Why normalisation with Israel will fail
Aug 09,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud It seemed all but a done deal: Israel is finally managing to bend the Arabs to its will, and Palestine is becoming […]
Africa and the Theory of Independence
Ahmad KamalHISTORY 6th March 2022 ©Shutterstock Ahmad Kamal, Ghana On 22 February 2022, in a statement to an Emergency Session of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, Martin Kimani […]
Africa and the Theory of Independence
Ahmad KamalHISTORY 6th March 2022 ©Shutterstock Ahmad Kamal, Ghana On 22 February 2022, in a statement to an Emergency Session of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, Martin Kimani […]
Pakistan praises role of Bengal Muslims in its creation
Rare words of praise signal thawing of relations between South Asian nations Md. Kamruzzaman |14.08.2020 DHAKA, Bangladesh In a rare move, Pakistan’s top diplomat in Bangladesh on […]
Historians urge Home Office to correct slavery information in citizenship test
Vincent Wood 9 hrs ago © Provided by The Independent More than 180 historians have urged the government to review its citizenship test – arguing it glosses over colonialism, overlooks the role […]
Palestinians, Israelis should seek peace together
Source: Arab News Ray Hanania is an award-winning former Chicago City Hall political reporter and columnist. He can be reached on his personal website at http://www.Hanania.com. Twitter: @RayHanania Emcees Maya […]
Spain fires Catalan government following declaration of independence
Carles Puigdemont and cabinet formally removed from posts as Mariano Rajoy faces challenge of implementing takeover Carles Puigdemont and parliamentarians applaud at the end of the session at the plenary room of the Catalonian parliament after declaring independence. Photograph: Boixa/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Emma Graham-Harrison in Barcelona Saturday 28 October 2017 13.53 BST […]
As a Kurd, I can tell you why this independence referendum is so crucial
While their neighbours are busy building weapons, the Kurds are taking in refugees, yet many Middle Eastern countries as well as the UK and the US seem to be opposed to Kurdish independence Mohammed Ali The Kurds deserve a chance to speak up about their own independence Reuters Often enough […]
What happened to the world? Has it gone crazy?
MOHAMMED FAHAD AL-HARTHI Published — Wednesday 18 June 2014 ARABNEWS.COM At the annual Global Editors Network Summit in Barcelona this week, I was one of many delegates taken by surprise by the head of the Catalonian government welcoming us to the future state of Catalonia. He then went on to […]
Bangladesh: Why Should Judicial Independence Be Delayed?
Source: Scoop Independent News Wednesday, 9 January 2013, 4:03 pm Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-010-2013 January 8, 2013 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission Bangladesh: Why Should Judicial Independence Be Delayed Any Further? The judiciary of Bangladesh is struggling to be an independent […]
The trial of the birth of a nation
Source: The Economist BANGLADESH suffered a violent birth. In the last days of 1971 the country then called East Pakistan was engulfed by torture, rape, mass-killing and other acts of genocide. The main perpetrators were Pakistani troops bent on preventing secession from “West Pakistan”. But the army had the support […]
Bangladesh to award 65 more foreign friends on Dec 15
Source: Daily Star Bangladesh will confer awards on 65 more foreign friends in the fourth phase on December 15 for their outstanding contributions to the country’s Liberation War 41 years ago. The foreign friends’ support came when Bangalees stood up against the atrocities and genocide and contributed to the eventful […]
Bangladesh at 41
Source: Financial Express Mamun Rashid The gentleman is my childhood buddy. After the college, he went to East Europe for higher studies, then to Canada; got married to a Central American lady and he is now settled in New Zealand. In the past, whenever he visited Dhaka, he used to […]