter child exploitation
Australia has enhanced the fight to counter child sexual exploitation offshore with the opening of a new international investigative centre in the Philippines. read more
Author Archives: BCC
Airstrikes up sharply in anti-Assad bastion
Author: Tue, 2019-02-26 22:57 BEIRUT: War monitors said on Tuesday there had been a marked escalation in airstrikes in opposition-held northwestern Syria, the last major bastion of opponents of Bashar Assad, prompting thousands of civilians to flee the town of Khan … read more
Iranian-backed Houthis responsible for Yemen woes: UK envoy
Author: Tue, 2019-02-26 22:42 DUBAI: The Houthi militia’s occupation of parts of Yemen has increased people’s suffering, which has been falsely blamed on a “Saudi blockade,” said the British ambassador to Yemen. “It’s no coincidence that the number of people in … read more
Anger and apprehension haunt ruined Sinjar
Author: Tue, 2019-02-26 22:27 SINJAR: It is dawn in Sinjar and the only sounds are the footsteps of guards patrolling a golden-domed shrine on a hill overlooking a vista of collapsed rooftops. More than three years after Daesh was driven out … read more
Tunisian attacks suspect assaults judge at hearing
Author: Associated Press ID: 1551207394414407500 Tue, 2019-02-26 18:45 TUNIS: Tunisian authorities say a man suspected of several extremist attacks has assaulted a judge with his gavel during his trial at a Tunis military court. The 33-year-old Adel Ghandri was brought … read more