The Nakba, which means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war during which an estimated 7,60,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled — comprising around 80% of the Palestinian Arab inhabitants of what became Israel.
Read MoreThe Chief Justice of India (CJI) has expressed his frustration over the delay in proceedings regarding the disqualification of MLAs in the Maharashtra assembly. The CJI-led bench has instructed the assembly speaker to fix a time-frame for the hearings and decide expeditiously on the pleas.
Read MorePalestinians began a mass exodus from northern Gaza Friday after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate toward the southern part of the besieged territory, an unprecedented order ahead of an expected ground invasion against the ruling Hamas militant group. The UN warned that so many people fleeing en masse – almost...
Read MoreThe CIA has acknowledged the undemocratic nature of the 1953 coup it backed in Iran. This is the first time the agency has openly recognized that the operation was undemocratic. The focus of the podcast titled “The Langley Files” is on the daring rescue of six American diplomats from Iran, carried out under the...
Read MoreUkrainian forces are trying to defend the city of Avdiivka against a major Russian offensive. The offensive, which began four days ago, involves tanks, armored vehicles, and thousands of troops. Avdiivka is strategically important due to its proximity to Donetsk, the capital of the Russian-occupied Donetsk region. Ukraine had heavily fortified the city’s front...
Read MoreDuring the inaugural session of the 9th G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India’s long-standing struggle against cross-border terrorism and the lack of consensus on the definition of terrorism.
Read MoreIn an alarming finding, a study by Isro’s Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has found that “aerosols are heating up the Himalayas, and will remain a key factor driving climate change over the Hindu Kush–Himalaya–Tibetan Plateau (HKHTP) region”. It also said “aerosols alone account for over 50% of the total warming (aerosols + greenhouse...
Read MoreFormer PM Imran Khan, who is currently incarcerated, has accused the proceedings against him in the missing US cipher case of being a scheme to protect ex-army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and US diplomat Donald Lu. He claims that a case has been filed against him for informing the people of Pakistan about...
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