Hijab banned in Srinagar school; Photo: File Srinagar: After Karnataka and other states, the Modi government also banned the wearing of hijab in Occupied Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, Narendra Modi’s fascist government is imposing Hindutva agenda of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the schools of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir to achieve its nefarious…
An explosion occurred in the mosque during the recitation of Fatiha by Badakhshan Deputy Governor Maulvi Nisar. 11 people were killed and more than 30 injured in an explosion in a mosque in the city of Faizabad, Afghanistan. According to Afghan authorities, the former commander of Baghlan Police, Safiullah Samim, was killed in the explosion….
The accused can be seen running away, with the citizen trying to chase him in the background. A knife-wielding man attacked schoolchildren in Annecy, France, injuring four children and two teenagers. According to media reports, among the injured children, two children are two years old, one is 22 months old and one child is three…
Pakistani-origin Canadian Member of Parliament Yasir Naqvi has formally announced his participation in the election of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Ontario, Canada. The province of Ontario is governed by the Progressive Conservative Party led by Premier Doug Ford, and the Ontario Liberal Party currently holds very few seats in the provincial parliament….
Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi, file photo Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will begin his visit to Latin American countries from Sunday. According to Iran’s official media, President Raisi will go to Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, the US has imposed various sanctions on these countries. The visit is being described as a visit to ‘friendly countries’ through…
Senior officials with the UN Investigative Team promoting accountability for ISIL crimes, UNITAD, presented some of their findings to Member States meeting at UN Headquarters in New York. For the past five years, UNITAD has been gathering evidence of crimes committed during ISIL’s self-proclaimed caliphate from June 2014 to December 2017, which could be used…
A man fishes with seine nets in Quang Ngai province, Viet Nam. The goal is to improve “ocean literacy”, according to the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs (DOALOS), who organized the event. Coupled with information on ocean health and the Sustainable Development Goals…
Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, insisted that current conditions there were “anything but conducive” for the return of Rohingya refugees. Death trap He stressed that the very generals who had launched “genocidal” attacks against the Rohingya, causing hundreds of thousands to flee the country, were now…
Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Attiya Waris, Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, have welcomed the proposed New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Prevention Act, which is currently under discussion. They urged lawmakers to adopt the draft bill, which compels private creditors to participate in…
Denise Brown, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, offered reassurance to Dmytro Kuleba that UN agencies and other humanitarian partners have been delivering water, food and cash to those displaced or suffering the impact of the dam breach, and collapse of the crucial hydroelectric plant in the southeast region near the city of Kherson. Expanding support “Plans are now…
