Issues & Events
  • For immigrants, Trump is making America crueler again (1)

    For immigrants, Trump is making America crueler again (1)

    Oct 27, 2019 18:15

    US President Donald Trump’s policies damage the international response to the growing global refugee crisis. In sharp contradiction to the spirit of the 1980 Refugee Act, which states that “it is the policy of the United States to encourage all nations to provide assistance and resettlement opportunities to refugees to the fullest extent possible,” American influence under Trump has moved in exactly the opposite direction.

  • Iran encircled by 45 US military bases; who is really threatening whom?

    Iran encircled by 45 US military bases; who is really threatening whom?

    Oct 27, 2019 09:12

    There are no Iranian naval ships off either the Pacific or Atlantic coasts of the U.S. nor does the Islamic Republic has any military bases anywhere in North and South America that might threaten the US, so why is Tehran blamed by Washington as a threat to international peace and security.

  • Leader highlights Iran’s scientific achievements, rules WMD haraam (1)

    Leader highlights Iran’s scientific achievements, rules WMD haraam (1)

    Oct 27, 2019 08:52

    Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday October 9, granted audience in Tehran to outstanding students and members of knowledge-based companies, and quoted the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini’s famous saying that the Islamic Revolution gave us the courage to enter the most difficult scientific areas with complete confidence.

  • Imam Hasan Mujtaba’s (PBUH) tragic martyrdom

    Imam Hasan Mujtaba’s (PBUH) tragic martyrdom

    Oct 27, 2019 05:53

    Heartfelt condolences on the day of double grief, which also happens to be the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hasan Mujtaba (PBUH), the elder grandson of Prophet Mohammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny), on the 39th anniversary of his grandfather’s departure from the mortal world.

  • Farewell O Messenger of Allah

    Farewell O Messenger of Allah

    Oct 27, 2019 05:44

    Heartfelt condolences to you all on a day of grief. In fact, a day of double grief, since today is the doleful 28th of Safar, on which we mourn the end of the mission of Almighty’s Last Messenger to mankind as well as the martyrdom through poisoning of his elder grandson, exactly on the 39th anniversary of the grandfather’s departure from the mortal world.

  • Trust nature to defend deltas against rising seas

    Trust nature to defend deltas against rising seas

    Oct 26, 2019 06:37

    The following article has been penned by Marc Goichot who is a geographer specializing in the management of large rivers with a specific interest in sediment management fluvial geomorphology, flood management and the promotion of free-flowing rivers. The article carries the title, Trust nature to defend deltas against rising seas.

  • Assange’s extradition is a case about the crimes of empire

    Assange’s extradition is a case about the crimes of empire

    Oct 26, 2019 06:34

    The US government’s prosecution of Assange is and always has been politically motivated. He is not in jail for skipping bail. He is not in jail for alleged sexual misconduct. He is there for exposing the war crimes of the US empire. By publishing the documents that are verified to be authentic, Assange through his work with WikiLeaks provided the public with vital evidence of governments’ wrongdoing. For this, he has become a world famous political prisoner.

  • China and US in trillion-dollar tech war

    China and US in trillion-dollar tech war

    Oct 25, 2019 18:38

    The Huawei conflict and the windfall from 5G will set the scene in Sino-American relations, says Gordon Watts in his article for ‘Asia Times’, titled: “China and US in trillion-dollar tech war”.

  • Boris Johnson will ruin Britain or cry trying

    Boris Johnson will ruin Britain or cry trying

    Oct 25, 2019 18:37

    All is not well in London, especially at 10 Downing Street where the Prime Minister in his obsession with “Brexit” from the European Union, seems oblivious to the economic destruction he is bringing upon his own homeland.