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AFRICOM: Al-Qaeda, ISIS Unity Efforts Threaten Lake Chad Basin
Last year, the US withdrawal from wars in Somalia and Afghanistan turned attention to other theaters of conflicts around the world to see if they, in turn, would witness similar US regression.
What Will Scientific Research Offer Us in 2022?
Two years on from the World Health Organization declaring it a pandemic on March 11, 2020, we cannot discuss scientific developments in isolation of COVID-19’s ramifications. Scientists were able to revolutionize how vaccines are developed; the process used to take years, and they managed to deve
Do 5G Telecoms Pose a Threat to Airline Safety?
Major international airlines rushed to rejig or cancel flights to the United States ahead of a 5G wireless rollout on Wednesday that has triggered safety concerns, despite wireless carriers saying they will delay parts of the deployment. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had warned that p
UNIFIL Troops 'Avoiding' Residents of Southern Lebanon
Troops from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have limited their activity to main roads in southern Lebanon, raising questions among the locals about whether they have been ordered to restrict their movement in wake of recent attacks against them. Members of UNIFIL have been at
Concern Grows for Palestinian Teen Held by Israel
Palestinian teenager Amal Nakhleh's first name means "hope" in Arabic, but his parents are in despair because he is chronically ill and one of the few minors held without charge by Israel. "Since his arrest last year I have only seen him twice, including last week when he told me he wanted to go
Work, School, Play: How Covid Reshaped Our World
The most basic everyday activities, from working to shopping and going to school, have completely transformed during the Covid-19 pandemic, and may never be the same again.
Horrors of Migrant Kidnapping in Libya
In the Egyptian town of Kafr Abou Negm, the ghost of death looms everywhere. News coming from Libya is coated with the stench of blood.