Mosul displaced: Hundreds of Iraqis ill with food poisoning in camp
Hundreds of people have fallen ill from suspected food poisoning at a camp for displaced people near the Iraqi city of Mosul, officials say.
People were said to be vomiting and suffering dehydration after an iftar meal, to break the daily Ramadan fast.
The camp, between Mosul and Irbil, houses people displaced by an Iraqi offensive to capture the city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State (IS).
IS fighters are currently under heavy siege in the west of the city.
The Kurdish Rudaw news agency reported that more than 750 cases had been recorded and at least one child had died.
The food was prepared in a restaurant in Irbil and brought to the camp by a Qatari charity, it added.
Revealed: reality of life working in an Ivanka Trump clothing factory
Workers complain of verbal abuse, impossible targets and ‘poverty pay’ so bad they have to live away from their children
The reality of working in a factory making clothes for Ivanka Trump’s label has been laid bare, with employees speaking of being paid so little they cannot live with their children, anti-union intimidation and women being offered a bonus if they don’t take time off while menstruating.
The Guardian has spoken to more more than a dozen workers at the fashion label’s factory in Subang, Indonesia, where employees describe being paid one of the lowest minimum wages in Asia and there are claims of impossibly high production targets and sporadically compensated overtime.
The workers’ complaints come only a week after labour activists investigating possible abuses at a Chinese factory that makes Ivanka Trump shoes disappeared into police custody.
Chechen hitman posed as French journalist to hunt Vladimir Putin’s enemies in Ukraine
Artur Denisultanov-Kurmakayev exposed as assassin having disguised himself as reporter 'Alex Werner' from Le Monde after smart appearance and neglected notebook gave him away
Ukrainians have long struggled with fake news from Russia, but last week, they discovered something even more insidious: a fake journalist.
The man was tall and dapper. He wore a dark suit and spoke with a French accent. When he met politicians in Kiev, he introduced himself as Alex Werner, a reporter with the French newspaper Le Monde.
“He was elegant, calm and confident,” recalled Amina Okuyeva, who is a minor celebrity in Ukraine because she served with her husband as a volunteer soldier in the war against separatists in the eastern part of the country. Werner had interviewed her several times.
Gaza Strip in peril as Hamas marks decade in power
GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) (AFP) -
Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing electricity blackouts, poverty and Israel's blockade, analysts and officials say.
The situation is likely to be further complicated by the Saudi-led diplomatic row with Qatar, which has been a major donor to the Gaza Strip but may be forced to reduce its support due to the dispute.
Divisions remain deep between the Islamist movement Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah, based in the occupied West Bank, with reconciliation between the two rivals seemingly a long way off.
"It's the Gazans who pay the price," said rights activist Hamdi Shaqura, with nearly half of the population unemployed and more than three-quarters dependant on humanitarian aid.
Dennis Rodman hopes to do 'something pretty positive' in North Korea
Updated 0547 GMT (1347 HKT) June 13, 2017
NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman told CNN he was hoping to do "something that's pretty positive," before he boarded a plane bound for North Korea.
The eccentric former basketball player arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday afternoon for an anticipated four-night visit. The trip comes at a time of heightened tension between Washington and Pyongyang.
Four Americans are currently being detained in North Korea. When asked if he planned to raise their detention with North Korean officials, Rodman said: "Well that's not my purpose right now... My purpose is to go over there and try to see if I can keep bringing sports to North Korea."
The state of ISIS: shrinking territory, expanding reach
MODELS OF THOUGHT
ISIS's ambition for an Islamic caliphate has
suffered significant setbacks in Iraq and Syria, but analysts warn that a spate of attacks, from Britain to Iran to the Philippines, shows the jihadist group is hardly defeated.
Manchester. Nigeria. Baghdad. Kabul. London Bridge. Tehran. And Marawi, in the Philippines, among many other targets…
The news headlines about recent bloody attacks conducted by the so-called Islamic State, or inspired by it, give the impression that the ISIS brand of global jihad is ever-expanding and still dynamic.
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when ISIS traditionally ramps up such high-profile attacks, is a little more than half over, and has demonstrated the jihadists’ continued global reach.
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