Kwon Jang-ho and Cho Nam-hee are worried about the costs of educating their son once he gets older [Raphael Rashid] Wed 12 Apr 2023: South Korean parents are being showered with cash, but experts say money alone will not fix the country’s fertility woes. Ilsan, South Korea – In their apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, […]
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An armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy compound in Iran, on Friday 27 January 2023 (File Photo) Sun 09 Apr 2023: Tehran has warned it cannot ignore what it considers a security threat emanating from growing Azerbaijan-Israel ties. Tehran, Iran – Tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan have been steadily ramping up in recent months, and divisive […]
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Sat 08 Apr 2023: Turkiye’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is campaigning across the country to encourage voters to re-elect President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Campaign meetings have no songs or music out of respect for the bereaved families who lost loved ones in the devastating earthquakes in February that killed more than 50,000 […]
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Fri 07 April 2023: In the West, the existence of a “deep state” remains a contentious issue. Many activists and political outcasts have referred to it, even targeted it, while mainstream media outlets have rushed to condemn the concept as a conspiracy theory. Even so, many in Britain, for example, still refer to the “Establishment”. […]
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Thu 30 March 2023: The agreement to improve relations between Riyadh and Tehran was of equal importance to Israel’s internal affairs and was not just a matter that affected the two nations or that benefited the region. Israeli political, partisan, and media figures were all discussing the effects of such an agreement, which puts an […]
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Thu 30 March 2023: This week marked a new era, with Pakistani-origin Humza Yousaf in charge at Holyrood as Rishi Sunak, whose ancestors hail from India, leads at Westminster. When Humza Yousaf became Scotland’s new leader this week, the world of British politics entered a new era of diversity. With Pakistani-origin Yousaf in charge at […]
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Wed 29 March 2023: Lawmakers’ push to ban the app comes as they mull extending powers that force tech firms to facilitate mass snooping for the United States. Taipei, Taiwan – During a five-hour grilling of the chief executive of TikTok last week, United States lawmakers railed against the possibility of China using the wildly popular, […]
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Tue 28 March 2023: Amnesty International publishes annual report highlighting the state of human rights in more than 150 countries. The invasion of Ukraine has exposed the “double standards” of human rights internationally, a new Amnesty International report has said, with the West adopting a tough response to Russia’s war of aggression while also maintaining a […]
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Tue 28 March 2023: The unprecedented scale of action on Amritpal, who otherwise could have been arrested without either much noise or spectacle, appears to be an attempt to demoralise civil society by creating a ‘fear psychosis’, says historian and expert, Prof. Harjeshwar Singh. Chandigarh: A sense of uncertainty continues in Punjab as the police chase […]
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Mon 27 March 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan kicked off his official election campaign on 10 March. The presidential and parliamentary elections have been brought forward to 14 May, having originally been scheduled for 18 June. Erdogan said that the change will boost voter turnout by avoiding any clash with university exams, school holidays […]
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