TAJ MAHAL: MOTIVATED CONTROVERSIES BEING RAISED YET AGAIN

Tue 18 November 2025: Reviving old myths to fuel new divides The Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, continues to symbolize India’s cultural identity and artistic brilliance. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore once called it “a teardrop on the cheek of time.” This masterpiece in white marble, a UNESCO World Heritage Site maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), attracts […]

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HEADSCARF BAN FOR DUTCH ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DELAYED AFTER WARNING

Tue 18 November 2025: The Dutch Cabinet has postponed plans to ban law enforcement officers from wearing visible religious symbols following a warning from the Council of State, local media reported on Monday. The government put on hold the move to implement a ban on religious symbols including headscarves for special investigating officers, known as BOAs, as […]

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SYRIA DENIES REPORTS OF HANDOVER OF UYGHUR FIGHTERS TO CHINA

Mon 17 November 2025: A Syrian foreign ministry has denied reports that Damascus has agreed to hand over hundreds of foreign fighters from China’s Muslim Uyghur minority to Beijing, as Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani made his first visit to the country. On Monday, AFP reported anonymous government sources as saying that that Damascus had agreed to repatriate 400 Uyghur fighters to […]

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RESTLESS BEINGS URGES SUSTAINED SUPPORT FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEES

Mon 17 November 2025: Director and Founder of Restless Beings, Mabrur Ahmed, warned that conditions inside the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh had continued to deteriorate as education systems collapsed and families endured increasingly harsh living environments. Nearly a decade of displacement had left the community confined to shelters never intended for long-term residence, with […]

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45 MOSTLY INDIAN PILGRIMS KILLED IN SAUDI ARABIA BUS ACCIDENT

Mon 17 November 2025: 45 people were killed after a bus carrying Indian pilgrims met with an accident in Saudi Arabia, officials said Monday. The incident occurred in Medina, and the bus was carrying Indian nationals, authorities said. “Forty-five people have died, and there is only one survivor who is currently in the hospital,” V.C.Sajjanar, a top police officer […]

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THE SCIENCE OF WEIGHT LOSS – AND WHY YOUR BRAIN IS WIRED TO KEEP YOU FAT

Mon 17 November 2025: For decades, we’ve been told that weight loss is a matter of willpower: eat less, move more. But modern science has proven this isn’t actually the case. More on that in a moment. But first, let’s go back a few hundred thousand years to examine our early human ancestors. Because we can blame […]

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UN REPORT WARNS OF DEEPENING HUNGER CRISIS IN 16 GLOBAL HOTSPOTS

Mon 17 November 2025: A new joint report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) warned Wednesday that acute food insecurity is worsening across 16 global hunger hotspots, with millions at risk of famine between November 2025 and May 2026. According to the Hunger Hotspots report, conflict and […]

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US REP. GREENE QUESTIONS ISRAELI TIES TO EPSTEIN, SAYS FEUD WITH TRUMP STEMS FROM FILES PUSH

Mon 17 November 2025: US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Sunday that a foreign government may be pressuring President Donald Trump to keep Jeffrey Epstein files hidden, specifically questioning Israel’s potential involvement with the late sex offender, Anadolu reports. “I think the question that many Americans are asking” is whether Epstein was working for Israel, Greene […]

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VATICAN YIELDS TO INDIGENOUS DEMANDS, RETURNS 62 CANADIAN ARTIFACTS

Mon 17 November 2025: The Vatican has returned 62 Indigenous artifacts to Canada’s Catholic bishops, describing the gesture as “a concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity.” The handover comes after prolonged calls from Indigenous communities for the repatriation of cultural objects taken during the colonial era. On Saturday, the Vatican formally returned the 62 […]

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