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US, Pakistan express strong concern over Kashmir violence
The United States and Pakistan have expressed “strong concern” over recent violence in Kashmir including the army base attack in Uri, stressing the need for all sides to reduce tensions. America’s top diplomat John Kerry and...Sep 20, 2016 923 0 -
Malala Yousafzai urges end to heartbreaking repression in Indian-held Kashmir
Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai has appealed to the International community to help halt the inhumanity and heartbreak in India-administered Kashmir. “The Kashmiri people, like people everywhere, deserve their fundamental human rights… They should live free...Sep 7, 2016 984 0 -
Scientists seek presidential candidates’ answers to 20 pressing questions
Seeking to inject a raft of pressing scientific, climate, health and technological challenges into the 2016 election debate, a coalition of more than 50 nonpartisan science and technology organizations has posed 20 high-stakes questions, asking candidates...Aug 12, 2016 1099 0 -
Obama expresses solidarity with France after deadly truck attack
President Barack Obama has expressed solidarity with France after a truck ran into crowds in Nice on the south east coast of the country, killing 80 people. The large gathering of people was marking Bastille Day,...Jul 15, 2016 725 0 -
World Press Freedom Index, a reminder of restrictions hampering journalistic work
The World Press Freedom Index released this week comes as yet another reminder of restrictions journalists around the world face in covering events, particularly those exposing wrong doings by the powerful and the influential. Finland, Netherland,...Apr 22, 2016 929 0 -
Panama Papers Shockwaves – Legal Recourse or Public Pressure?
Seen as the biggest corporate data leak in history, the so-called Panama Papers continue to rattle the tax authorities around the World, as they scramble to plug loopholes that were so immaculately exploited by wealthy...Apr 14, 2016 979 0 -
South Korean novelist Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
Intense poetic prose that confronts traumas and exposes fragility...Read MoreOct 14, 2024 477 0 -
Pakistani American scholar Farah Karim-Cooper named Folger Shakespeare Library director
The first non-white to head the Folger ...Read MoreMay 24, 2024 1838 0 -
What do Ibn Battuta’s world travels tell us today?
Cordial relationship between Jews, Christian and Muslims in Gaza...Read MoreFeb 10, 2024 1994 0 -
An artist’s visual discourse with his mentor
A tribute to an artist's inspirational teacher...Read MoreDec 6, 2023 604 0