With Brussels being called the “hotbed” of European jihadism, more connections are being found between the city and the Paris attacks. Ali Oulkadi, a Belgian man, picked up Abdeslam after the attacks and brought him to the neighborhood of Schaerbeek, where the two of them and an unidentified individual visited a cafe.
Read MoreIn China, where organs are harvested from death row inmates, whether or not it was voluntary is often debated.
Read MoreDr. Manojlovic now focuses on studying how the Basque people have dealt with their past. She was both “impressed and surprised” to discover that the Basque Country possessed “very good programs and very good approaches towards the past,” which she feels has “made their case much more successful than the Balkans.”
Read MoreAccording to the International Business Times, the generation born after the end of apartheid, known as the “born-free generation,” still faces many injustices. Tuition fees in South Africa have been rising steadily for the past six years, and although President Jacob Zuma said in a press conference that there will be a zero-percent increase in university fees in 2016, a year of respite cannot fix the damage already done.
Read MoreFour days before the MSF hospital attack, President Ghani implored the public on television to trust the Afghan army, who had dealt “heavy casualties” on the Taliban. According to Deutsche Welle, the Taliban resurgence came after NATO scaled back its presence in favor of training the local armed forces.
Read MoreThe New York Times reports that these reunions will take place between October 20 and 26, assuming nothing changes. As the Korean Herald reports, however, the North Korean government has warned that this next round of reunions are on “thin ice” and may be canceled if South Korea continues to oppose the North’s plans of a satellite launch and nuclear tests.
Read MoreWhen Hong Kong was surrendered to China by Great Britain in 1997, Beijing promised autonomy and little interference for 50 years. This meant that Hong Kong would adopt a communist system like mainland China by 2045, guaranteeing that the “one country, two systems” policy would not last.
Read MoreIn August, the government demanded the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) to cease its activities. The IRPT is “the only officially registered Islamic party in the former Soviet Union,” reports Radio Free Europe. The IRPT also sided with the United Tajik Opposition during the Tajik civil war.
Read MoreThe crane belongs to the Saudi Bin Laden Group, a multinational conglomerate group founded in 1931 by Mohammed bin Laden, father of the infamous Osama bin Laden. NBC reports that the Saudi Arabian government suspended the company from new contracts following the incident. Additionally, King Salman has placed a ban on Bin Laden Group senior executives and board members from leaving the country.
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