Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. on Saturday (April 5, 2025) to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues. More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans … Read more
Representative images | Photo Credit: AFP In Studio Ghibli’s 2013 film The Wind Rises, set in Japan during the Second World War, a crowd scene lasts a few seconds. There are people jostling, goods being transported, a mother carrying two babies, everyone in a tearing hurry to get away. Under the direction of Hayao Miyazaki, who … Read more
People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv on April 5,2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli troops deployed to a newly established security corridor across southern Gaza, the military announced on Saturday (April 5, 2025), as pressure on the Hamas militant … Read more
Less than three hours after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar with its epicentre in the Sagaing region in late March, seven persons were killed in an airstrike by the military junta that rules the country in Naungcho in northern Shan State. There were also reports of airstrikes in Chaung-U township in the north-western Sagaing … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri Lankan Tamil politicians representing people of the north and east in Colombo on Saturday. Photo: Special Arrangement The historic Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987 remains the only instrument to achieve a political solution for the Tamils of the island, and India’s “legitimate involvement” will be important to reach this goal, … Read more
People queue for food and relief supplies after a strong earthquake in Amarapura, Myanmar, April 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The death toll from last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,354, state media said on Saturday (April 5, 2025), as United Nations agencies and foreign aid donors continued to ramp up … Read more
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine April 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: State Emergency Service of Ukraine via Reuters The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Sri Lanka’sTamil political leaders on Saturday (April 5, 2025) urged India to ban bottom trawling in order to decisively resolve the fisheries conflict affecting the fishermen of northern Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu. Raising the long-running tussle for resources in the Palk Bay, the Sri Lankan Tamil … Read more
President Masoud Pezeshkian. File | Photo Credit: AP Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday (April 5, 2025) that his country was willing to engage in dialogue with the United States as equals, but without clarifying whether Tehran would participate in direct talks. It came after U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called on Tehran … Read more
Deputy Chief of the Ukrainian General Staff Brigadier General Oleksy Shevchenko (2ndR), French ambassador in Ukraine Gael Veyssiere (3rdR) and British Ambassador in Ukraine Martin Harris (C) welcome French Chief of the Defence Staff General Thierry Burkhard (L) and Britain Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Tony Radakin (2ndL) upon their arrival by train at … Read more