Published by AFP US After working for years alongside the United States to combat the Taliban in Afghanistan, Zahra says she was just days from being evacuated to America when President Donald Trump suspended refugee admissions.Trump’s executive order to pause admissions for at least 90 days starting from January 27 has blocked around 10,000 Afghans approved for entry from starting new lives in the United States, according to non-profit #AfghanEvac.After working for years alongside the United States to combat the Taliban in Afghanistan, Zahra says she was just days from being evacuated to America when President D…

Published by AFP By Joe Stenson with Qubad Wali in Kabul Islamabad (AFP) – After working for years alongside the United States to combat the Taliban in Afghanistan, Zahra says she was just days from being evacuated to America when President Donald Trump suspended refugee admissions. She sold her belongings as she awaited a flight out of Pakistan, where she has been embroiled in a three-year process applying for a refugee scheme Trump froze in one of his first acts back in office. “We stood with them for the past 20 years, all I want is for them to stand

Published by Global Voices Countries in the South Asian region. Image via Wikipedia by Iktsokh. CC BY-SA 4.0. Home to 2.07 billion people, South Asian countries account for a quarter of the global population. The region faces many challenges, including steep population growth, rapid urbanization, high poverty rates, and income inequality. Also, it grapples with governance issues, like the backsliding of democracy, rising authoritarianism, and crucial elections, along with economic issues like increasing unemployment, growing inflation, mounting external debt, and more. While there were numerous significant stories and d…

Published by IntelliNews By Ben Aris in Berlin At the heart of the Tibetan plateau lies a profound challenge for India’s foreign policy: the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. Already 89 years old, Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dali Lama and head of the Buddhist Yellow Hat sect, says himself that he is not long for this world and has suggested that he may be the last of his line. The problem is that when he dies, the race will be on to find a reincarnation to replace him and that China has already said that the fifteenth Dali Lama will

Published by ANI News Lahore [Pakistan], October 18 (ANI): The UN Human Rights Committee, also known as the Committee on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), has expressed concerns about human rights violations in Pakistan, Dawn reported. Their inquiries focus on issues arising from recent protests, anti-terrorism policies, accountability laws, widespread enforced disappearances, the right to life amid climate change, death penalty practices, and violations of women’s rights, as per Dawn. The issue of human rights abuses was addressed during the review of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCP…

Published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO. On 09/11/2001 at 8:46 a.m., America transformed when al-Qaeda terrorists used U.S. commercial jets as deadly guided missiles. The first airliner plowed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan carrying 10,000 gallons of jet fuel. A second airliner hit the South tower at 9:03 a.m. and we watched in horror as fire and smoke billowed upwards.The western face of the Pentagon was their third target as their airliner missile hit at 9:37 the same morning. At 10:03 a fourth airliner, aimed at the U.S. Capitol or White House

Published by Communities Digital News WASHINGTON — While Washington’s political chaos continues to accelerate, and while censorship efforts proliferate, persistent counter-rumors continue to surface. They allege that strange things are afoot around the globe. Earlier this week, the buzz mill excitedly noted that either widespread or localized (your choice) power blackouts happened around the same time in Pakistan, Italy, Germany (Frankfurt or Berlin, depending on the story) and Canada (in Québec City according to some.) Is something afoot? Has President Trump secretly put the Insurrection Act into play. Is the Fourth Turning at ha…