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Time to act on information warfare
Oped, Published on 01/08/2025
» As tensions escalate along the Thai-Cambodian border, the unfolding conflict has become not only a confrontation of arms but also a war of narratives. For many in Thailand, this is the first time war has felt real. Not distant, not historical, but tangible: fighter jets in the sky, news of casualties, fear seeping into the national consciousness.
Nigerian mixed-faith families sense danger as violence flares
AFP, Published on 17/04/2025
» JOS (NIGERIA) - When the news came through of yet another massacre in the countryside in Nigeria's volatile Plateau state, local Christian Jamaima Haruna was terrified for her Muslim husband.
Sweden sentences Koran-burner to jail
Published on 05/11/2024
» STOCKHOLM - A Swedish court on Tuesday found a far-right activist guilty of two counts of hate crime against Muslims over statements he made while burning copies of the Koran, acts that triggered riots in the country in 2022.
Temple opening emboldens Hindu activists
Published on 27/01/2024
» NEW DELHI - A powerful Hindu group claims several mosques in India were built over demolished Hindu temples, apparently hardening its stance in a decades-long sectarian dispute just days after a huge temple was inaugurated on the site of a razed mosque.
Key 2024 poll in California affects India
Oped, Published on 03/01/2024
» On Jan 28, people in my home state of California will finally get to cast ballots in a historic vote on whether to create a new independent country.
EU awards rights prize to Iranian woman who died in custody
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» STRASBOURG, France - The European Union on Thursday awarded its top rights honour, the Sakharov Prize, to Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in Iranian custody a year ago, and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement that her death triggered.
Pakistan probes mosques’ links to anti-Christian riots
Published on 19/08/2023
» LAHORE, Pakistan: A Muslim cleric is among a dozen people being investigated for using mosque loudspeakers to order protests against alleged blasphemy by Christians which erupted into mob violence in Pakistan earlier this week, a senior police official said.
Turkey's undefeated Erdogan nears knife-edge vote
AFP, Published on 07/05/2023
» ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next Sunday puts his two-decade legacy on the line in a knife-edge vote against a powerful alliance built on anger over economic hardship and his authoritarian turn.
Premeditated Jerusalem violence
Oped, Published on 12/04/2023
» The recent attacks in Israel demonstrate the consequences of using lies as political instruments, inciting terrorism and generating violence. Last Friday, two sisters, Rina (15) and Maia (20), were murdered when Palestinian terrorists sprayed the family's car with bullets. That evening, a car-ramming attack at Tel Aviv's beachfront promenade killed Alessandro Parini, a 35-year-old lawyer from Rome, and injured seven pedestrians, all tourists from Italy and the United Kingdom.
Defiant Indian students vow to show Modi documentary
Published on 25/01/2023
» NEW DELHI: Indian students said they would show again a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the government has dismissed as propaganda after a Tuesday campus screening was disrupted by a power cut and intimidation by opponents.