More: Human Rights
Bahrain’s Top Spiritual Leader in U.K. for Medical Reasons
Eventually, Bahrain's prominent, 80-years-old, Top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has been flown to the U.K., after the severe deterioration of his health...
The Yemeni Calculation is Impossible
Four years after the global imposed war against the impoverished Yemen and none of the supposed objectives have been attained. Currently, after around a...
Rohingya Crisis Needs World’s Support
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres came to Bangladesh to see firsthand the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis.
Before...
How Saudi Arabia’s canal plans could backfire
Thanks to its rift with neighbouring Saudi Arabia, Qatar could soon find itself an island nation, should the rumours that the kingdom intends to...
New book honours UN women who made HERstory
Raising awareness of women’s contributions is critical to correcting historical imbalances that have undervalued their presence, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Wednesday.
António Guterres...
The true cost of violence against women and girls
Seychelles loses over USD 65 million each year to violence against women and girls (VAWG). That’s according to a new report to be launched...
Indonesian Muslim leader signals global shifts in meetings with Pence and Netanyahu
Yahya Staquf, a diminutive, soft-spoken leader of Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s largest Muslim movement, and Indonesian president Joko Widodo’s advisor on religious affairs, has...
How Fashion Ties U.S. Domestic Politics with an Authoritarian on Kashmir
There is something charming about a first lady making media bloopers; however, one cannot say the same for those born very rich who are...
A Golden Cage of Repression: The Paradoxical Outcome of Afghan Women’s ‘Liberation’
Following the September 11 terror attack, the term ‘freedom’ acquired fresh momentum in the global North. However, it captivated America’s national security dialogue in...
Humanizing the Kashmir Issue
It is a fact that in a conflict situation, the contending parties aim at extracting maximum benefit mostly at the expense of the opponent....