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The Abrahamic Hajj (10) Eid al-Adha
Aug 12, 2019 03:02Welcome to the 10th episode of “The Abrahamic Hajj”, and today on the 10th of Zilhijja, which is celebrated as Eid al-Adha we offer our heartiest congratulations to Muslims all over the world. We have prepared for you a special programme on this auspicious occasion of the Feast of Sacrifice.
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Hiroshima unlearned: Time to tell the truth about US relations with Russia
Aug 11, 2019 15:01August 6th and 9th marked 74 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where only one nuclear bomb dropped on each city caused the deaths of up to 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 people in Nagasaki. Today, with the US decision to walk away from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) negotiated with the Soviet Union, we are once again staring into the abyss of one of the most perilous nuclear challenges since the height of the Cold War.
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‘Growing glaciers’ to fight water shortages
Aug 11, 2019 14:58“But what change can I make?” … “Changing my habits, practices and lifestyle would make but an iota of difference!” … “Why should I be the only one concerned about the environment?”
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A battle for supremacy between China and the US
Aug 11, 2019 14:55China’s Vice-Premier Liu He and United States Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin were properly grim-faced when they were pictured on last Wednesday sitting on opposite sides of a long negotiating table in Shanghai’s Xijiao Conference Center. This, after all, was the first formal resumption of trade talks since negotiations collapsed nearly three months ago.
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Could Donald Trump end the Afghan War? (2)
Aug 11, 2019 04:45The US president who is threatening to unleash a bloodbath in Afghanistan because of the almost two-decade inability of the American troops to win the war is now openly talking of mass massacre of at least ten million men, women and children, which is proof of his cowardice and terrorist nature that will only prolong the conflict with more disastrous results for Washington.
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US-Russia battle for influence spills into the Mediterranean
Aug 10, 2019 06:14The rivalry between Washington and Moscow for control of oil and gas supplies to Europe has taken a religious colour and spread to the Churches of these areas, says Nour Samaha, a researcher and analyst based between Beirut and London. As a journalist, she has producing in-depth reports and investigative stories for such sites as The Intercept, Politico and Foreign Policy.
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UK housing crisis: 630,000 young people face homelessness in retirement
Aug 10, 2019 06:06Hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK risk homelessness when they retire because they will be unable to afford skyrocketing private rental costs.
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Could Donald Trump end the Afghan War? (1)
Aug 10, 2019 05:58The US president who is threatening to unleash a bloodbath in Afghanistan because of the almost two-decade inability of the American troops to win the war is now openly talking of mass massacre of at least ten million men, women and children, which is proof of his cowardice and terrorist nature that will only prolong the conflict with more disastrous results for Washington.
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The Democratic debates need more questions about nuclear war
Aug 10, 2019 05:23Instead of honoring the commitment, under Article VI of the 1968 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, to pursue negotiations for “cessation of the nuclear arms race” and for “nuclear disarmament,” all nine of world’s nuclear powers are today modernizing their nuclear weapons production facilities and adding new types of nuclear weapons to their arsenals.
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Big business parties preside over a social catastrophe in 21st century America
Aug 09, 2019 15:23The second Democratic Party debate held in Detroit featured the four “frontrunners”—former Vice President Joe Biden and Senators Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders—and 16 others engaging in the standard mixture of demagogy and lies.