By Carter Sherman  Courtesy Vice News One Catholic priest raped a 7-year-old girl while she was in the hospital after getting her tonsils out, then raped her again when she was 13. Another raped an altar boy hundreds of times, reportedly telling him, This is what all good altar boys do.” Yet another regularly raped five sisters […]

By P.K.Balachandran/BDNew24.com Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 12: With the Presidential election due in a little more than a month, the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) led by President Abdulla Yameen, appears to be stepping up its nationalist rhetoric to contrast with the internationalism of the opposition coalition led by the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP). […]

Courtesy RT A New Zealand general has confirmed that the US-led coalition fighting in Mosul has used munitions loaded with white phosphorus. It comes amid mounting criticism over the use of the multipurpose weapon, which can be extremely dangerous to civilians. Over the past few weeks an increasing number of claims have pointed to the […]

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Courtesy Common Dreams “How can the coalition avoid inflicting high civilian death tolls in the future without accounting for what went wrong in Raqqa? A destroyed car is seen in the western neighborhood of Jazrah on the outskirts of Raqqa, Syria on October 30, 2017. (Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images) Amnesty International on Monday […]

Courtesy  NDTV COLOMBO:  India topped the number of tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka at 206,337 followed by the Chinese tourist whose figures stood at 136,294. Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka may soon be exempted from visa requirement as the government is mulling granting visa free entry to visitors from countries like India and China, Tourism […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Karachi, July 28 (Geo TV): For the first time in Pakistan’s history, three minority candidates (all Hindus) were elected on general seats in the National Assembly and the Sindh Assembly. Interestingly, all three candidates were contesting on the ticket of Pakistan Peoples Party. People voting in favor of these candidates shows that the people of […]

Courtesy The Journal The suspension follows Paisley’s failure to declare two family holidays that were paid for by the Sri Lankan government. DUP MP IAN Paisley has been suspended from the House of Commons for 30 sitting days. The suspension will come into effect in early September and Paisley’s salary will be withdrawn. He has […]

 Courtesy RT US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Israel to evacuate the members of the controversial Western-backed White Helmets group from Syria, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed. “President Trump and also Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, as well as others, requested us to help take out from Syria hundreds of […]

Courtesy The Star SUBANG JAYA: Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy’s alleged links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) will be investigated, says Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun. The Inspector-General of Police said the matter had turned into a case of interest”, especially after 53 police reports were lodged on the matter. […]

Courtesy RT Britain is headed for the status of “colony” to the European Union, Boris Johnson has warned, just hours after news broke of his resignation as foreign secretary. “We are truly headed for the status of a colony – and many will struggle to see the economic or political advantage of that particular arrangement,” Johnson […]

by Janice Dickson The Canadian Press News Jul 05, 2018 OTTAWA — A Regina mother whose daughter went missing in 2007 is launching a multimillion-dollar class-action lawsuit against the federal government and the RCMP, alleging a “negligent” and “lackadaisical” approach to investigating missing and murdered Indigenous women. Danita Faith has been missing for more than […]

Danielle Ryan Courtesy RT A recent cartoon produced by the New York Times depicts Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as gay lovers. It was clearly intended to be hilariously funny while also making a salient political point. In reality, it does neither. The cartoon is part two of a three-part series called ‘Trump Bites’ from critically-acclaimed animator Bill […]

Courtesy Times (UK)  India is the most dangerous country in the world for women, according to a study by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. More than 500 experts on women’s issues took part in a survey covering areas such as healthcare, discrimination, cultural traditions, sexual and non-sexual violence and human trafficking. Not enough was being done […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Male, June 24 (AVAS): The Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Sunday declared that he is not afraid to take more loans if these are needed for the development in the island nation. I will take on more loans to fulfill the needs of the people,” he said promising more development projects ahead of […]

