According to the OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs), it is estimated that at present there are around 260 checkpoints spread through the West Bank, that is, within Palestinian territory. The checkpoints installed by the Israeli... (read more)

According to the 2010 Pew Forum demographic study, 205 millions is the estimated Muslim population of Indonesia. This means that 88% of the population of Indonesia is Muslim. In fact, Indonesia is the country with the largest Muslim population in the... (read more)

Last year FC Barcelona's French player Eric Abidal was diagnosed a tumour in the liver from which he recovered surprisingly quickly and as strong as ever. Abidal could even make it to the European Champions League final in Wembley, where FC Barcelona... (read more)

Like many other countries in the Middle East, the history of Bahrain is strongly linked to British colonialism. Although Bahrain was ruled by Persian, Omani and Potuguese rulers, It was in the 1700's that the Sunni Al-Khalifa rule the country. In the... (read more)

The Bahrain GP will probably be postponed due to the unstable political situation and social unrest against King Hamad al Khalifa that affects the little kingdom. For the last year, there have been a number of uprisings for democracy in Bahrain that... (read more)

Anders Breivik is a right wing extremist who became famous after his attack on a youth camp in Norway's island of Utoya where he killed 67 people in July 22 2011. However, what seemed to be a clear act of extremist terrorism was defined by the most... (read more)

Mario Balotelli is a phenomenal young player whose strong temperament unfortunately betrays him like in last Sunday match against Arsenal's Alex... (read more)

Although nobel prize writer Gunter Grass is mostly known for his novels, especially his famous The Tin Drum and Cat and Mouse, Grass started his literary career writing poetry. Grass initiated his literary career as a writer of poems... (read more)

The Falkland Islands (las Malvinas in Spanish) form an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Argentina. The islands have been occupied historically by the French, the Spanish and the British. However, it must be noted that in 1833... (read more)

The relationship between temperamental forward Ibrahimovic and disciplined and focus-minded coach Pep Guardiola did not go well from the very beginning. To begin with, it must be said that so far we only have Ibra's side of the story, which was published... (read more)