News The flashing of flesh in several Gulf States may just have got a little harder after efforts were launched to ban bikinis and get visitors to cover up.In Qatar, a campaign using posters and social media is encouraging expats to wear modest clothing in public, while in Kuwait, lawmakers have reportedly called for some swimwear to be outlawed. A committee dealing with "tackling bad social behavior" has approved a…

News On 19th May 2014, many news agencies including AP, CBS and the Guardian reported that a top White House official has assured the deans of prominent U.S. public health schools that the CIA will no longer use vaccination programs as cover for spying operations. The agency used the ruse in targeting Osama bin Laden before the U.S. raid that killed him in 2011. Lisa Monaco, President Barack Obama's top…

News On the 11th of May, the Wall Street Journal reported that "the plight of Myanmar's stateless Rohingya minority was absent from official discussions during a biannual summit of Southeast Asian leaders this weekend, despite growing concern of the issue's regional implications". Comment The ASEAN Summit gathers regional leaders to discuss common issues of security, economic and social concern, and ASEAN includes three countries with a predominantly Muslim population that…

News: On 5nd May 2014, Women News Network (WNN) reported that the marginalized position of women and the lack of health services is leaving many women affected by the conflict with nowhere to go for support or employment when their husbands are killed. There are an estimated 3,000 widows in the region. Many are struggling with trauma. According to the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), a military unit in charge…