Here we go again. Israel has held its third election in less than a year, and with 97% of votes counted it looks like another deadlock. Sixty-one seats are needed for a majority but the right-wing coalition headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, who has held led Israel since 2009, looks set to fall short at fifty-nine.
The Taliban’s harsh new “vice and virtue” laws match the oppression of the 1990s – especially for Afghan womenÂ
The recent law change empowers the Taliban’s morality police and removes any remaining differences between the current regime and its 1990s predecessor.