The United Nations reported on Monday that at least 15,000 civilians have been killed and twice as many wounded in Iraq war since the beginning of 2014. The figure was published in the latest installment of  “Report on the Protection of Civilians in the Armed Conflict in Iraq.” The U.N. “recorded at least 44,136 civilian casualties (14,947 killed and 29,189 wounded) ...

The Gulf state of Kuwait decided to set up a permanent committee on Monday in order to fight against “terrorism” and extremism. “We decided to form a permanent committee to coordinate between various bodies to ensure security and fight against all forms of terrorism… and extremism,” the cabinet said in a statement at weekly meeting. A Saudi suicide bomber blew ...

Col Israel Shomer, an Israeli army officer, fired at Mohammed Kasbeh, a 17-year-old Palestinian after the teenager threw a stone at his vehicle in the West Bank. The Israeli military said that Col Shomer felt his life was in danger at the time. However, the video released by an Israeli human rights group B’Tselem appears to show that the teenager was running away after ...

Rabat – Casablanca, Morocco’s economic capital and largest city, has been selected by the US-based Huffington Post as the world’s fifth most romantic place to share a kiss. Although to locals Casablanca maybe be considered more like an economic hub because of its active population of 4 million people, the Huffington Post said that the Moroccan city was one of the ...

By Natasha Jackson Sydney- I recently returned from a 5 week trip to magical Morocco. Before departing and upon my return I had to reassure friends, family and strangers that Morocco is a safe country to visit. For many there is the misconception that Morocco is a dangerous destination. Unfortunately incidents like the recent tragedy in Tunisia only fuels this belief. ...

  By The Editor of English\ Kalahan Deng In order to understand how definitions work, we need to be aware of the different purposes for which definitions maybe put forward. Let’s take for instance the principle of charity, which requires us to consider whether something is missing. On the other hand, the principle of hostility is what motivates an individual ...

By The Editor of English\ Kalahan Deng  Your point of view depends on your field of view. And on the Middleeastonline, ours is the one of the broadest. For we deal with more aspects of daily life that includes political ,social, athletic, religious ,and entertainment more than any other an online media ever been known in Australia and elsewhere in ...

By The Editor of English\ Kalahan Deng     These words are intended to readers who love the people and the land of the South Sudan, but if you are one of those individuals who has been overwhelmed by uncontrollable prejudice  or blinded by your nepotism, political affiliation, then you are on the wrong band wagon.  I’m sure you would ...

By The Editor of English\ Kalahan Deng   Many years ago, electronic devices such as cell phones, Facebook, Skype, Viber, Messenger, e-mail, and Twitter were not known or considered possible to us, since they were viewed as abstract theories, things that were difficult to tie directly to reality. But human determination to learn, search and discover made what was impossible ...

By The Editor of English\ Kalahan Deng If the mankind succeeded in exploring (invading) the outer space, find cure for all sorts of diseases including cancers, and changed the order of our universe through new technologies, then why is it so hard to contain ISIS followers within us? This is one thing that I cannot understand, how great nations like ...