Friday, 25 August, marks the sixth anniversary of the start of a massive offensive by Myanmar’s military against the mainly Muslim minority in Rakhine state. Some 10,000 Rohingya men, women, children and newborns were killed, more than 300 villages burnt to the ground, and over 700,000 forced to flee to Bangladesh in search of safety,…
The wreath-laying ceremony at the UN in New York was held on the eve of World Humanitarian Day, commemorated annually on 19 August. This marks the day in 2003 when a suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives outside the UN headquarters at the Canal Hotel in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. A change in…
Across the country, there have been at least 31,342 suspected or confirmed cholera cases and 230 deaths in the first seven months of 2023 – many of them children. The worst affected province, North Kivu, has seen more than 21,400 confirmed or suspected cases, including more than 8,000 children under five, according to the Ministry…
“After the civil war, which claimed the lives of over 200,000 people, a comprehensive peace agreement was signed in August 2003 in Accra, Ghana. Since then, Liberia has sustained a period of uninterrupted stability; transforming from one of the most volatile to one of the most peaceful nations in West Africa. Over the years, this…
The gap between promises and practices by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities has widened during this period, they said, denouncing the idea of a “reformed” Taliban. They said Taliban policies imposed on the population “have resulted in a continuous, systematic and shocking rescinding of a multitude of human rights, including the rights to education, work, and…
A law has been passed to increase the age limit for compulsory military service in Russia to 30 years. The bill presented in the lower house of parliament said that from January 1, 2024, citizens aged 18 to 30 years can be called for military service. Under the new law, recruits who are sent letters…
A plaque is installed on the pillar built for the main gate of the concentration camp. Britain has opened an investigation into a concentration camp built by Hitler on the tiny island of Alderney under its control after 80 years. Alderney was occupied by the German government during World War II. According to British media…
MUMBAI: A tutor (teacher) in India has bowed the heads of those associated with the education sector in shame, he was accused of sexually abusing his 16-year-old female student for 9 years. According to the details, the police in the Indian city of Mumbai have arrested a 55-year-old private tutor on the charge of sexually…
Photo courtesy of Instagram Everyone loves their favorite food and drink, but one British female chef has been missing out on something for years. According to foreign media, 31-year-old chef Loretta Harms was diagnosed in 2015 with a rare syndrome called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), which caused her to be unable to digest her food. According…
Burhan Wani’s khaki body was wrapped in the Pakistani flag and brought to Lahad: Photo: File Srinagar: It has been 7 years since the martyrdom of Burhan Wani, the young man who breathed new life into the movement to liberate Kashmir from the usurping occupation of India. There is a complete strike in the occupied…
