News: The Citizen Newspaper dated 14th December 2013 reported on Parliament passing a strong resolution calling upon the government to take concrete steps against swindlers of public resources. The resolution was passed on Wednesday at the end of the debate on reports tabled by three oversight committees namely the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Local Authorities Accounts Committee (LAAC) and Budget Committee. Reflecting on the Controller and Auditor General's (CAG) reports…

09/12/2013 Asiaone.com reported on Monday 25th November that in the area of Xinjiang, Kashgar City where the Uyghur Muslims live that the Chinese government began a campaign against the niqab of Muslim women and the beards of Muslim men on the premise of ‘security reasons'. One action in their campaign is to intercept veiled women in the public crowd, take their data under the gaze of camera surveillance, and then…

Headlines: Egypt's Nour Party says Backs New Constitution Iran, Turkey Enjoy Close Intelligence Cooperation US Halts Shipments from Afghanistan through Pakistan amid Protests Malaysia Ruling Party Tightens Embrace of Islam to Gain Support Details: Egypt's Nour Party Says Backs New Constitution Egypt's second largest Islamist party on Thursday said it would support a new constitution in an upcoming referendum in order to spare the country "more anarchy". "The Nour Party…

News On 3 December the Kremlin website published a decree: "On the Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation on combating corruption". "The new anti-corruption directorate of the Presidential Administration will check the validity and completeness of the data on income, expenditure and assets of officials," said in a document posted on the Kremlin website. Commentary The attempt to intimidate corrupt officials by formation of a new supervision body…