In November 2012, riots broke out in Belfast following the removal of the Union Jack floating until then on the City Hall of the city. In July 2013, riots resumed after the deviation of a Protestant parade. Despite the Good Friday Agreement and the attempts of appeasement, Northern Ireland is still plagued by territorial, social and religious tensions.

The sessions court hearing the Delhi rape case for the past nine months delivered their verdict convicting all the accused while awarding them with death penalty. The rape of a 23-year old paramedical student while travelling with a friend in Delhi had shook the whole nation.

College students in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India, apart from worrying about their subjects now have to be cautious of their dressing sense as well. In a recent meeting at the illustrious University of Madras authorities have decided to issue directives to colleges regarding the dress code that students are expected to follow.

Interested in joining a sports club this year but none of the traditional offer appeals to you? Why not get off the beaten track and opt for Gaelic sports? Irish Autumn will be sporty! On September 19th, 20th and 21st, Galway, in Connemara, will host the first edition of the International Hurling Festival. On September 22nd, Croke Park, in Dublin, will welcome the 127th Gaelic football final.

66 years after Pakistan and India declared their independence from the British on 14 and 15 August 1947 respectively, the partition of former British India seems to be institutionalised –is it? Analysis.

In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, a new born infant is reported to have ‘burst into flames’. This baby boy born on May 22 was admitted to a government hospital in accordance with the above mentioned claims.

The Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world has finished after 24 days (02 August – 26 August) of celebrating the arts. Every year in August, the Fringe turns Edinburgh into an artistic hub, which attracts artists and tourists from all over the world. Withstanding the Scottish weather (fizzy rain and unpredictability of the weather), tourists walk along the famous Royal Mile in swarms, watching street artists perform trying to avoid the clouts of flyerers (most of them local students)...

"Bad proportions, too long pants, too tight jackets" – in these words Karl Lagerfeld, the outspoken Chanel creative director, called also in fashion industry Kaiser Karl, described the style of German chancellor Angela Merkel.

In China, local authorities rarely make a distinction between terrorism and ethnical separatism. The fight against the three ‘forces of Evil’ which are extremism, terrorism and separatism bring along all possible interpretations as well as trigger heavy repression. Le Journal International investigated

Yet another shocking rape incident occurred in India, but now in the financial capital, Mumbai, which was until now considered to be a relatively safe place for women. A photojournalist interning at a popular local magazine was gang-raped by a pack of five in the evening hours on 22nd August.