Headlines- For the sixth night in a row, the US military strikes Iran, and Iranian media reports explosions in areas including Bandar Abbas, Ahvaz, and Iranshahr.
- Two persons injured in a US attack on the Bandar Abbas railway junction station, according to Iran's ISNA news agency.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on Thursday that it would not "allow" the United States to cause instability in the region.
- In a post to X on Thursday, the headquarters of the Kuwait Armed Forces stated that the Gulf country's air defenses were once more "confronting attacks by hostile drones" that were launched from Iran.
- Eight more Iranian missiles were intercepted by Jordan's military early on Thursday morning, according to the official Jordan News Agency.
Category: News & Views
Authoritarian Countries Increasingly Target Critics Abroad,...
China, Russia, Turkey and Iran are some of the world’s authoritarian countries that have increasingly spread political repression abroad with little consequence, according to a report released Thursday
South Africa COVID-19 Death Toll Exceeds...
The novel Coronavirus has claimed more than 45 000 lives since the first case was reported in March last year
United Nations Concerned About the Humanitarian...
These engagements are undertaken in line with the Secretary-General’s call to the Government for sustained, impartial and unimpeded humanitarian access to affected areas in the Tigray region and to internally displaced persons and refugee camps”
Crime of Qualified Homicide Occurred Caldas...
The Judiciary Police detained on the first day of February a suspect of stabbing until the death of a Brazilian citizen at a party that took place in Caldas da Rainha, in the district of Leiria, in Portugal.”
Christian Nurse Accused of Blasphemy Defended...
All religious organizations and leaders have condemned the torture inflicted on the Christian nurse in hospital. The Government of Pakistan will not tolerate these abuses”. This is what Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Religious Harmony said. Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, Muslim cleric at the head of the Council of Ulema of Pakistan, expressed outrage and sorrow for the violent treatment of Tabitha Nazir Gill, a Christian accused of blasphemy on January 28 while working at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital, promising a thorough investigation into the incident, in order to verify any abuse
Two-Thirds of Religious Figures Detained in...
Authorities have detained some two-thirds of religious leaders in the home township of man claiming to be an imam in a propaganda video condemning the U.S. for designating abuses in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as genocide, according to officials
Myanmar Military Coup Strands Tens of...
China’s foreign ministry said on Monday it had no current plans to evacuate its nationals from Myanmar following the military coup in the country
Portuguese Parliament Approved Medically Assisted Death
The Euthanasia Law was passed this Friday, January 29, in the final global vote, despite the attempt to postpone the Social Democratic Party, in Paramento. Following this approval, the bishops and pro-life movements were outraged by the measure.
Aung San Suu Kyi, Ruling Party...
Myanmar’s military has arrested leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s president, and state ministers in an apparent coup against the ruling National League for Democracy government on early Monday morning following rising tensions over disputed 2020 election results, an NLD spokesman said
Christian Woman from Karachi Reported for...
With a sensational about-face, the police registered case no. 74/21 against the Christian woman Tabitha Nazir Gill, according to article 295 C of the Pakistani Penal Code, that is, for “having used derogatory comments pronounced or written, directly or indirectly, which offend the name of Muhammad or the other prophets”. It is one of the articles of the infamous blasphemy law that makes so many victims in Pakistan and that is frequently abused and brought up for personal revenge