Category: Current Affairs

U.S. invasion main cause of Iraq crisis

Associated Foreign Press The rise of Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Iraq can be traced to America’s invasion of the country more than a decade ago, as it left a power vacuum and unleashed sectarian bloodletting, experts said Friday.With television footage of Sunni extremists sweeping across Iraq this week, critics […]

Economic recession led to 10,000 suicides

BBC The economic crisis in Europe and North America led to more than 10,000 extra suicides, according to figures from UK researchers. A study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, showed “suicides have risen markedly”. The research group said some deaths may have been avoidable as some […]