Category: WORLD

By: Masud Javed (Bureau Consultant- International Affairs) ICN Group  Syria, the only communist country in the Arab world. NEW DELHI:The fall of Berlin Wall in 1989 yielded a wind of change which swept East Europe.  The people living in the counties allied to the erstwhile Soviet Union ( Warsaw Pact members namely, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary and Romania), revolted against their socialist/communist governments and finally  managed to bring in democratic form of governance and leaders. In other words, they joined the capitalist bloc with an exception of Slovakia which remained in the socialist bloc. Not…

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The Mapuche are Chile’s largest indigenous group. They resisted conquest for 300 years until military defeats in the late 19th century forced them into Araucania, south of the Bio Bio river. Chile’s eight presidential candidates have discussed the hunger strike of four Mapuche activists in the first televised debate ahead of the elections on Nov. 19. The Mapuche community members have been on a hunger strike for more than 115 days to protest their detention which they argue is arbitrary. A Mapuche leader who has been on a hunger strike to demand…

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By: Dr. Shazia Israr (Associate Editor-ICN Group) The theme for this year’s World Heart Day on September 29th is ‘Share the power’.   World Heart Day is a campaign established to spread awareness about the health of heart among common people all through the world. This initiative was founded in the year 2000 to inform people to take care of their heart. It is celebrated annually all over the world on 29th of September. A huge percentage of common public in the society is suffering from the heart diseases like stroke, heart attack, heart…

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In a Facebook post on Wednesday Zuckerberg said both Trump and liberals were upset about ideas and content on Facebook during the campaign. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg fired back at US President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he accused the leading social network of being “always anti-Trump.” Zuckerberg rejected the notion, countering that Facebook is working to ensure “free and fair elections” with an online platform that does not favor one side over another. Facebook last week said that Russia-linked ads on the social network aimed at inflaming tensions around last year’s US presidential…

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“Encouraging innovation and adopting the latest technologies contribute not only to the country’s development but also build bridges into the future.” Dubai has announced the first test flight for its taxi drone, which saw the driverless flying transport service hover around 200 metres above the ground during a five-minute flight. The taxi drone was designed by German company Volocopter, and resembles a two-seater helicopter topped by a hoop equipped with 18 propellers, designed for 30-minute flights at maximum. The first trial of the drone taxi took place near Jumeirah Beach Park on…

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Eman died because of complications: heart disease, kidney dysfunction Eman Ahmed , once known as world heaviest woman, passed away at the Burjee Hospital in Abu Dhabi on Monday. The Egyptian national, who weighed nearly 500 kg, was airlifted to Mumbai in February and she underwent a weight loss procedure by bariatric surgeon Dr Mufazzal Lakdawala at the Saifee Hospital. She had been under the supervision of over 20 doctors from different specialities, who were managing her medical condition from the time she arrived in the UAE. Eman’s family expressed…

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North Korea detonated its sixth and most powerful nuclear weapon earlier this month at its north-east of Pyongyang. The earthquake measured 3.4 on the Richter scale and has raised fears that North Korea is testing its missiles again.The head of the nuclear test monitoring agency CTBTO has said that its analysts are “looking at unusual seismic activity of a much smaller magnitude” in North Korea. Seoul’s Korea Meteorological Administration said Saturday’s quake was detected in an area around Kilju, in northeastern North Korea. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said it…

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