Mirren Gidda

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India is in the Grip
 of a Deadly Season
 of Fear and Loathing

On a good day, the Al-Saqib slaughterhouse in Meerut, a city in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, can butcher 600 buffalo—more than one every minute. With grim regularity, trucks arrive at the complex’s iron gates...

By Mirren Gidda/Meerut

Ukraine Condemns Russian Convoy's Border Crossing

But Moscow warns against interfering with the trucks' crossing

By Mirren Gidda

Most Israeli Jews Say Gaza Offensive Was Justified

A poll of Israeli public opinion in the aftermath of the ground invasion of Gaza finds overwhelming approval of the military operation among Israeli Jews.A total of 92% of Israeli Jews agreed that Operation Protective...

By Mirren Gidda

ISIS to U.S.: 'We Will Drown All of You in Blood'

The militants are on the defensive following a series of successful U.S. airstrikes

By Mirren Gidda

Israeli Left Finds Itself Isolated After Gaza War

Polls show that most Israelis supported the launch of Operation Protective Edge

By Mirren Gidda

Cliff Richard's Home Searched in Relation to Sex Offense

Police searched home in relation to an alleged historic sex offence

By Mirren Gidda

Russian Aid Convoy Keeps on Trucking Toward Ukraine

Kiev has now agreed to let the trucks enter Ukraine, but a full agreement on the crossing has yet to be reached

By Mirren Gidda

Fear and Rumors Are Fueling Ebola's Spread

The epidemic shows no sign of stabilizing as the death toll continues to rise

By Mirren Gidda

Everything You Need to Know About the Yazidis

Meet Iraq's secretive, persecuted sect under siege by militants from ISIS

By Mirren Gidda

Prince William's New Job? Medevac Helicopter Pilot

Prince William will begin training this fall and start work spring 2015

By Mirren Gidda

Pro-Independence Leader Falters in First Scottish Independence Debate

Despite a confident opening, Scotland's First Minister floundered after failing to say what currency an independent Scotland would use

By Mirren Gidda

No Easy Answers to Charges of War Crimes in Gaza

Experts on both sides say there were, but proving it will be hard and prosecuting even harder

By Mirren Gidda

UK not at Risk of Ebola Epidemic Despite Fear-Mongering

Though an infected person could technically arrive in the UK, the risk of onward transmission is exceedingly low

By Mirren Gidda

The Psychological Toll of Ebola in Sierra Leone

Ane Bjoru Fjeldsaeter has been counselling staff, patients and their families at the Doctors Without Borders' Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone

By Mirren Gidda

Detroit 8-Year-Old Shot Dead in His Sleep

Jakari Pearson was killed in the early hours of Wednesday morning

By Mirren Gidda

IDF Hold Fire After School Hit

As at least 15 were killed in the shelling of a UN school in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza

By Mirren Gidda

John Kerry Hopes for Warmer Welcome in India After Israel Fiasco

New Delhi has suggested that it's committed to an improved economic relationship with the U.S.

By Mirren Gidda

Hamas Still Has Some Friends Left

Though Egypt has turned its back on Hamas, other countries are coming in from the cold

By Mirren Gidda

As Israel Fights Hamas in Gaza, Egypt Plays the Peacemaker Once Again

Egypt craves Western and Arab approval but fears strengthening Hamas

By Mirren Gidda

Ukrainian Pilots Missing After 2 Jets Shot Down in East

Both pilots ejected safely but their whereabouts are unknown

By Mirren Gidda
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