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US asks India to take rapid action to address Kashmir crisis
The United States wants to see India take a rapid action on mitigating the Kashmir crisis through steps including immediate end to restrictions and release of people detained since August 5 clampdown that came with repeal...Sep 27, 2019 778 0 -
New report warns climate change is harder and faster than predicted
In yet another blaring call scientists have reported in their latest report on climate change that over the last several years all signs including sea-level rise, planetary warming, shrinking ice sheets and carbon pollution have accelerated....Sep 23, 2019 1055 0 -
Massive Houston protests against Modi bring together America’s diverse communities
A huge protest in Houston Sunday denounced Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies outside as his nationalist government continues to suppress Kashmiris under an unprecedented military lockdown that began with suspension of the disputed region’s autonomous...Sep 22, 2019 1020 0 -
Houthi attacks on Saudi oil plants inflame Saudi-Iranian tensions amid energy supply concerns
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran soared dramatically after Yemen’s Houthis rebels conducted drone attacks on kingdom’s two major oil processing plants on Saturday. The Houthi group – which has links with Iran – has claimed...Sep 15, 2019 626 0 -
US should support UN-backed resolution to Kashmir: Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Joining her Congressional colleagues in condemning India’s continued repression in Jammu and Kashmir, Representative Rashida Tlaib has said the United States should supported a UN-backed resolution to the longstanding conflict in a way that helps that...Sep 14, 2019 1349 0 -
Democrats, Republicans remain divided over climate change being a key issue
With leading Democratic candidates making climate change a key national security point in their 2020 campaigns, and Republicans shying away from calling it a U.S. priority, the issue is likely to remain divisive in the national...Sep 7, 2019 874 0 -
Amnesty International launches #LetKashmirSpeak campaign a month into Indian clampdown
Amnesty International India has launched a global campaign #LetKashmirSpeak asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP government to end the ‘draconian communication blackout” imposed in a strict military clampdown on millions of people in the disputed Kashmir...Sep 5, 2019 1036 0 -
Sanders says US should stand for peaceful Kashmir resolution that respects the will of Kashmiris
Senator Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential contender, has lambasted the Indian move to annex Jammu and Kashmir as “unacceptable” and called for U.S. support for a UN-backed peaceful resolution to the simmering conflict. “I am also...Sep 1, 2019 1174 0 -
UN chief calls for Indian, Pakistani steps to ratchet down Kashmir tensions
With no end in sight to the Kashmir imbroglio, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for India and Pakistan to steps to defuse tensions. “We obviously continue to follow the situation very closely in Jammu and...Aug 27, 2019 618 0 -
As Kashmir siege enters fourth week, Pakistan considers closing airspace to India
As Kashmir crisis continues to exacerbate South Asia tensions, Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering a “complete closure” of Pakistani airspace to India The proposal for a complete ban on the use of Pakistan’s land routes...Aug 27, 2019 724 0