Are we really drowning in noise? A History of Silence, review
The Orientalist painter Eugène Fromentin adored the silence of the Sahara. “Far from oppressing you,” he wrote to a friend, “it inclines you to light thoughts.” People assume that silence, being an absence of noise, is the auditory equivalent of darkness. Fromentin was having none of it: “If I may compare aural sensations to those of sight, More...
More than 100 seats that backed Brexit now want to remain in EU
More than 100 Westminster constituencies that voted to leave the EU have now switched their support to Remain, according to a stark new analysis seen by the Observer. In findings that could have a significant impact More...
Iran’s Reasons for attacking Bahrain’s PM
Iran has always and continues to targeted any success in the kingdom of Bahrain, hence the tough relationship between the two countries. The question remains, why does Iran focus on targeting H.R.H. Prince Khalifa More...
Young people fear for futures in Brexit Britain, says study
More than two-thirds of young people in the UK have an “international outlook” and many fear for their prospects once the UK leaves the EU, says a report. Ipsos Mori questioned a representative group More...
UK on Jerusalem case: We disagree with the US decision
Prime Minister Theresa May has released the following statement on the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem. The Prime Minster Theresa May said: We disagree with the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem More...
Bahrain busts ‘Iran-linked terrorist cell’
Bahrain said on Saturday it had arrested 116 people accused of belonging to a ‘terror’ cell allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. An official statement on BNA said security services More...
‘International Alliance Needed’ To Confront Hezbollah
The West has held itself back from confronting Iran for decades. One reason for this has to be the dread of an Iranian fightback, which would take the form of guerrilla warfare in a multitude of lands, including More...
Rule by terror: The Iranian regime’s history of brutality and violence
Since it was founded by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979, the clerical leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been kept in power solely by the sheer brutality and violence rent upon the population by its More...
World Cup 2022 bid could be thrown open amid Qatar inquiry, says Cameron
David Cameron has indicated that the World Cup bid for 2022 could be thrown open, saying anything could be possible after the allegations of corruption about the Qatar bid. The prime minister, who spoke of More...
Philippine ‘spy’ sentenced to death in Qatar
The Philippines confirmed on Friday, May 23, that a Qatari court sentenced a Filipino to death last April 30 “for espionage and economic sabotage” – charges which, a report said, implicate the Philippine More...