VIETNAM’S ‘NAPALM GIRL’ RECEIVES FINAL SKIN CARE 50 YEARS AFTER ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH

Sun 03 July 2022: After 50 years, Kim Phuc Phan Thi, a Vietnamese woman whose burned and agonized photograph came to represent the effects of the Vietnam War, received her final skin treatment. When napalm was dropped by a South Vietnamese Skyraider attack aircraft in 1972, a photograph of Kim Phuc Phan Thi, then nine […]

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THE PROPHET OF ISLAM GIVES MUSLIM RULERS A LESSON ON STRENGTH IN UNITY

Sun 03 July 2022: Many of the world’s Muslim rulers have come together in a powerful show of unity which could well bring the increasingly Islamophobic Indian government to its knees. There are many lessons to be learned from this. It may even bring an end to the genocidal tendencies within the world’s largest democracy […]

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UDAIPUR KILLING: CONGRESS ALLEGES ONE OF MAIN ACCUSED RIYAZ ATTARI A ‘BJP MEMBER’

Screenshots of the accused’s posts shared by Pawan Khera. Source: Twitter. Sat 02 July 2022:  The Congress on Saturday alleged that one of the main accused in the brutal killing of a tailor in Udaipur is a “BJP member” and asked whether the Centre had moved quickly to transfer the case to the NIA due […]

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“SET COUNTRY ON FIRE”: INDIAN SUPREME COURT SLAMS EX BJP SPOKESPERSON NUPUR SHARMA

Fri 01 July 2022: The Supreme Court today blamed former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for igniting tension with her comments on Prophet Muhammad and said “she and her loose tongue have set the country on fire”. In unusually strong comments, the court said she must apologise to the country. “The way she has ignited emotions […]

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XI DOUBLES DOWN ON NEED FOR ‘PATRIOTS’ AS HONG KONG’S NEW LEADER IS SWORN IN

Fri 01 July 2022: On Friday, John Lee was sworn in as Hong Kong’s new chief executive, signaling a fresh start as the former British colony commemorated 25 years of Chinese rule. In order to oversee the ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled for the first time outside of mainland China since the COVID-19 outbreak […]

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US AMBASSADOR CONCERNED OVER THE TREATMENT OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN INDIA

Fri 01 July 2022: The US ambassador at large for international religious freedom Rashad Hussain has voiced concern over the treatment of a number of religious communities in India and said Washington was dealing directly with Indian officials to address the “challenges.” Addressing the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit here on Thursday, Hussain said his […]

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LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL CHINA’S PLAN TO OPPRESS UYGHUR MUSLIMS

Fri 01 July 2022: The document known as the “Xinjiang Police Files,” which was taken from detention facilities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), discloses the Chinese government’s plot to commit crimes against Uyghurs and commit genocide. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), the files contain information on more than 20,000 Uyghurs who are […]

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“I CONVEYED PRESIDENT ZELENSKY’S MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT PUTIN”: INDONESIAN PRESIDENT JOKO WIDODO

Thu 30 June 2022: On Thursday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he delivered a message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I conveyed President Zelensky’s message to President Putin,” Widodo said after talks with the Russian president in comments translated into Russian. Widodo said he expressed his “readiness” to help start […]

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SCRIBES SHOULDN’T BE JAILED FOR WHAT THEY WRITE, TWEET: UN CHIEF’S SPOKESPERSON ON ZUBAIR’S ARREST

Thu 30 June 2022: New Delhi: Journalists should not be jailed for what they write, tweet and say, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, June 28, in response to the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair. The UN said it is important that people be allowed to express themselves freely without the threat of […]

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TWITTER ACCOUNT THAT ALERTED POLICE ABOUT ZUBAIR’S TWEET ‘VANISHES’

Wed 29 June 2022: The Twitter account that informed Delhi Police about Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of Alt news, and his “objectionable” remark is no longer active on the social networking site, IANS reported. Hanuman Bhakt’s account used the username @balajikijaiin, according to the case’s FIR record, which IANS was able to acquire. Meanwhile, boys […]

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