10 September 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: Thirteen Shia Muslims were murdered in Balkh province. The Taliban have condemned the attack and have blamed it on Isis. In-fighting among the Taliban has broken out as break-away factions challenge the power of its new leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, and some defect to Isis.… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10:INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Category: Week In Brief International
Issue 18: 2015 09 03: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
3 September 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have taken Musa Qala in Helmand province, defeating Afghan forces supported by US airstrikes. AUSTRIA: A lorry abandoned on a motorway near the Hungarian border was found to contain the decomposing bodies of up to 50 migrants. AZERBAIJAN: An investigative journalist has been sentenced… Continue reading Issue 18: 2015 09 03: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
27 August 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS BANGLADESH: Counter-terrorism police have arrested three supreme court lawyers accused of financing a militant Islamic group. BRAZIL: Eduardo Cunha, the Speaker of the Lower House of Congress, has been charged with receiving bribes of £3 million in the scandal engulfing Petrobas, the state-owned oil company. Scientific tests in… Continue reading Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
Issue 16: 2015 08 20: International News
20 August 2015 News in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS AUSTRALIA: Surfers’ beaches at Ballina, Lennox Head and Bondi Beach have been abandoned following shark attacks and sightings off the New South Wales coast. BAHRAIN: Ibrahim Sharif, the former head of the opposition National Democratic Action Society, is facing new charges of urging the overthrow of the… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: International News
Issue 15: 2015 08 13 International News
13 August 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS IRAN: Iran has announced that it will increase oil production as soon as sanctions are lifted. The announcement led to a fall in oil prices: Brent crude was down to US$49.67 a barrel (it had been US$69 a barrel in May). Isis forces have taken an important… Continue reading Issue 15: 2015 08 13 International News
Issue 14: 2015 08 06 International News
6 August 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS EGYPT: Egypt has completed a new Suez canal which is situated beside the old one. In addition the original canal has been dredged so that it can accommodate larger ships. The development will increase the amount of tonnage because ships will be able to sail in both directions. … Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 06 International News
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News
30 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS EGYPT: Nineteen people were drowned when a cargo boat collided with a Nile river boat. A second Suez canal, 72km (45 miles) long, has been built in twelve months. The depth of the original canal has been increased to 20m (66ft) to allow bigger ships. With two canals,… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News
Issue 12: 2015 07 23 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
23 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS BAHRAIN: A man accidentally blew himself up during a failed bomb attack on police in a Shia village. CAMEROON: The wearing of burkas and veils has been banned in the Far North region, following a suicide attack by women bombers which killed 14 people. CHINA: The state… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Issue 11: 2015 07 16: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
16 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: A US drone strike has killed Shahidullah Shahid (a senior Isis commander) and five other militants, according to the Afghan intelligence agency. BAHRAIN: Ibrahim Sharif, an opposition leader who was jailed following Arab Spring protests, has been arrested a month after finishing his four-year sentence. BRAZIL:… Continue reading Issue 11: 2015 07 16: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Issue 10: 2015 07 09: International news
9 July 2015 Week in Brief : INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: Four men sentenced to death for leading a mob which murdered a woman accused of burning a Koran have had their sentences reduced. An appeal court in Kabul sentenced three of the men to twenty years in jail and the fourth to ten years.… Continue reading Issue 10: 2015 07 09: International news
Issue 9: 2015 07 02:overseas news
2 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS GREECE: Alexis Tsipras rejected the EU’s final deal on economic reform. Consequently, further bail-out funds were withheld so Greece failed to pay the 1.6 billion euros due to the IMF this week. Tsipras announced a referendum for this Sunday so Greece can vote for or against the austerity… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02:overseas news
Issue 8:2015 06 25; overseas news
25 JUNE 2015 Week in Brief:OVERSEAS NEWS GREECE: An emergency meeting in Brussels between Greece and the European Council and the European Central Bank to discuss compromise Greek proposals on pension cuts and VAT increases was postponed in chaos and confusion because Alexis Tsipras failed to submit the proposals in time. Nevertheless, news of… Continue reading Issue 8:2015 06 25; overseas news
Issue7: 2015 06 18:International news
18 June 2o15 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS GREECE: The IMF withdrew from talks with Greece, after negotiations about economic reforms remained deadlocked. ITALY: President Putin of Russia met prime minister Matteo Renzi in Milan, reminding him of the high economic price Italy is paying for the EU sanctions against Russia and Russia’s retaliatory embargo… Continue reading Issue7: 2015 06 18:International news
