City of a thousand booksellers: Eight of the oldest places to buy books in Cairo By Bahira Amin in Cairo

A search for the city’s oldest bookshops makes for quite the urban adventure (MEE/Bahira Amin) Whether…

UP: Hindutva Groups, BJP MLA Object to Police Probe into Loni ‘Encounter’ Where 7 Muslims Were Shot

The leaders of several hardline Hindutva groups as well as some senior members of the Bharatiya…

Delhi-Kabul Engagement By Shakoor Bashir & Muhammad Faisal 

Afghan foreign students shout slogans during a demonstration against the Taliban and Pakistan in Bengaluru on…

33% Indian Muslims say they experience discrimination in hospitals: Oxfam

 About 33% Indian Muslims have said they experienced discrimination at hospitals in the country on account…

‘UN resolutions have not resolved any conflict. The situation in Palestine is the best evidence for this’

Yemeni tribesmen hold positions during fighting against the Houthis in Marib city on 27 June 2016…

Cattle slaughter ban: It’s not intentions but consequences that matter By Sathya Karunarathne and Pravena Yogendra

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the Bill to amend laws to ban cattle slaughter in the…

Veteran Journalist Kanamayilnathan

A jewel of a human being By Latheef Farook

Jaffna based veteran journalist Kanamayilnathan, better known as Kanam, passed away on Monday 22 November 2021.…

Bosnia crisis: Why the international community must take a firm stand by Farhan Mujahid Chak

Serb leader Milorad Dodik in Sarajevo on 8 November 2021 (AFP)   As Serb leader Milorad…

Pakistan strongly condemns arrest of HR activist Khuram Parvez

Pakistan has strongly condemned the arrest of noted human rights activist, Khuram Parvez, in Indian illegally…

Global rights bodies call for release of Khurram Parvez

Global rights bodies and activists on Tuesday reacted sharply to the arrest of Srinagar-based human rights…

Pakistan PM Imran Khan my ‘elder brother’, says Sidhu

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday addressed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as his…

UAE princess calls Sudhir Chaudhary ‘intolerant terrorist’, slams Indian group for inviting him to Abu Dhabi event

Princess Hend Al Qassimi, a member of the royal family of the United Arab Emirates has…

Media’s only ‘ploy and plot’ is against Muslims By Haider Abbas

In a country which is more than a billion and battling with not even basic infrastructure…

Indian farmers in no mood to forgive despite Modi’s U-turn on reforms By Saurabh Sharma, Reuters News

Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that he will repeal the controversial farm laws,…

Indian Vessels Seen Fishing Illegally Near Ihavandhoo by Ibrahim Adam

Two Indian vessels have been seen illegally fishing in the waters near Ihavandhoo (Haa Alif atoll).…

Concerned Citizens Group expresses deep anguish at the killing of innocent civilians in Kashmir

Their families allege they were killed ‘in cold blood’. From left to right: Altaf Ahmad Bhat,…

Sri Lanka opposition MP lambasts govt, opposition; calls for new, inclusive constitution

SJB MP Kumara Welgama – Image courtesy Facebook   ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka opposition MP Kumara…

Hiding behind the virus By M S M Ayub

Despite the health warning, the main opposition party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) supporters gathered in…