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Iraq dispatched its foreign minister to Tehran on Wednesday with an offer to mediate in an escalating feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran after Sunni Saudi Arabia executed Shi'ite Nimr al-Nimr because he complained that Shi'ites…
Yemen: Fighting causing a humanitarian disaster
08 Jan 2016
Homes are without power, food supplies cannot enter the area, and medical facilities have been bombed or closed. Since November heavy fighting in the central Yemeni city of Taiz has forced more than 30 hospitals and…
Worldwide weather
08 Jan 2016
In Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia more than 160,000 people were displaced over the last few days of December by the heaviest floods to hit South America in 50 years. The year 2015 was the…
INSIGHT: Elections in Taiwan and elsewhere
08 Jan 2016
Taiwan’s general elections will be held on 16 January to elect the 14th president and vice president and all 113 seats of the 9th Legislative Yuan. These elections are said to be the most important in…
Gender discrimination
24 Dec 2015
This month, women in Saudi Arabia were allowed to enter politics for the very first time, but not all were able to access polling stations due to their reliance on men for transport - women are…
Elections between now and the end of January
24 Dec 2015
The Central African Republic will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on the day after Boxing Day. On 30 December Bangladesh will hold their municipal elections, and the following day, New Year’s Eve, Burkina Faso will also…