New Delhi: Hollywood celebrities are calling attention to protests in India over farm laws that could devastate livelihoods. After Rihanna tweeted a CNN article on Feb. 2 about the ongoing farmers' protests in India and wrote "why aren't we talking about this?!", other Hollywood names are
Srinagar: The people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) continue to suffer immensely due to the unrelenting military siege and harsh restrictions imposed by Narendra Modi-led Indian fascist government on August 05, 2019. According to a report, India is following Israeli model of repression
New York: More than 120 countries elected British lawyer Karim Khan as the next prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), one of the toughest jobs in international law because the tribunal seeks justice for the world’s worst atrocities – war crimes, crimes against humanity,
New York: Two UN human rights experts have expressed concern over India’s decision to end Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy and enact new laws that could curtail the previous level of political participation of Muslim and other minorities in the country, as well as potentially discriminate
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission called on Somali leaders to resume dialogue to resolve outstanding differences concerning elections in the country. In a joint statement, Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat commended the people
Kirill Semenov On Feb. 16-17, the Russian seaside town of Sochi hosted the 15th round of Syrian peace talks between Russia, Iran and Turkey — the three guarantor countries of the so-called Astana talks. The Astana process began over four years ago, when the trio hosted
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan recalled Pakistan’s support for Afghan peace process and once again called on the warring groups to capitalise on the opportunity created by the start of their dialogue. He was talking to Ahmad Wali Massoud, head of Afghanistan’s Massoud Foundation and younger
Yangon: Global pressure against Myanmar’s generals was swelling Friday after Britain and Canada imposed targeted sanctions, though the military showed no sign of deviating from its bid to crush opposition to their coup. Much of the country has been in open revolt since troops deposed civilian
New Delhi: On Feb. 1, the editor of an award-winning Indian magazine got a call from his social media manager: The magazine's Twitter account was down. "I said, 'Are you sure? Can you just refresh, and check again?' " recalled Vinod K. Jose, executive editor of
E.D. Mathew Rihanna; Greta Thunberg; Justin Trudeau; Meena Harris, the niece of US Vice President Kamala Harris. The list of international celebrities wading into the ongoing protest by Indian farmers against the Narendra Modi government is growing longer by the day. Inevitable as it was, India’s