Issues & Events
  • Marking anniversary of end of Apartheid in South Africa

    Marking anniversary of end of Apartheid in South Africa

    Jun 30, 2019 05:13

    June 30 is one of the important anniversaries in contemporary world history. It reminds us of the official end of the inhuman policy of Apartheid in South Africa in 1991. On this day, apartheid which is one of the brutal forms of racial discrimination and was enforced for decades by the white-skinned minority regime on the country’s overwhelming black-skinned majority, was officially abolished.

  • Why protesters set fire to the US Embassy in Honduras? (1)

    Why protesters set fire to the US Embassy in Honduras? (1)

    Jun 29, 2019 19:54

    Ten years after a US-backed coup handed Honduras over to big business, the country is rising up. A leader of deposed President Manuel Zelaya’s party explains to ‘The Grayzone’ what’s behind the protest wave, writes journalist Alexander Rubinstein in his report titled: “Why Protesters Set Fire to the US Embassy in Honduras?”

  • Why are reparations for slavery being made an issue in the 2020 US elections?       

    Why are reparations for slavery being made an issue in the 2020 US elections?       

    Jun 29, 2019 03:26

    A contentious hearing was held just recently before the US House Judiciary Committee on a bill, H.R. 40, that would establish a congressional commission to study and consider a national apology and reparations for slavery and succeeding racial and economic discrimination against African Americans.

  • Liberate Idlib to expose the US’ fake concern for civilians

    Liberate Idlib to expose the US’ fake concern for civilians

    Jun 29, 2019 03:22

    Syria has started the campaign to drive out the last remaining terrorists from its soil and whether or not Washington arms them with deadly weapons including chemicals, in a bid to put the blame on the government, Damascus is intended to complete the mopping up operations.

  • Imam Ja’far Sadeq (AS) – the manifestation of truth

    Imam Ja’far Sadeq (AS) – the manifestation of truth

    Jun 29, 2019 03:19

    Heartfelt condolences to you all on a very doleful day. Today is the tragic 25th of the month of Shawwal – a public holiday in Iran – the day on which the Manifestation of Truth, Imam Ja’far Sadeq (AS) was made to leave the world, a martyr, through a fatal dose of poisoning on the orders of an usurper Abbasid caliph. He was the 6th Infallible Heir of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA).

  • US’ standard of ‘normal nation’

    US’ standard of ‘normal nation’

    Jun 28, 2019 12:33

    The US, which is notorious for its destructive behaviour all over the world calls the Islamic Republic of Iran a ‘destabilizing’ factor in the region, an accusation which is far from facts and realities, especially when one glances at the bleak, black and bloody record of the dictatorships that Washington supports.

  • China winning new Cold War on the Mekong

    China winning new Cold War on the Mekong

    Jun 28, 2019 12:30

    Beijing has leveraged its Belt and Road Initiative to gain the upper hand on the Mekong River while the US and Japan’s competing initiatives wash away, says Thailand-based Swedish journalist Bertil Lintner, in his article for Asia Times, titled: “China winning new Cold War on the Mekong”.

  • Sri Lanka’s Muslims bloodied by Buddhist extremists

    Sri Lanka’s Muslims bloodied by Buddhist extremists

    Jun 28, 2019 12:14

    Sri Lanka has become more fragile, fractured and polarized following the Easter Sunday bomb attacks last April as the country’s Muslims are harassed and subjected to violence by mobs of Sinhala Buddhists who form the majority of the island’s population.

  • Regional efforts needed to ensure peace in Afghanistan

    Regional efforts needed to ensure peace in Afghanistan

    Jun 28, 2019 04:59

    Even though the US war was launched over 17 years ago, the situation in Afghanistan remains unstable due to occupation and increasing insecurity, and rise in deadly attacks by the extremist and militant groups.