‘We just want Johan back’ — an EU diplomat has spent 2 years in Iran’s most notorious prison – POLITICO

‘We just want Johan back’ — an EU diplomat has spent 2 years in Iran’s most notorious prison – POLITICO Skip to main content Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks … Read more

Now that the Foreign Office ban has been lifted it’s… Sri Lanka’s time to shine: Discovering gems and jumbos on a tropical island proud of its colonial roots

In Minneriya National Park we’re on a quest to see one of Sri Lanka’s biggest stars: the elephant. Our jeep pulls out of the forest and thrusts us into a panoramic landscape of wide green plains and a vast reservoir. Mere feet away are seven elephants, kicking and pawing at the dirt like schoolboys in … Read more

Anti-polio gains threatened by returning migrants, 200,000 unvaccinated children in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD —  The World Health Organization said Monday that the recent return of about 600,000 undocumented migrants from Pakistan to Afghanistan and an estimated 200,000 unvaccinated children in southern Afghan regions are a threat to regional gains against polio. In its latest assessment of the disease’s international spread, WHO said that both neighboring countries had … Read more

Melting glaciers, drying sea highlight Central Asia’s water woes

WASHINGTON —  Climate change and water scarcity are harsh realities facing Central Asia. Glaciers in the east, in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, are rapidly melting, while in the west, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Aral Sea has turned into a desert. According to the World Bank, almost a third of the region’s 80 million … Read more

Fighting properly: General David Richards, former UK armed forces chief, on a career in uniform and his pal Colin Firth

When I was 11, we moved to Sussex, where my parents came from, and we lived in a little village near Herstmonceux. General Richards in uniform at a Nato summit in Chicago in 2012, when he was chief of the British defence staff. Photo: Handout Many years later, when I was made a lord, the … Read more

Poliovirus near extinction in Pakistan, Afghanistan, health experts say

islamabad, pakistan —  Global eradication efforts have “cornered” polio in a “few pockets” of Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two countries where the virus continues to paralyze children. Experts hailed the progress being made in tackling the “outbreak-prone” disease during a virtual briefing last week to mark a decade since India was declared polio-free in … Read more

Mysterious writer behind ISIS-K propaganda calls himself ‘the Canadian’

A mysterious writer making propaganda for an Afghan branch of ISIS claimed to be based somewhere in Canada which, experts say, could be cause for concern for authorities.  Voice of Khurasan, an online publication used by the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K), which is suspected of being behind the Moscow attack that killed at least 140 … Read more

What is ISIS-K, the terror group claiming responsibility for the Moscow concert hall attack? – POLITICO

What is ISIS-K, the terror group claiming responsibility for the Moscow concert hall attack? – POLITICO Skip to main content Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful … Read more

Moscow terror attack: Suspects detained as death toll hits 115

Russian authorities arrested 11 people in connection with Friday’s terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall, as the death toll in the shooting rampage rose to more than 100. A branch of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the carnage, one of the most serious attacks Moscow has experienced in recent years. Four of the … Read more

Travel influencer couple on horror India gang rape and Taliban interrogation during epic 6-year motorbike trip

The victims, 28-year-old Fernanda and her Spanish husband, 63-year-old Vicente, who was hit several times in the head with a helmet, are now back in Spain. Fernanda and Vicente in Konya, Turkey. Photo: Instagram / @vueltaalmundoenmoto The attack took place while they were camping in Dumka district, an area of hills and exotic forest famed … Read more