Marwan Bishara There is much to lament, much to loathe and more to dread in these difficult and uncertain times. And yet, given the choice between fear and despair, I choose hope – hope for the extraordinary. It is tough to be optimistic about future prospects when
Male: The opposition Progressive Congress Coalition launched a demonstration under the banner of "India Out", which calls for the removal of all Indian military personnel and assets from the Maldives. Many people participated in the opposition demonstration today. The Maldives Police Service barricaded the area around
New Delhi: Six Muslim men suffered grievous injuries as a marauding Hindutva mob armed with sticks and rods attacked them in the presence of the police in Indian state of Karnatka. Following the brutal attack in a village of Kolar district, Karnataka Police detained five
Trenton: Senate of New Jersey, a northeastern US state has unanimously passed a resolution condemning the 1984 Sikh massacre by India terming it as genocide. Sponsored by Senator Stephen M. Sweeney the resolution will be transmitted to the President and Vice-President of the United States, the
London: British singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam, better known as Cat Stevens, announced last year he was donating an electric-powered peace train to Christchurch. He came up with the idea while in Christchurch following the March 2019 mosque attacks, when he travelled across the world to perform his
New York: Using South Carolina as a model, CHOP researchers found that an increase in kidney stones will cost the state healthcare system between $57 million and $99 million over the next seven decades. Rising temperatures due to climate change will lead to an increase in
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will have eight months — not the 75 years it requested — to release all documents related to the licensing of Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID vaccine, a federal judge ruled Washington: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will have eight
Tehran: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said Monday that efforts by "all parties" to revive the country’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers had resulted in "good progress" during talks in Vienna. Negotiations to salvage the nuclear deal resumed in late November after they were suspended in
Karachi: Dressed in colourful clothes and wearing traditional handmade garlands, over 70 Hindu couples have tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony here in Pakistan’s largest city, according to media reports on Monday. The mass wedding was organised by the Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) and
Recently a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) head constable (general duty), A.K. Dass of the E/110 Battalion, posted at a grid station reportedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in South Kashmir’s Pampore town. Earlier, following an altercation, an army soldier pumped five