U.S. alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA

A judge has ordered Mr. Khalil not to be deported while his lawsuit challenging his detention, known as a habeas petition, is heard in another federal court. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Government has alleged that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a United Nations Palestinian relief … Read more

Wickremesinghe blames Dissanayake government for failing to secure energy project with Adani

Sri Lanka’s former President Ranil Wickremesinghe. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has criticised President Anura Kumara Dissanayake-led government for failing to move ahead with a Renewable Energy Project in Mannar with Indian Conglomerate, Adani. Mr. Wickremesinghe made these remarks during a televised discussion on Saturday (March 22, 2025) the text … Read more

South Korean court overturns impeachment of PM Han, reinstates him as acting president

Moon Hyung-bae, fourth right, acting chief justice of South Korea’s Constitutional Court, and other judges arrive for the impeachment verdict for South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Monday (March 24, 2025). | Photo Credit: AP South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Monday (March 24, 2025) overturned the impeachment of … Read more

Watch: Who are the Baloch Liberation Army (B.L.A)?

Watch: Who are the Baloch Liberation Army (B.L.A)? On March 11, 2025, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) carried out its biggest attack in its nearly 25 years of operation against the Pakistani state when its militants assaulted the Jaffar Express. Twenty-one passengers and four paramiltary soldiers were killed by militants who seized a train in … Read more

Hijacking news: Fake media sites sow Ukraine disinformation

This adds to the increasingly troubling trend of attributing false information to established media brands [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS A fake news website falsely claimed that Ukraine’s president is paying Western reporters to tarnish US President Donald Trump – part of a series of deceptive reports spread by Russian-linked portals mimicking media outlets. The … Read more

Russian drone attack kills 7 in Ukraine ahead of ceasefire talks

In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanised Brigade press service, a soldier in a shelter gets ready to fire FPV drones towards Russian positions in a shelter in Kramatorsk direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine on Saturday (March 22, 2025). | Photo Credit: AP Russia launched a barrage of drones across Ukraine overnight … Read more

The complex struggle for ‘Kurdistan’

The story of the Kurdish people is as complex as their existence. A traditionally nomadic society spread across modern day Turkiye, Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Armenia, the Kurdish people have been moving around for more than a century in search for Kurdistan — a state which has been imagined by its people ever since the … Read more

Pope Francis back home after 5-weeks long hospital stay

Pope Francis’ personal aid for health, Massimiliano Streppetti accompanies him at the end of his appearance at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on March 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday (March 23, 2025) after a five-week hospitalisation for life-threatening double pneumonia, and he … Read more