Over 1,000 Syrian refugees returned Monday to their homeland from various areas in Lebanon including Tripoli, Aarsal, Tyre and Nabatieh, local media reported. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in coordination with the Lebanese General Security supervised the voluntary return of refugees to Syria, according to the National News Agency. Refugees returned home […]
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Former Pakistan PM Sharif sentenced to seven years jail for graft
Former Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to seven years in prison for corruption Monday, state media reported, the latest conviction in a series of allegations which saw him ousted from power last year. Sharif, a three-time prime minister, has denied all the charges against him and claims he is being targeted by the country’s […]
Bangladesh to seal off Rohingya camps during the election
Bangladesh will seal off refugee camps housing about one million Rohingya Muslims for three days around the country’s tense general election this week, officials said Monday. Rohingya living in the southeastern border district of Cox’s Bazar will not be allowed out of their settlements from Saturday. The election is Sunday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, […]
A journalist jailed after Modi Facebook post
NEW DELHI, Dec 19, 2018 – An Indian journalist has been jailed for a year after he criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook, in the latest example of what critics claim is a clampdown on free speech. Kishorechandra Wangkhem was arrested last month in the remote northeastern state of Manipur under a draconian law […]
US and China spar at WTO policy forum
GENEVA, Dec 19, 2018,/ The US and China renewed hostilities at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, with Washington accusing Beijing of expecting impunity despite countless violations. The world’s top two economies exchanged harsh words at the US Trade Policy Review, where the WTO’s 164-members are given the chance to scrutinize the practices of the […]
Trump says the goal of defeating IS jihadists in Syria achieved
WASHINGTON, Dec 19, 2018 – Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States has “defeated ISIS in Syria,” appearing to respond to multiple reports of a US troop withdrawal from the war-ravaged country. “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency,” the Republican president tweeted, just after […]
Student enrollment at TU improving in recent years
Kathmandu, Dec 4: The student enrollment rate at the country’s oldest varsity, Tribhuvan University, which significantly dwindled in the past, has been slightly improving in the recent years. It is said that with the introduction of new subjects, the enrollment rate has increased by two percent in the past three years. According to TU Planning […]
CIEDP forms five different committees
Kathmandu, Dec 4: The Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) has formed five committees in order to carry out various activities including providing identity cards to the conflict victim families and recommendation for action. These committees are the Suggestion Preparation Committee for Institutional Improvement for Prevention of Conflict in Future with Commission Chairperson […]
Internationally acclaimed film removed from Jaffna Film Festival
05 Oct 2018 — Screening of internationally acclaimed film by director Jude Ratnam ‘Demons in Paradise’ was canceled by the organizers of the Jaffna International Film Festival in Sri Lanka citing pressure from local groups. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Free Media Movement – Sri Lanka in strongly criticising the […]
Combined Efforts of International Society for Global Peace Assured by Legal Framework
In an effort to invent a comprehensive legal approach that guarantees sustainable peace, members of global society from civil society actors to the government representatives have concretized the sectoral action plans. At the WARP Summit held annually in South Korea since 2014, politics, religion, education, civic groups, and media from all over the world have […]