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North Korea bans Malaysians from leaving in murder row

Malaysia quickly responds by imposing a similar ban on North Koreans as tensions swirls over killing of King Jong-nam.   North Korea has barred Malaysians from leaving the country, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia, as police investigating the murder of Kim Jong-nam sought to question up...

Meet the Somali Woman Revolutionizing Our Social Justice Conversations

By:IMAN IBRAHIM Asha Noor is a racial justice and human rights activist, peace building and conflict resolution specialist, educator and writer. She serves as the Advocacy and Civic Engagement Specialist for the national TAKE ON HATE program. Noor has worked both domestically and abroad in...

Global platform reconnects refugees around the world with their fam

By Manasi Gopalakrishnan Conflict and poverty force millions of people to leave their countries and seek a better life elsewhere. Many of them get separated from their loved ones in the process, but an organization is helping them reconnect. Forty seven year-old Abdi escaped from...

Inside the Story: Twin daughters of Somalian refugees on the road to becoming doctors

(KUTV) Seventeen-year-old twin sisters are at the front line of speaking out for refugees. They are daughters of Somalian refugees and are Muslim. Asma and Anisa Dahir are also making strides in the medical field--they both have dreams of becoming pediatric surgeons so they can one...

Why are there so few male nurses?

Last year just 11.4% of registered nurses in the UK were male. Continued stereotyping is partly to blame Efforts to promote gender equality in workplaces of all kinds may be widespread, but the number of men in nursing remains stubbornly low. Last year just 11.4%...

Refugee children abuse rampant in Libya: UNICEF

Thousands of refugee children are being abused, exploited and arbitrarily detained in Libya, UNICEF reports. Refugee children and women are routinely suffering sexual violence, exploitation, abuse and detention along the Central Mediterranean migration route, UNICEF warned in a new report. In the report, titled "A Deadly...

Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong indicted in bribery scandal

Prosecutors have indicted Samsung's de facto chief Lee Jae-yong on embezzlement linked to massive South Korean scandal. The heir to the Samsung empire and four other top executives from the world's biggest smartphone maker have been indicted on multiple charges including bribery and embezzlement, South...

DP World chairman says Donald Trump’s anti-globalisation talk is just a ‘phase’

The US president Donald Trump’s anti-globalisation sentiments are just a "phase" and will go away, the chairman of DP World told CNBC on Sunday. "What Donald Trump wants is fair trade, fair trade versus free trade now," Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem said at the World...

Beijing makes a drastic move to cut emissions, dictating all taxis become electric

China's capital city is doing something huge about its perennial pollution issue. Almost 70,000 petrol powered taxis in Beijing will gradually be replaced with electric vehicles, and any new taxis on the road must be electric, according to a report by the National Business Daily. The...

DP World company launches ‘smart’ online platform

Dubai-based global marine terminal operator DP World said one of its companies, Dubai Trade, has launched an integrated ‘smart’ online platform that connects supply chain stakeholders over a secure network to ensure ease of doing business with the emirate. Dubai Trade, the ‘smart’ window for...