Headlines:• Democracy is the Root Cause of Rising Crime• Cheating and False Promises Are Part and Parcel of Democracy• Indian Involvement in Subversive Activities Will be Stamped Out by the Khilafah "Caliphate"

General Nicholson, commander of American forces in Afghanistan, in a press conference with journalists in Pentagon last Friday stated that 2017 will be more problematic to Afghans than this year. He expressed his worries

Civilians in rebel-held eastern Aleppo are expressing desperation over their survival as fighting between the government and the opposition carves deeper into their half of the city.

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has reiterated that the era of cheating and the mess in the exam council has come to an end. Unlike the previous 30 years, when cheating became rampant in the Form Four and Standard Eight examinations it was reported that this only 21 cases of malpractices were recorded.