On Thursday, the United States used its veto power in the United Nations Security Council to block the formal recognition of a Palestinian state and prevent the Palestinians from gaining full membership in the organization. This move stopped a draft resolution that aimed to admit the “State of Palestine” to the U.N. The resolution had […]
Voting in the largest election in history began on Friday in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running for a record third term on the platform of growth, welfare, Hindu nationalism, and personal popularity. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is up against an alliance of twenty opposition parties in the poll, with the latter […]
Air defence systems over several Iranian cities were activated, state media reported, after the country’s official broadcaster said explosions were heard near the city of Isfahan. A senior Iranian official told Reuters there is no plan for immediate retaliation, adding that there was no clarity yet on who was behind the incident. “The foreign source […]
The prime minister of Australia announced on Thursday that he will think about awarding citizenship to a Pakistani security guard injured in the fatal knife assault at a Sydney shopping center. After being stabbed, Muhammad Taha, the guard, allegedly stated that he thought he “deserved recognition and consideration for citizenship”. Taha stated in a bedside […]
For the first time in over a year, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese colleague Dong Jun held a video teleconference on Tuesday, according to the Pentagon. Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters that they talked about bilateral ties as well as matters related to regional and international security. Secretary […]
Another instance of prejudice and Islamophobia occurred in India when Muslim women wearing hijabs were turned away from a café in the capital city of New Delhi. The event happened at Marbia Café, which is situated in Friends Colony close to Jamia Millia Islamia University in southern Delhi, according to reports from the Kashmir Media […]
Numerous inbound planes were diverted from Dubai’s main international airport on Tuesday due to the country’s widespread flooding caused by Tuesday’s intense rainfall in the United Arab Emirates. The busiest international passenger airport in the world announced a “gradual resumption” more than two hours after confirming a halt to arrivals at 7:26 p.m. (1526 GMT). […]
Tuesday saw a show when a circus elephant called Viola broke free from her group and was seen wandering the streets of Butte, Montana, according to NBC Montana. Surveillance footage from a Town Pump gas station shows the enormous elephant that is now in town with the traveling circus known as “The Jordan World Circus” […]
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, cautioned that any action that would spark a new conflict would have disastrous effects for the Middle East and encouraged all parties involved to desist from it on Tuesday, according to the Kremlin. President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran was contacted by Putin to discuss what the Kremlin referred to […]
As the nation reeled from its second stabbing incident in three days, Australian police claimed on Tuesday that a knife assault on an Assyrian church bishop and several supporters in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious fanaticism. When a guy swung a knife at Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of the Assyrian Christ […]