By Yonette Joseph and Tiffany May Courtesy The New York Times LONDON — In 1922, the same year he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, Albert Einstein set out with his wife Elsa on a five-and-a-half-month odyssey of discovery of a new world: the Far East and Middle East. Along the way, he was feted by a Japanese empress and […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Qingdao, June 10 (The Hindu): India was the only country in the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on June 10 which refused to endorse China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)  for which Beijing has signed pacts with nearly 80 countries and international organisations. A declaration issued at the end of the two-day […]

by Tami Luhby  Courtesy CNN The economy may be chugging along, but many Americans are still struggling to afford a basic middle class life. Nearly 51 million households don’t earn enough to afford a monthly budget that includes housing, food, child care, health care, transportation and a cell phone, according to a studyreleased Thursday by the United Way […]

Neil Clark Courtesy RT To have been in ‘democratic’ Britain for the past eight weeks has been quite an educational experience. We’ve seen how the NeoCon Establishment works, how dissent is policed, and how ‘gas-lighting’ techniques are used to try and make us think we’re going crazy for questioning the ‘official narrative’ — a narrative which we know just […]

Windrush deportation row Courtesy BBC Home Secretary Amber Rudd has resigned, Downing Street has said, after claims she misled Parliament over targets for removing illegal migrants. Ms Rudd, who was due to make a Commons statement on Monday, was under pressure to resign over the Windrush scandal. She faced criticism over the existence of Home Office […]

Courtesy RT Published time: 26 Apr, 2018 16:21Edited time: 26 Apr, 2018 18:28 Get short URL Witnesses of the alleged chemical attack in Douma, including 11-year-old Hassan Diab and hospital staff, told reporters at The Hague that the White Helmets video used as a pretext for a US-led strike on Syria was, in fact, staged. […]

Sharan Poovanna Courtesy Livemint.com Community leaders of Sri Lankan repatriates in Karnataka are trying to bring everyone under one umbrella to gain better leverage to bargain for their cause Though Tamil repatriates were granted citizenship, the authorities are clear that only employment was part of their rehabilitation and not homes. Sullia: Tea and rubber estate workers, who […]

Tushar Ranjan Mohanty Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management At least two members of the Christian community, Rashid Khalid and Azhar Iqbal, were killed and another five were injured in a firing incident near a church in the Essa Nagri area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, on April 15, 2018. Quetta’s Deputy Inspector General […]

By TOI STAFF Echoing Assad regime, Pink Floyd co-founder claims rescue group spreads propaganda for ‘jihadists and terrorists’ Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters denounced the White Helmets civil defense group in Syria as a fake organization” that spreads propaganda for jihadists and terrorists.” Rogers made the comment Friday at a concert in Barcelona, when he said […]

By Editor Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The airstrikes carried out by the US, UK and France on alleged chemical weapons facilities in Syria on April 14, are yet another instance of how the US (and its allies) use false flags” or fake news” to unleash military action to serve their geo-strategic interests, writes P.K.Bala.chandran in DailyFT. The US has been […]

Courtesy RT Edited time: 20 Apr, 2018 13:51 Get short URL RT Arabic has traveled to the Douma hospital shown in footage of the aftermath of the alleged chemical weapons attack. The crew talked to a boy featured in the video, who recounted the events. Hassan Diab, 11, appears to be the trembling boy seen […]

Courtesy RT Published time: 19 Apr, 2018 16:30 Get short URL The UK’s behavior after the Skripal incident suggests that the attack was organized by the British spy agencies or was at least beneficial for them, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. Soldiers wearing protective suits seal a bin in Salisbury, Britain on […]

Courtesy RT Published time: 19 Apr, 2018 10:47Edited time: 19 Apr, 2018 12:40 Hassan Diab (left) featured in the video of the alleged chemical attack in Douma -CAPTION / RT The boy portrayed as a ‘victim’ in a video of the alleged chemical attack in Douma has told a Russian TV crew that he was […]

Courtesy RT The looming end of the Castro era in Cuba coincides this week with the 57th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion – a failed attack by the CIA that greatly catalyzed the Castro approach to resisting American encroachment. On Thursday, Raul Castro, the 86-year-old brother of the late Fidel, will step down […]

Robert Fisk Douma, Syria Courtesy  independent Exclusive: Robert Fisk visits the Syria clinic at the centre of a global crisis This is the story of a town called Douma, a ravaged, stinking place of smashed apartment blocks – and of an underground clinic whose images of suffering allowed three of the Western world’s most powerful nations to bomb Syria last […]