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Asia
As the conflict between the US-Israel and Iran has widened around the region, with Iran attacking neighbours across the Gulf, Tehran has launched significantly less missile and drone strikes at Saudia Arabia, with the Kingdom falling into…
Asia
The European Commission has unveiled a plan to halve tariff-free steel imports and double duties on excess volumes to 50 %, in one of its toughest trade defence moves in…
Asia
As Washington wavers, Moscow falters, and Beijing takes sides, only Europe has the credibility to keep South Asia from sliding into nuclear chaos. Bashy Quraishy :Secretary General - EMISCO -European Muslim…
Africa
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraq has been undergoing a brutal and complex restructuring of its religious and political landscape. After decades of marginalization, the Shiites, who…
Asia
Opening remarks by President António Costa at the meeting with President of China Xi Jinping: Mr. President, it is my pleasure to be in Beijing, together with President von der…
Asia
More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin maintains tight control over domestic narratives to be delivered to Russian society but also reinforces its…
Asia
By William E. Swing On April 22, 2025, twenty-six, mostly Hindu, tourists were killed in the Indian administered region of Kashmir. This set off a cross-border exchange of armed retaliations…
Asia
ISLAMABAD — In a move that has sparked intense debate over the intersection of religion and human rights, Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has declared a newly passed law…
Asia
Human Rights Without Frontiers (Brussels) urges French President Macron during his visit in Singapore this week to ask for the release of eight young Jehovah’s Witnesses imprisoned as conscientious objectors…
Asia
ROME — The Indian community in Italy has voiced strong condemnation and deep sorrow following the brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, on April 22, which left 26 Hindu male…
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