On 16th February 2017, the Sydney newspaper “The Daily Telegraph” reported that Crossbench Senator Jacqui Lambie insists her move to ban the burqa from public places has emboldened ‘oppressed’ Muslim women previously afraid to speak out.

On 24th January IA “Tengrinews” reported: “The negotiations begun on the Syrian issue on 23rd January in Astana ended. The talks were conducted at the Hotel Rixos President Astana behind closed doors. The delegations from the Islamic Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Turkey, in accordance with the joint statement of foreign ministers in Moscow in December 2016 and the UN Security Council, supported the beginning of the talks…

South China Morning Post reported on 12th February, a schoolboy has died after falling from the rooftop of an apartment building in Ma On Shan, the third Hong Kong teenager to die in such circumstances within eight days.

On Friday, 17th February 2017, Chief of the Army Staff, COAS, General Qamar Javed Bajwa held a telephone conversation with US General John Nicholson, Commander of Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan, conveying his concerns over continued acts of “terrorism” in Pakistan from Afghanistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.