South Asia
Netanyahu calls off planned trip without a serious explanation
PM says ‘scheduling constraints’ caused election cycle’s second short-notice cancellation, fueling rumors he’s preparing for a different high-profile visit
By Raphael Ahren
Aug. 4, 2019
Less than...
Pakistan tests BALLISTIC MISSILE amid tensions with India
30 Aug, 2019
Pakistan’s military released a video of its successful test of a surface to surface ballistic missile early Thursday, after it closed three...
Le Cachemire au bord de l’abîme
Par Tariq Ali
23 août 2019
Le 6 août dernier, le gouvernement nationaliste hindou du Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a procédé à un véritable coup...
Jammu and Kashmir: the Legitimacy of Article 370
by Nyla Ali Khan
August 20, 2019
Introduction
The recent unilateral decision of Prime Minister Modi’s government to revoke Article 370, which guaranteed the special status of...
State of siege in Kashmir
17 August 2019
Thirteen million people in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have spent the last 13 days under a regime of extraordinary repression and...
Occupying Kashmir
By Ankita Chakraborty
15 August 2019
The news came like a declaration of war: Article 370 of the Indian Constitution is gone. It gave the people...
US pushes for SOFA violating Sri Lanka’s sovereignty
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
While the contents of the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the governments of Sri Lanka and the US still remain...
India And Pakistan Could End The World As We Know It
Yes, India And Pakistan Could End The World As We Know It Through A Nuclear Exchange
Even a relatively small regional nuclear war could trigger...
The largest strike in history is happening in India right now
By Ben Cowles
January 8, 2019
AROUND 150 million people began a two-day general strike in India today against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anti-Labour and...
US quits Human Rights Council wearing the emperor’s new clothes
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
The US quit the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday (19th June) with rhetoric intended to assert the moral high-ground, slamming the...