Those observing Istanbul’s construction boom will not have been surprised by last week’s currency collapse – it’s all based on debt. Much of that borrowing was done on the basis of profit margins that never materialised.

The BBC reported on 25th August that a senior UN official has condemned another deadly Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen, which has killed at least 22 children and four women.

Since US President Trump took office, the US has become more blunt in its dominance and more apparent in its greed for gain and power. Trump’s “America first” is not merely a slogan but the basis of its foreign policy. Not that it was not the case before, but now it has a whole new dimension where insolence has become the norm for its diplomacy.

On 6th August Rodrigo Duterte, the president of Philippine led the ceremonial signing of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in Malacañan about two weeks after its signing "Ten days ago, I signed into law the Organic Law for Bangsamoro Region for Muslim Mindanao which I hope will finally end the decades of conflict that is rooted in the Bangsamoro's pride for self-determination and recognition of their unique identity," Duterte said…