On Monday, 08/05/2023, the National Environment Management Council (NEMC) announced that it has closed 89 businesses for noisy pollution. The closed businesses include bars and entertainment centers which were found making noise exceeding acceptable levels.

“Today, our democracy is hanging by a thread,” said Khan in his first public address since his release, describing those who had gone after him as a “mafia”. His speech was not aired on television. (The Guardian)

In recent weeks, the British press have highlighted the use of ‘race-baiting’ by various ministers in the UK government to shore up support from right-wing and xenophobic elements of the electorate. It follows a series of incendiary statements from the British Home Secretary, Suella Braverman who singled out British Pakistani men as having a higher propensity to be part of grooming gangs involved in the sexual abuse of young vulnerable…

12 years after the uprisings in Syria, the Arab League is about to admit the Syrian regime back into the fold of the organisation. This has been endorsed especially by the Saudi and Emirati regimes, who have pressured the organisation to bring back the Syrian regime. These two regimes are said to potentially be interested in investing in the rebuilding of Syrian infrastructure.