In the post pandemic world, will ‘Black Lives Matter’?
Within a very short period, the COVID-19 pandemic has broken up economic, social and also intellectual traditions existing for decades and were thought to...
Facebook removes Trump ads for carrying Nazi symbol
Facebook on Thursday removed ads by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign that contained a symbol used in Nazi Germany for political prisoners. The leading social...
Trump sanctions China over Uighurs
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law an act that authorizes sanctions against Chinese officials over the mass incarceration of Uighur Muslims....
Palestinian security services fear Israeli raid; shred secret files
Palestinian security services have been destroying secret files, fearing Israeli raids on their offices as the Jewish state weighs annexing parts of the occupied...
Pentagon surplus handouts stoke the militarization of US police
When US police flooded the streets around the country to confront protesters two weeks ago, for many it appeared like the army had deployed,...
America faces not one but two pandemics
America is being ravaged by not one, but two, pandemics and both have a lot in common. Both are invisible, equally widespread, mutate in response...
Putin says Russia dealing with coronavirus better than US
President Vladimir Putin said in a televised interview Sunday that Russia had been more successful in dealing with the coronavirus than the United States. He...
Rayshard Brooks shot in US: fiery protests and debate ensue
The fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer, this time in Atlanta, Georgia, poured more fuel Sunday on a raging...
Confederate names being removed from US military bases: Republicans and Democrats clash
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment aiming to remove Confederate names from military bases, prompting heated reactions from conservatives. Liberals, meanwhile,...
George Floyd becomes hero of a Pakistani Truck Artist
Haider Ali, a Pakistani truck artist, in Karachi, paid a rich tribute to George Floyd, the Black American killed by Police in Mineapolis, by...
Taliban fighters freed: implications for situation in Afghanistan
Afghan authorities are opening prison doors for thousands of Taliban inmates in a high-risk gambit to ensure the insurgent group begins peace talks with...
US Space Force may lose trademark of name to Netflix
Netflix's hit comedy show 'Space Force,' a satirical depiction of the US military, reportedly had registered a trademark for the use of the name...