Areas within the city where commercial sex workers freely operate from without even fearing the long hands of the law can now be revealed. Park Road is one of the streets where the commercial sex workers ply their trade both during the day and at night. So desperate are the prostitutes who operate in the

He has survived eight years of war and billions of dollars in money and weapons aimed at toppling him. Now Syrian President Bashar Assad is poised to be readmitted to the fold of Arab nations, a feat once deemed unthinkable as he forcefully crushed the uprising against his family’s rule. Gulf Arab nations, once the

At least 24 people have been killed in Sudan since protests began on Dec. 19 over the country’s deteriorating economy, the country’s public officer said on Saturday. A total of 131 people were also injured during the protests, Amir Mohamed Ibrahim said at a news conference. Sudan has been rocked by protests since mid-December, with

Wearing a “Canada” hoodie and smiling, Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun emerged from the arrivals gate at Pearson Airport Saturday after her long journey fleeing an allegedly abusive family. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland walked out with her arm around the 18-year-old, calling her a “brave new Canadian.” “This is Rahaf Alqunun,” Freeland said, “And

QFBA and QFC officials with the high-level delegation from Somalia The Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) recently hosted, in co-ordination with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a high-level diplomatic delegation from Somalia. The 12-member delegation visited the country to learn more about Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) and its subsidiaries. QBA head of Sales and Marketing

A huge explosion probably caused by a gas leak gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, seriously injuring at least 12 people, authorities said. Police were on high alert in the French capital for a ninth consecutive Saturday of “yellow vest” protests, with large parts of the

AP Photo Jacquelyn Martin The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history when the clock ticked past midnight into early Saturday as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a way out of the mess. A solution couldn’t come soon enough for federal workers who got pay statements Friday but

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, right, walks with an unidentified companion in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. BANGKOK – A Saudi woman who fled her family claiming fear of her life and used social media to amplify her calls for safe haven was granted asylum to Canada on Friday, an official in Thailand said. In Regina

4 black South African kids were separated from sitting with their white classmates at the Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke school — Photo credit: Timeslive.com School authorities at Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke in South Africa are facing severe backlash after a photo circulated of black grade R children seated separately from their white classmates in a group picture that was

The self-declared republic of Somaliland has expressed an interest in hosting British and Russian naval bases, which would add to an already active military presence along the coast of the Red Sea – one of the world’s busiest and most strategically important maritime passages. Last weekend, British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson paid an unannounced visit