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In Hanoi’s old quarter some streets are still named after the product traditionally peddled there: Hang Giay (Paper Street), Hang Luoc (Comb Street), Hang Non (Hat Street), Lo Su (Coffin Street). It’s only fitting, then, that a candy shop down Hang Chieu (Mattress Street) is also quietly selling sex toys — a product gaining popularity […]
They’re unavoidable in much of the country. New billboards are popping up all over Indonesia, aimed at a young, increasingly progressive population. The ads feature cigarettes in “feminine” packaging or alongside slender, attractive women. In a land that can lay claim to the infamous smoking baby and one of the highest adult male smoking rates […]
© AFP DELIL SOULEIMAN Khalil al-Hussein fled the Islamic State group’s Syrian stronghold Raqa 18 months ago, but now he is back and fighting to help oust the jihadists from his hometown. The 25-year-old is one of several members of a Kurdish-Arab alliance fighting IS who are originally from the northern city. The US-backed Syrian […]
The Iraqi authorities must prevent collective punishment being meted out to relatives of suspected IS militants and ensure that the army doesn’t displace civilians and move them to prison-like camps, Lama Fakih, HRW deputy Middle East director, told RT. [embedded content] Concerns are growing about the fate of civilians trapped in Mosul and those who […]
