By TeleSur Scores of casualties were reported from the Yemeni capital on Sunday after the Saudi-led Coalition bombed a fuel station near a children’s school. The Saudi-led Coalition conducted an airstrike in Yemen’s capital city, Sanaa, hitting a fuel station on Sunday which was near a school. The strike led to the death of many […]
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She fights for her rightful dues
Shahabuddin Ahmad Her name is not known but she is one of the thousands of determined jute mill workers protesting as they have not been paid their unpaid wages. They have nine-point demands and observed hartal (work stoppage) for 72 hours last month. These workers, including the women workers, have faced police and clash ensued, […]
AT NETANYAHU’S REQUEST
Trump declares Iranian Revolutionary Guards a “terrorist group” Abdus Sattar Ghazali Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a hotly contested bid for a fourth term, tweeted on April 8 that the Trump administration designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization at his request, Los Angeles Times reported from Jerusalem. “Thank you, […]
BJP, Modi responsible for ‘worsening’ Kashmir situation: Azad
GK report Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government for “worsening” the situation in Kashmir during its stint in power. Addressing a party workers’ convention in Lolab, Kupwara, Azad said: “The situation in the Kashmir Valley had considerably improved when there […]
New Zealand: Can Christchurch Heal Our Collective Wounds?
Ramzy Baroud The strength, will and courage of so many communities should be enough to turn a horrific terrorist act into an opportunity to heal our collective wounds, not just in New Zealand, but the world over. I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in […]
UNICEF: Yemen is today’s worst humanitarian crisis in world
The UN agency has categorized the situation in Yemen as the world’s current worst humanitarian crisis. At the four year anniversary of the Saudi war on Yemen as many as 56,000 Yemeni, mainly civilians, have been killed in the conflict fueled by arms from the United Kingdom, United States and France. In what factions thought […]
Egypt-mediated ceasefire declared in Gaza
Online Agencies An Egypt-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions in the besieged Gaza Strip was declared March 26 following two days of Israeli air-strikes and Palestinian rocket fire. Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of strikes across the Strip, while at least 50 rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel. Residential and commercial buildings […]
Voices rise in Chile for the ‘Right to Live in Peace’ Concert
Online agencies Approximately 30,000 people have gathered in Santiago, Chile for the “Right to Live in Peace” Concert, organized on Sunday, March 24, to protest foreign intervention in Venezuela and the recently created right-wing South American block ProSur, according to organizers. “South America has never accepted an external military intervention, but now there is a […]
Global solidarity, shock after New Zealand terrorist attack
Online Agencies Political and Islamic leaders across Asia and other regions of the world have expressed shock and disgust at the deadly terrorist attack which took place at two mosques, during prayers, in New Zealand Friday. Following the heinous attack, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said many of the people caught in the crosshairs […]
The tragic shooting spree in New Zealand has exposed yet again social media’s difficulty policing itself
by Richard Nieva A shooter in Christchurch killed 50 people at two mosques last Friday in a livestreamed attack that was designed to exploit how we share on the internet. In the hours after the attack, Facebook, Google and Twitter found themselves overwhelmed with trying to stop the spread of the footage online. New copies […]