A series of explosions has rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with gun battles on the streets on 14th January. The blasts were centered on Thamrin Street, a major shopping and business district close to foreign embassies and the United Nations offices.

In recent days, international media and social media has been awash with the most heart-wrenching images of the starved, skeletal-like bodies of Muslim men, women, and children from the Syrian village of Madaya. The town has been under siege since July from the brutal Assad regime and other forces loyal to it who have prevented food, medicines and other basic needs from entering it. Consequently a dire humanitarian crisis has…

The government has been accused of turning the honours system into an “old boy’s club” after Lynton Crosby, the political strategist who ran the Conservatives’ 2015 election campaign, was awarded a knighthood.

On the 24th of December 2015, the BBC reported the death of a 10th month old baby girl in Pakistan’s Karachi's Civil Hospital named Bisma Faisal Baloch. She was delayed medical treatment for her breathing difficulties for over an hour due the visit of the Chairman of the Pakistan's People's Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto. The incident has sparked international condemnation, particularly in Pakistan’s social media groups as there has been increasing criticism…