Child marriage has long been common in traditional communities from the Indonesian archipelago to India, Pakistan, and Vietnam, but numbers had been decreasing as charities made inroads by encouraging access to education and women's health services. Child marriage is firmly rooted in gender inequality and patriarchal structures. Poverty, lack of education, and insecurity drive child marriage even in stable times. What's happened is that it's become compounded in the COVID era. Tens of thousands of girls across Asia are being forced into marriage by desperate families plunged into poverty because ...

Israel has launched the first ever commercial flight from Ben Gurion Airport, on Monday 31st August, to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through Saudi Arabia's airspace, which is considered a historical move between an Arab country and Israel. The El Al flight was carrying an Israeli delegation headed by national security adviser Meir Ben-Shabat and US diplomats led by Jared Kushner as he hailed the start of peace bend the UAE and between Israel aurged the rest of the region and the world to “join us.”. The plane was designed ...

Who said the road to success has to go through school and college?! Many scientists, businessmen and entrepreneurs have proven that formal education is not a prerequisite for success and to making money. Here are 10 billionaires who made it to Forbes Billionaires list without a degree, and 2 of them are even centibillionaires!

British street artist Banksy is funding a boat crewed by volunteers to rescue refugees in the Mediterranean. A huge, bright pink yacht emblazoned with Banksy’s art rescued people who set off from North Africa and were found distressed in the Mediterranean Sea. The crew on the Louise Michel, named after a French anarchist, sent out tweets on Friday night and Saturday calling for “immediate assistance” from authorities in Malta, Italy, and Germany and denounced the EU’s supposed ‘Fortress Europe’ migration policy. Hundreds of migrants were lifted to safety from a ...

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died last Friday after a 4-year battle with colon cancer. News of Chadwick's passing shocked fans and celebrities since he had never disclosed that he was suffering from a medical condition. His family confirmed the sad news via a statement posted on his social media accounts, which said: "It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman.⁣ ⁣ Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and battled with it these last 4 years as it progressed to stage ...

Jordanian authorities have arrested the famous cartoonist Emad Hajjaj after a cartoon related to the signing of the peace agreement between Israel and UAE. Hajjaj has published the cartoon on Al Araby and subsequently posted it on his own website and social media accounts. The head of the Jordanian Center for the Protection and Freedom of Journalists, Nidal Mansour, said Emad was arrested for obstructing the Jordan Information System Cyber Crime Law of 2015. On the other hand, cartoonists in Jordan and worldwide have sympathized with Hajjaj by drawing cartoonists ...

Are you looking for examples of true leadership in a crisis? From Finland to New Zealand, remarkable women are demonstrating true leadership. This pandemic is revealing: Women have what it takes when the crisis rises in our countries. These leaders are gifting us with an attractive alternative way of wielding power. What are they teaching us? The global response to the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted remarkable differences in leadership – and female leaders have risen above the rest. While Trump initially downplayed the severity of the threat, Norwegian Prime Minister ...

In the city's narrow streets, women and children clutched empty jerrycans, waiting to fill them up from water deliveries, some from aid groups. As coronavirus spreads across northeastern Syria, residents in Hasakeh have been caught up in spats between Turkish forces to the north and Syria's Kurds. United Nations warned one of the earlier water supply interruptions was putting people at risk in the Hasakeh area, as the pandemic spread worldwide. Aid organizations have warned against using water as a political or military tool to the detriment of civilians. But ...

Egypt grows the jasmine flowers in the Gharbiya region. The harvest season lands between June and November as the aromatic oils extracted from the flowers are used in perfumes which can cover half the global supply, according to international trade figures. Eman Mehanna, a worker in the fields of jasmine flowers, said: "We have been picking jasmine since we were children." On the other hand, farmers are usually picking the jasmine flowers around midnight and finishes a few hours after dawn each day. "You really need to concentrate on looking ...

More than ever, nowadays women are taking leading roles in all aspects of life. We’re seeing more women as state heads, prime ministers, parliamentarians, CEOs, businesswomen and entrepreneurs. Emirati women are no exception, women in UAE are playing a key role in the prosperity and advancement of their country. Here is a list of the top 10 powerful Emirati businesswomen.

Lukashenko's opponents organized strikes with the largest protests in the country being recently. As well workers in state-run factories — usually a bastion of support for Lukashenko — have continued to strike. Crowds of protesters carrying the red-and-white flag of the opposition earlier flooded Independence Square and marched through the capital, Minsk, chanting "freedom" and "we will not forget, we will not forgive" as passing cars honked in support. Tens of thousands of people massed in central Minsk on Sunday to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who ...