DAMASCUS (Parliament Politics Magazine): Jihadist extremists are believed to have held hundreds of children hostage in the beleaguer prison in north-eastern Syria. Around 850 children are being held in Hasaka’s Ghwayran jail, which was overrun by Islamic State (IS) forces on Thursday,
SEOUL (Parliament Politics Magazine): In 2021, South Korea’s economy grew at its strongest rate in 11 years, owing to increases in construction activity and exports, which offset decreases in capital investment and a delayed recovery in the coronavirus-affected service sectors. According to
ANKARA (Parliament Politics Magazine): An uncommon heavy snowfall over southeast Europe resulted in shutting down the Istanbul airport, and commuters were trapped in their cars around Athens. The snowstorm blanketed swaths of the eastern Mediterranean, triggering outages and traffic chaos. Europe’s busiest
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine): In the next months, 350,000 additional NHS dental appointments will be generated in England in accordance with the investment of £50 million made by the government to address the massive backlog caused due to the COVID outage. Despite
ROME (Parliament Politics Magazine): In Italy’s presidential election’s first round of voting, the lawmakers and regional electors cast primarily blank ballots amid a political impasse on Monday. During the first three rounds, a two-thirds majority is needed to win the election. Six
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine): Boris Johnson is facing fresh pressure after Downing Street confirmed that workers gathered inside No 10 to celebrate his birthday during the first Covid wave when the country was on lockdown. According to ITV News, up to 30
KYIV (Parliament Politics Magazine): As worries of a Russian invasion rise, the United Kingdom has begun to evacuate workers from its mission in Ukraine. Officials have confirmed no specific threats being made against ambassadors of Britain but around half the staff in
BRUSSELS (Parliament Politics Magazine): On Sunday, Belgian police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse activists in Brussels who had gathered to oppose the COVID-19 regulations and viral vaccinations the government announced. Thousands of demonstrators, including some from neighbouring European nations,
ABU DHABI (Parliament Politics Magazine): State media in Saudi Arabia reported late Sunday that a Houthi ballistic missile had hit a residential neighbourhood in the south of the kingdom, hurting two individuals – a Sudaneseand and a Bangladeshi – destroying workshops and
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine): According to court documents, the Liverpool terror attacker’s asylum plea was denied six years before he attempted to carry out his attack. On Remembrance Sunday last year, Emad al Swealmeen was killed when his homemade bomb exploded outside
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine): The chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the government’s proposed Online Safety Bill “neither protects freedom of expression nor is it clear nor robust enough to tackle illegal and harmful online content.” A group of
ATHENS (Parliament Politics Magazine): According to an aid organisation, 6,000 individuals, many of whom are children, are reported to be without food owing to service cuts. The Greek government has been accused by the Humanitarian organisations of causing a hunger crisis in
