By Thomas Clarke – LIPR AOP from Netherlands In the recent decades, there has been a sheer number of refugees and asylum seekers triggered by long-term war and political strife as well as economic and environmental (UNHCR, 2019). These asylum seekers predominantly come from the Americas,
By Amjad Mahmood Till a few years ago, to observe a Pakistani PM meeting Putin before a phone conversation or in-person meet with US President and Russian media labeling Indian Kashmir a “settler-colonial state” would be a utopian thought, but not anymore. Realpolitik has proven its
Stockholm: Swedish authorities are fighting back against claims its social services are “kidnapping” Muslim children, denouncing a “disinformation campaign” of viral videos spreading mistrust among immigrant families. Videos began appearing on Arabic-language social media sites in late 2021 of real interventions by child welfare services, showing
Brussels: The UN's food aid arm, the World Food Programme, says it is being forced to cut rations to millions of starving people in war-ravaged Yemen in order to feed those starving to death there. The WFP's director for the Middle East and North Africa region,
Washington: US President Joe Biden announced tough new sanctions on Russia for "beginning" an invasion of Ukraine but said there was still time to avoid war, even as Vladimir Putin signaled plans to send troops beyond Russia s borders. Russia s upper house, the Federation Council,
Islamabad: To assist in the provision of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as promised, Pakistan has transported the first load of Indian wheat and medicines to the war-torn country via the Torkham border, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Wednesday. A statement issued by MOFA said
Srinagar: It has been 31 years since four personnel of the Rajputana Rifles allegedly raped at least 23 women in Kashmir’s twin villages of Kunan and Poshpora. It was supposed to be a cordon-and-search operation to trace militants, but turned out to be the blackest
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India is absolutely clear that it will not agree to any change in the status quo or any attempt to change the Line of Actual Control unilaterally, PTI reported. He said that India and China have made
Karnataka: India has rushed hundreds of security personnel to a district in the south after riots saw mobs burn vehicles and pelt stones after a Hindu activist was killed. At least 20 people were injured in the unrest, after the killing a day earlier of the
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court observed that the city’s police’s status report detailing the investigation undertaken into the death of a 23-year-old Muslim man during the 2020 communal violence had nothing substantial in it, PTI reported. Fifty-three people were killed and hundreds more injured in