Palestinians understand that the current attacks on Al-Aqsa carry deeper political and strategic meanings for Israel than previous raids. RAMZY BAROUD STARTING on April 15, the Israeli occupation army and police raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem on a...
Economists estimate that Shanghai’s closure could reduce overall Chinese GDP by 4% this year. Nancy Qian CHICAGO – After signalling that it was moving to a more nuanced Covid-19 policy, Shanghai – a city of 26 million – was pressured by the central government to lock...
The West is arming Ukrainian fighters to the teeth with lethal weaponry to thwart the Russian invasion. JAWED NAQVI PRESIDENT Zelensky was commenting on the commonly held belief that neo-Nazis lurked in the body politic of Ukraine and even ran powerful militias in the...
ASAD MIRZA The overall lacklustre visit to India by the British Prime Minister to India, underlines the fact that the UK can’t take India for granted, and has to treat it as a bigger partner. In Persian there is an old proverb: ‘Amad`an, nashist`am, ghuft`am,...
Humra Quraishi THREE sure ways to kill a person or an entire community. Either shoot him or her dead but then questions could be raised even though you could heap all sorts of wild allegations on the victim and with that justify the swift killing. The second way is to...
Antara Haldar CAMBRIDGE – Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation as a justice of the US Supreme Court has been hailed as a breakthrough for Black Americans and other minority communities, for women and mothers, for public defenders, and even for those who went to public...
A serious conversation involving Palestinians, Arab countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and other parties must take place to discuss and resolve Palestine’s food insecurity. For Palestinians, this is the real existential threat. RAMZY...
Americans have been shocked by the death and destruction of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, filling our screens with bombed buildings and dead bodies lying in the street. But the United States and its allies have waged war in country after country for decades, carving...
The apparent success of the zero-Covid strategy has been a source of pride for the Chinese people, and the country’s leadership has touted it as a sign of China’s superiority Nancy Qian CHICAGO – For most of the past two years, China’s “zero-Covid” strategy was seen...
They say Pakistan is run on three AAAs- Allah – Army - America. It is also an accepted fact that all three have a decisive role in shaping the future of Pakistan Syed Ali Mujtaba They say Pakistan is run on three AAAs- Allah – Army - America. It is also an accepted...