Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask
A 5-year-old boy walks through destroyed buildings in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon. (file) © UNICEF/Ibarra Sánchez UN News As Lebanon mourns the victims of a […]
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Sudan: UN chief welcomes decision to reopen key border crossing for aid delivery
© WFP Food is distributed by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Forbaranga, West Darfur. UN News UN Secretary-General António Guterres has commended the decision by […]
The Power of Weird: Unveiling its Political Weaponization
Weird, it seems, has recently been weaponized as a political hand grenade, lobbed by Democrats squarely at the Republicans, and especially their headline act, Donald […]
UN chief calls for inclusive elections in Bangladesh
UN Bangladesh/Mithu Bangladesh faces political turmoil after the Prime Minister resigned and fled the country following weeks of widespread protests. The UN Secretary-General has welcomed […]
Remembering the massacre at the Oak Creek Gurudwara in Wisconsin 12 years ago
My memorable visit to the site of racist massacre in US Close to the 12th anniversary of the killings of seven Sikhs at Oak Creek […]
The conflict in Gaza through a Kurdish lens
The Kurdish flag. Credit: William John Gauthier / Flickr The other day at work in Vancouver, Canada, I found myself caught between two conversations I […]
Iran sentences Kurdish Activist Pakhshan Azizi to death
Pakhshan Azizi, a graduate of the Department of Social Work at Allameh Tabatabaei University in Tehran, Iran, and a Kurdish female activist, was arrested on […]
Anti-immigration protests in the UK are a reaction to Islamophobia
Demonstrators toss a trash bin during an anti-immigration protest, in Rotherham, Britain, August 4, 2024. (Reuters) Riots have erupted at anti-immigration protests in towns and […]
Tabla Maestro Zakhir Hussian’s father became a Tabla legend
Allarakha Qureshi From the village Ghagwal, near Samba, about 40 km from Jammu, Allarakha Qureshi got his hands on Tabla as a child musical prodigy. […]
Guru Nanak Jahaaz recognized in a ceremony of a ship previously known as the Komogata Maru
Vancouver residents of Indian descent gathered to mark the 110 years presence of the Guru Nanak Jahaaz previously known as the Komagata Maru. They passed […]