Linda S. Heard, Award-winning British political columnist /Gulf News If Tehran withdraws their war machine and the Turks and Americans quit their interference, the country can be rebuilt anew Like it or not, the Syrian regime aided by Russia and Iran has taken back mos ...বিস্তারিত
Anika Haque, Intern of BRAC’s social innovation lab/ BRAC We are celebrating Global Handwashing Day with 12 amazing ideas that made it to the finale of WASH Innovation Challenge, organised by BRAC and UNICEF. In the 90s, UNICEF revolutionised how sanitation was perc ...বিস্তারিত
Shashi Tharoor/Qantara, German Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, Indiaʹs approach to relations with Pakistan has been inconsistent and episodic, typified in the tensions at the recent UN General Assembly. Modiʹs government has no cohesive policy framew ...বিস্তারিত
Austin Bodetti, Freelance journalist specialising in conflict in the Middle East/ The New Arab Following their defeat in the Middle East, the Islamic State group has failed to establish itself in Myanmar and Thailand, where Muslims have long faced persecution and waged ...বিস্তারিত
Peter Welby, Consultant on religion and global affairs, specializing in the Arab world/Arab News The secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL), Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, always has interesting things to say, and last week’s MWL conference drove h ...বিস্তারিত
David Tilden/Seven Billion Today In Australia today we demonstrated that we are not completely bigoted - but only by a close call. Ms Hansen, the leader of Australia’s Far Right One Nation Party pressed for a bill to be passed today, which reinforces that it’s OKAY T ...বিস্তারিত
Max de Haldevang/QUARTZ The late physicist Stephen Hawking’s last writings predict that a breed of superhumans will take over, having used genetic engineering to surpass their fellow beings. Artificial Intelligence Hawking delivers a grave warning on the importance of ...বিস্তারিত
CNN Someone thought the Nathanael Greene monument in Savannah, Georgia, needed a makeover. On Thursday, the 50-foot white marble obelisk was defaced with none other than googly eyes, which added a comical flare to the statue. But city officials didn't find the stunt funny. ...বিস্তারিত
Hossen Sohel of DOT Pope Francis wants to visit North Korea in the coming months, a South Korean official said on Monday, a further sign the isolated nation is opening up to the world, reports Al Jazeera. The move comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited the pon ...বিস্তারিত
WION An ultra-nationalist monk -- dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" -- on Sunday condemned the international community for their calls to bring Myanmar's generals to justice over the Rohingya crisis. Firebrand monk Wirathu, known as the face of Myanmar's Buddhist nationalist ...বিস্তারিত