Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has denounced US President Donald Trump, calling his decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal as “impudent” and “worthless”. Speaking in the Iranian capital on Wednesday, Khamenei addressed the American president directly, saying: “You cannot lift one finger against us.” Khamenei said the nuclear issue was “just an excuse” by the US to dominate… Read more »
Ten months ago, an air, sea and land blockade was imposed on Qatar by four Arab countries. Here are the latest developments:
The rallies are part of a six-week protest that will culminate on May 15 to mark what Palestinians refer to as “the Nakba” or “catastrophe” – a reference to Israel’s establishment in 1948, when 750,000 Arabs were forcibly removed from Palestine. Since the protests began on March 30, at least 48 Palestinians in the coastal enclave have been killed by… Read more »
The United Nations, Russia, France, Germany and Britain have urged Israel and Iran to avoid any further escalation after Israel carried out air raids against what it said were Iranian targets in Syria. Israel said the bombardment on Thursday was in retaliation for Iranian rocket fire on its positions in the occupied Golan Heights. There were no Israeli casualties. The… Read more »
It is very surprising to say the least that bonded labor, or slavery, is still an issue in the world. Bonded labor victims are still being found and released all throughout India to this day. While these victims are being released, they are promised to have been given compensation for their lost wages during their labor time. It is not… Read more »
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI (Reuters) – An assassination attempt on a minister has deepened divisions ahead of Pakistan’s elections, with an Islamist party denying involvement and an opposition figure blaming it on fiery rhetoric by the ousted premier. A gunman shot interior minister Ahsan Iqbal, a senior member of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and ally of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif,… Read more »
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s poverty rate has worsened sharply over the past five years as the economy has stalled and the Taliban insurgency has spread, with more than half the population living on less than a dollar a day, a survey published on Monday showed. The Afghanistan Living Conditions Survey (ALCS), a joint study by the European Union and Afghanistan’s… Read more »
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India has not paid full compensation to anyone freed from bonded labor since introducing policies in 2016 to fight the crime, which included grants for rescued workers of up to 300,000 rupees ($4,458), officials said. People freed from bondage are given 20,000 rupees soon afterwards, but the remaining compensation is paid only once the perpetrators… Read more »
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Hujjat Islam heard a fire had razed a Rohingya camp in New Delhi, his first reaction was relief: it could have been him and his family, their belongings burned to ashes, if he had not found a home for them elsewhere in the city. The fire last month gutted the flimsy shacks of… Read more »
Rohingya refugees escaped the dire situation in Myanmar, now they are left facing a new problem. It’s monsoon season and the refugees don’t have a place to stay. Are European states willing to take in these refugees? Especially considering it’s right after the massive influx of refugees escaping the middle east?