“I wanted to write a song that felt like a home for those of us made homeless by conflict,” Mr. Warsame wrote on social media when launching the single, now on YouTube. The lyrics reflect his childhood experience escaping war in Somalia and those of others whose “every suitcase held their home”. More than 110…
“About half of the world’s population is at risk of dengue, and dengue affects approximately 129 countries,” said Dr Raman Velayudhan, WHO’s Head of the Global Programme on control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. “We estimate that about 100 to 400 million cases are reported every year. This is basically an estimate and the American region alone…
Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, is the first independent rights expert to gain access to the infamous facilities Al Hol and Al Raj, as well as other places of detention. After her six-day visit to northeast Syria, Ms. Ni Aolain said…
Ms. DiCarlo strongly condemned the aerial strikes this week on the ports in Odesa, Chornomorsk and Mykolaiv, which destroyed critical infrastructure and killed or injured civilians. The attacks followed Russia’s decision on Monday to effectively end the Black Sea Initiative, the UN-brokered accord that facilitated Ukrainian grain and foodstuffs to be shipped to international markets…
For the first time, Modi opened his mouth on the ethnic riots that started on May 2, Photo: File New Delhi: Racial riots have been going on for one and a half months in the Indian state of Manipur, on which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had kept a criminal silence, but now he has finally…
Holy Quran desecrated for the third time in Sweden; Photo: File Riyadh / Washington: Saudi Arabia severely condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran and summoned the ambassador of Sweden in protest, while the United States also condemned the Swedish government for allowing the burning of the Swedish holy book. According to the Saudi media,…
Photo, Reporter A panel on the solution of the Kashmir issue was organized at the famous think tank Strategic Thinking Institute (SDE) of Turkey. On the occasion of Kashmir Exploitation Day, a panel titled ‘Jammu and Kashmir conflict in search of present’ was organized by Strategic Thinking Institute in Ankara, capital of Turkey. Kashmir Exploitation…
Rains wreak havoc in India; Photo: File New Delhi: In the Indian state of Maharashtra, 10 people were killed and more than 100 were missing due to a landslide in the mountainous region after continuous rains. According to the Indian news agency, a large mudslide fell on Arshalwadi village in Raigad district of Maharashtra state….
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…
In Sweden, for the third time, the holy Quran was burned; Photo: File Stockholm: In Sweden, once again, there was an unholy audacity to burn a copy of the Holy Quran. According to the international news agency, two right-wing extremists in Sweden were allowed by the police to protest in front of the Iraqi embassy….
