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UN vows to prosecute perpetrators of war crimes against Syrian civilians
A file photo shows a child standing in front of his ground-flattened school after a bombardment in Ainjara village in rural Aleppo, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Khalil Alshawi As the Syrian forces continue to rain death and destruction...Mar 3, 2018 900 0 -
Facebook, YouTube dominate American social media landscape
Americans use multiple social media platforms in early 2018 with Facebook and YouTube dominating the landscape while Snapchat and Instagram being favorites with majority of young people. A new Pew Research Center survey says nearly two-thirds...Mar 2, 2018 1885 0 -
U.S. says Afghanistan ultimately needs a political solution
State Department HQ Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid /Wikimedia Commons The United States believes Afghanistan ultimately needs a political solution which could best be achieved if the Taliban enters into Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace talks. A State Department spokesperson...Feb 27, 2018 1259 0 -
Supreme Court declines to hear DACA case; leaving the program in place for now
Photo: Daderot/Wikimedia Commons The Supreme Court Monday declined to review a federal judge’s order that the Trump Administration continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, meaning the measure – which protects individuals brought to the...Feb 26, 2018 1359 0 -
Afghanistan war – The high human cost
A family struggles through a dusty environment in Afghanistan. Photo: UNAMA / Fraidoon Poya Afghanistan war continues to inflict a heavy toll on human beings in the country. Nearly 17-year-old, the conflict has also had deadly regional...Feb 26, 2018 1317 0 -
Foreign defense officials see Kashmir situation firsthand as Pakistan-India tensions soar
Defense attaches from the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey and Indonesia visited the Line of Control (LoC) in Rawalakot sector of Jammu and Kashmir after days Indian shelling into Pakistan-controlled part of the disputed territory....Feb 23, 2018 1151 0 -
Deafening Silence: World is losing one language every two weeks
EDITORIAL The clamor of dominant cultures, struggles to meet the spiraling cost of living and dictates of the survival of the fittest, it seems, are working in tandem to target one of the key manifestations of...Feb 22, 2018 1308 0 -
Pakistan’s ruling party faces uncertain future as Court rules Sharif cannot lead it
Photo: DFID – UK Department for International Development/Wikimedia Commons Pakistan’s highest court has banned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from leading his party, PML-N, ruling that a convicted individual cannot hold the leadership of a political...Feb 21, 2018 1579 0 -
Trump pledges to ban devices that turn weapons into machine guns
Photo: Zach Rudisin via Wikimedia Commons Amid growing calls for gun control measures in the wake of 17 deaths in a Florida high school shooting, President Donald Trump Tuesday said his administration is working to ban...Feb 21, 2018 1787 0 -
Students protest as Florida school shooting spurs ‘Never Again’ campaign
A group of students staged a protest outside the White House on Monday in the wake of deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that has spurred calls for stricter checks for gun buyers. The shooting at...Feb 20, 2018 1798 0