Water: A Scarce Resource?

Consultancy Maplecroft has released a report evaluating the 165 nations and outlined the top 10 nations facing the most extreme water situations. The results showed the following nations face a potential crisis regarding their clean water supply, based on the Water Security Risk Index: Somalia, Mauritania, Sudan, Niger, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkmenistan and Syria. [...]

Beauty for Peace

Kiss My Face has demonstrated that every company need not wait until Breast Cancer awareness month to get involved in the global community and support worthy causes. The launch of Peace Soap shows KMF is not only a trendsetter in the beauty business, but it is also a socially conscious company. KMF had natural products on the market years [...]

Iran: “A Military Dictatorship?”

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that Iran is becoming a military dictatorship, according to BBC News. She said this while touring the region as she spoke to students at a local university. Sources say Clinton was there to help Saudi Arabia persuade China to stand against Iran’s nuclear objective. According to Clinton, [...]

Knight Foundation Commits $6M For Journalism Fellows

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation recently approved a new $6 million, three-year grant for the Knight International Journalism Fellowships program run by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). Knight International Fellows’ projects are designed to make long term improvements in the quality and free flow of news serving the public interest around [...]

Yemen May Be First Country Out Of Water

The capital city of Yemen, Sanaa, has about 10 years until their wells run dry, The Times of London reports. Presently, the lack of water is becoming dangerous and beginning to cause a threat of civil conflict. Many are making ends meet by spending half their income on water from a truck that tours the [...]

Israel’s Natural Resources

One thing that unites all women is the love of cosmetics. Israel is often overlooked for some of its greatest resources and we are not talking about technology; this time, we mean amazing mainstays from nature, including olive oil and pomegranates. Here we focus on two skincare lines sourced in the tiny Middle Eastern nation. [...]

If You Build It, Will They Come?Dubai’s Latest Splurges What:The pioneer of modernity in the Middle East surges on with development plans, despite rocky financial markets.

The Dirt:While Americans rejoice the end of the presidential campaign and the election of the first non-white president, the financial markets continue to falter, including those in the Middle East. Though the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman) states are sitting on hefty energy resources, dropping oil prices [...]

International News Week of October 27

IMF Loans Billions To Iceland, Ukraine, Hungary The International Monetary Fund has reached a “referendum agreement” with authorities in Iceland to aid an economic program with the support of a US$2.1 billion loan in a two-year arrangement. The IMF has also reached a two-year agreement with authorities in Ukraine and will support an economic program [...]

Morocco’s Latest Natural Resource

Often thought of as a stable African nation and exotic tourist destination, Morocco is now referred to by some as the home of the Argan tree. The tree found in a certain region of the nation that straddles Africa and the Middle East bears a fruit whose insides are cultivated for its oil. Long used [...]