Political Consensus Urgent to Protect Human Rights: UN
The United Nations (UN) has the mandates and tools it needs to prevent human rights violations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegations gathered in Geneva Monday for the opening of the…
BJP Budget: Dhan Wapsi Budget for the Corporates
Arun Jaitley, the Finance Minister of India, presented the Union Budget 2015-16 in the Lok Sabha on Saturday. Like all governments in India claim, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
Islamic State Court Orders to Release 29 Assyrians
A Sharia Court of Islamic State (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS) has ordered for the release of 29 Assyrian Christians kidnapped by ISIS during the past few days.…
Will Statelessness End in West Africa?
West African nations pledged this week in Côte d’Ivoire to step up efforts aimed at resolving the situation of hundreds of thousands of stateless people in the region. Statelessness is…
Congress Protests Against BJP’s Land Acquisition Ordinance
Congress held Wednesday a rally to protest against the Land Acquisition ordinance brought by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in India. Congress leaders Digvijay Singh, Jairam Ramesh and Ahmed…
How Ash Carter Plans to Defeat ISIS
America believes that ISIL poses a grave threat to the people and territorial integrity of Iraq and Syria, regional stability, and the national security interests of the United States and…