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Yemen: How One of the World’s Poorest Countries Became a War Zone Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Yemen as a theatre of regional conflict In 2014, the Houthis, a previously little-known Shiite armed militia, took control of the capital, Sanaa, and then the port of Aden, a hub for international trade. According
On 11 September 2001, the world watched in shock as the United States came under terrorist attack. Four passenger planes were hijacked. Two hit the World Trade Center, another crashed into the Pentagon, while the fourth came down in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers intervened to stop the terrorists from taking full control of the aircraft.
After more than two decades in the music business, experience has not made the nerves disappear. Before going on stage, Girls in Hawaii still feel that familiar pressure, including the fear of making a mistake. Within the group, Bryan, the drummer, is said to be the one who gets the most stressed. But the break
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) could bring sweeping changes if it were to form a government in Saxony-Anhalt. The far-right party, which is currently well ahead in opinion polls, is hoping to form a single-party government and see its lead candidate, Ulrich Siegmund, become state premier. The Saxony-Anhalt branch of the AfD is classified by
“Why should [they] be suffered to swarm into our Settlements, and by herding together establish their Language and Manners to the Exclusion of ours? […] [They] will shortly be so numerous […] and will never adopt our Language or Customs.” These defamatory comments about refugees and asylum-seekers sound as if they might have been made
