Published by Al-Araby Twelve former Guantanamo inmates who were being held in the United Arab Emirates were repatriated to Yemen earlier this week, their lawyer revealed on Wednesday. Abdulrahman Barman, a lawyer for the detainees and a Yemeni government official, said an Emirati military plane carrying the 12 landed in southern Yemen’s Al Mukalla on […]
Pingers on fishing nets found to save river dolphins in Indonesian Borneo
Published by Mongabay The last 80 Irrawaddy dolphins that inhabit the Mahakam River in Indonesian Borneo lead precarious lives. Their forays to find fish are frequently thwarted, sometimes fatally so, by a series of near-invisible gillnets that hang passively in the water column to ensnare fish. More than two-thirds of recorded river dolphin deaths in […]
Cricket: Rashid urges calm at Afghanistan-Pakistan match
Published by Al-Araby Rashid Khan has pleaded with Afghanistan and Pakistan fans to behave when the two neighbours meet in the T20 World Cup on Friday after a match in England two years ago was scarred by fighting and a pitch invasion. Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid played in that 50-over World Cup game at a […]
Chronicles of Victory: President Ilham Aliyev interviewed by Russian Interfax agency on October 28, 2020
Published by Azer News President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has been interviewed by Russian Interfax agency on October 28, 2020. Trend presents the interview. – Thank you, Mr. President, for finding the time for an interview with our agency despite your busy schedule. It was exactly one month yesterday since the counter- offensive of the […]
Gender Neutral U.S. Passports Now Available
Published by Knewz By alang.consultant Los Angeles (Knewz) — Intersex U.S. Navy veteran Dana Zzyym has finally obtained the passport they have long been wanting. The State Department on Oct. 27 announced it has issued the first-ever U.S. passport with X marked for gender for people who identify as neither male or female. The first […]