-Bombs away on Syria ! Russia is joining the bombardment on ISIS.
-Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today renounced political and security accords with Israel. Stay tuned for more settlements.
-IS is advancing in Afghanistan. Its back to the dark ages-Sharia for all.
-The battle of Yemen is getting out of hand with Iran standing on the sideline ready to join.
-China is still deciding.(With more than 2,000 civilians estimated to have died since the conflict began, human-rights groups have expressed growing concern about the war’s casualty toll.
An explosion Monday at a wedding party near the western port of Mocha killed more than 100 people.)
The custom of women wearing face veils is not a welcome tradition but a symbol of extremism and backwardness, said a senior Chinese official on Thursday.
Many Xinjiang experts say the outlawing of veils and strict enforcement of the rules could further stigmatize the region's Uighurs.
"A people who totally cover both their eyes are certainly a backward people. We Uighurs do not want to see our female comrades wear this type of clothing," he said.