Lebanon becomes the first Arab country with a woman security minister

Lebanon’s new interior minister, Raya El Hassan, has become the first Arab (woman) as well as Lebanese woman to take on the charge of a number of government security agencies, ending a nine-month political deadlock. Hassan is one of the total four women elected to the cabinet – setting a new record for women political

Leica makes the world’s most expensive lens at $2mn

A nature or sports photographer among other things requires a lens with higher focal length in comparison to those making their living through commercial product, food or fashion portraits. Well, if you can afford to buy it then you can order a 1600mm f/5.6 Leica Lens for $2mn. The focal length on offer with this

Photographer lead around the world by Girlfriend

The series was shot by Russian photographer Murad Osmann and his girlfriend Nataly Zakharova in an ongoing project called Follow Me. Each photograph has the hand of photographer Osmann and back of his girlfriend Zakharova. The pictures were first published on Instagram which was blown out into a  movement while providing others with the unique

Daily Prompt: The New School

The high-resolution image is shared on my flickr page for lack of uploading limit. Please be kind enough and check the work by clicking on the below link. A Preying Photographer http://www.flickr.com/photos/99345206@N02/11647272524/ Submission for Daily Prompt: The New School

Afghanistan: Teenage girl appeals and wins forced prostitution case

Little did Sahar Gul knew, an Afghani teenager that she may land up in hospital after her in-laws forced her to take up prostitution. Her case ended up in the Supreme Court of Afghanistan after her convicted in-laws were released by appeals courts, who were originally sentenced to a 10 year jail term. The Aljazeera

#Microsoft is going to buy #Nokia mobile phone unit for 5.4Bn #Euros #business #globalannal #technology

  Both Microsoft and Nokia’s bosses say it’s a win-win deal for both organizations. Nokia’s Patents and Mapping services have also been licensed to Microsoft. Share prices of Nokia have jumped 45% after the news of the deal broke out. Source: BBC

Mandela showing signs of resilience in hospital

As Mandela is on the road to recovery from the past two and a half months, he is showing resilience.  Even though his condition turns unstable sometimes, the South African president’s office said in a statement that he is “still critical but stable”. Mandela is in the hospital to recover from the lung infection disease.

Young people playing significant part in the 50th anniversary March on #Washington

Young people are tirelessly working towards making the 50th anniversary March a success. Even of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was also just 26 when he staged the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It was only because of these spirited young people that a sea of people gathered at the Lincoln Centre on Saturday to show their solidarity

#UN packs-off #AngelaKane to #Syria for #chemicalweapons probe

Angela Kane, disarmament chief at the UN has reached Damascus to push the Syrian government to probe the site of a chemical weapons attack. Source: BBC

Apologies issued by #Alabama #news site for #sexist comment #globalannal #Women

An Alabama news site has issued an apology after one of it’s editors passed off a particularly sexist comment saying football is confusing “Especially for women”. The controversial statement was passed by food editor David Holloway of AI.com. The said statement was written by the editor in a story called “Girls of Fall: A night