Tagged: humanitarian crisis
On July 4, 2017, the world witnessed the first successful test of an intercontinental missile (ICBM) made by North Korea. This kind of missile is capable of travelling a distance of more than 5,000...
The White House has announced that it has obtained new evidence indicating that Russia is turning to North Korea for weapons to fuel the ongoing war in Ukraine. The deal would involve Russia providing...
A leaked list of thousands of detained Uyghurs has helped Nursimangul Abdureshid shed some light on the whereabouts of her missing family members, who have disappeared in China’s sweeping crackdown on Xinjiang. Researchers estimate...
Russia heads into the third month of its invasion of Ukraine on Sunday with no end in sight to fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble. In the face...
Once again talks on human rights issues are making headlines. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently made a remark about the human rights issues in India. “We regularly engage with our Indian...
Russia gave Ukrainian fighters holding out in Mariupol a new ultimatum to surrender on Wednesday as it pushed for a decisive victory in its offensive in the east, while Western governments promised to give...
On October 31, 1956, when Israel and the Anglo-French forces invaded Egypt during what came to be known as the Suez crisis, Jawaharlal Nehru said to J.F. Dulles, the then US Secretary of State,...
Ukraine’s armed forces braced on Monday for a new Russian offensive as powerful explosions rocked cities in the south and east, while Austria’s leader planned to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and call for...
Russia gave the most sombre assessment so far of its invasion of Ukraine, describing the “tragedy” of mounting troop losses and the economic hit from sanctions, as Ukrainians were evacuated from eastern cities before...
The United States has determined that the violence against the Rohingya minority committed by Myanmar’s military amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity, an official told AFP Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of the mostly...