August 15, 2024
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.
In today's episode, Columbia University president Nemat “Minouche” Shafik resigns months after campus protests.
Elon Musk, JK Rowling and Donald Trump are named in cyber bullying lawsuit by Algerian Olympics gold medal boxer Imane Khelif.
And Kylian Mbappe scores on his debut as Real Madrid beat Atalanta 2-0 to win the Uefa Super Cup.
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
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