Opinion
Freedom of speech is often hailed as a cornerstone of liberal democracy, essential for fostering debate, safeguarding individual liberties, and holding governments accountable. The principle of free speech does not advocate for unrestricted expression but rather prohibits the use of force to suppres...
The migration crisis along its southern border has ignited a fierce political debate in the US, exacerbating divisions and obstructing effective policy responses. A surge in migrant arrivals, propelled by factors like violence, economic instability, and political turmoil in Central America and other...
With only a few days left in 2023, we stand on the cusp of welcoming 2024. The past few years have been challenging globally, and 2023 was no exception. The unending war in Ukraine and the new humanitarian crisis triggered by Israel’s war on Hamas starting October 7 have only compounded global...
The ongoing UN Climate Conference COP28 in the UAE is witnessing a record number of delegates, a testament to the escalating global concern and engagement on climate issues.However, this surge in attendance, particularly the involvement of a diverse array of non-state actors while there is a climate...
For over three weeks, the Israel-Gaza conflict has once again plunged the Palestinian enclave into a vortex of violence and destruction. In its wake, it has left behind a trail of devastation and despair that demands world’s immediate and serious attention. The call for a ceasefire in Gaza is ...
The Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million civilians, is currently facing a dire situation due to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. This conflict, marked by relentless air strikes, ground operations, and a total blockade, has led to significant loss of life and a deepening humanitarian crisis.The i...
The last week’s tragedy in Sikkim, India, where a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) led to collapse of a hydropower dam and claimed over twenty lives and left over a hundred people missing including a number of army men, serves as a grim reminder of the growing threat of GLOFs in the Himalaya...
For nearly two decades, the world has faced two significant challenges: the ongoing impact of global warming and the simultaneous increase in populist governments in various regions. It’s crucial to clarify that climate change didn’t cause the decline of democracies, nor did democratic d...
The summer of 2023 was the hottest summer ever recorded, with record breaking high temperatures during June, July, and August. The last three months have been extremely hot and filled with extreme weather events, causing concerns among scientists.June was officially declared the hottest ever recorde...
In a dramatic turn of events in August 30, 2023, high-ranking military officers in Gabon took control of the country. This move comes after the country’s election authority declared President Ali Bongo Ondima as the winner of another term, a decision contested by the opposition.The military of...
India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), achieved a significant milestone by successfully landing the uncrewed Chandrayaan-3 mission on the lunar south pole on Aug. 23, 2023.With this achievement, India became the fourth country in history to land on the moon and th...
Hawaii’s Maui island has been hit by disastrous wildfires, driven by severe drought conditions and powerful winds similar to hurricanes. The death toll has reached at least 93 people, and around 1,000 individuals are reported as missing. These fires have wiped out more than 1,700 structures an...
The coup that unfolded in Niger on July 26, 2023 has thrust the nation into a state of uncertainty. Despite the coup leaders appointing Ali Mahaman Lamine, a former finance minister, as the new Prime Minister and the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken preferring diplomacy to solve the problem, th...
Devastating floods have been creating havoc in northern India for over a week now, killing more than a hundred people and displacing hundreds of thousands from their houses.Even a large part of India’s capital, New Delhi, was inundated with water from an overflowing Yamuna River for days. It w...
A key summit for ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ of more than forty world leaders took place last month in Paris. Though it did not get enough media attention, this summit hosted by France was one of the key meetings of countries leading up to the UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai lat...
While the world was busy last week with the news over the Titanic sub that had imploded underwater in the Atlantic with five people on board, there was hardly any concern for a migrant boat disaster during that time that had killed more than 500 Pakistanis, Syrians, and Egyptians in the Mediterranea...
The European Union’s climate monitoring unit says the average global temperatures at the start of June this year were the warmest ever recorded. While the planet is warming at an alarming rate, researchers predict that due to increasing emissions and a possible El Nino weather pattern later th...
World Environment Day has been celebrated annually on 5 June for the past fifty years. This significant day aims to raise awareness and inspire action to protect our environment. It all began in 1972 during the UN Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm, where the concept of Environment Day fir...
In less than three years of its existence, the UN launched its first peacekeeping mission in the Middle East in May 1948 by deploying a small number of military observers to monitor the Armistice Agreement between Israel and neighbouring Arab countries.After a few months, the UN sent a similar missi...
A violent conflict in Sudan has been ongoing for over a month, and it refuses to end. The country has already witnessed massive infrastructure destruction, the deaths of many civilian populations, and tens of thousands of Sudanese fleeing from their homes.The two years of war in neighbouring Ethiopi...
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