International issues

India has not declined a meeting with Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, Chief adviser of Bangladesh Interim Government and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. South Block in New Delhi did not respond to a request for Yunus-Modi state-level bilateral meeting…

A few weeks ago, I paraphrased Marx’s words from nearly two centuries ago: “A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of irrelevance”. Recent events suggest that the spectre is rapidly becoming a reality. While the European Union and Britain…

Three significant developments have occurred in a week which once again brought the much-talked-about Rohingya refugee crisis to the global media. First, last week United Nations Secretary General António Guterres visited the Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in south-east…

– We in Greenland have done everything we can to make the Americans understand that they are violating us as a people and our sovereignty through their constant pressure. But nothing has got through to the Trump administration; on the contrary,…

Guwahati: The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha 2025 (ABPS) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday expressed its serious concern on the unabated and planned violence, injustice, and oppression faced by the Hindu and other religious minority communities at the…

24 March 2025, Quezon City.  To protect human and environmental health, the EcoWaste Coalition, a participating organization of the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), expressed its support for the addition of several industrial chemicals and pesticides in two global treaties…

To mark the 2025 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, South Korea-based national migrant human rights organizations staged a rally in front of Seoul Station Plaza Stairs. They once again affirmed to create a world without hate and…

On the one hand, this trend has sped up Poland’s efforts to assume a leading role in NATO amidst the US’ planned “Pivot (back) to Asia”, but it’s also led to Poland relying more on France to rebalance relations with…

The past ten days have been a blur of illness, transforming my life into a nonstop subway with just three stops: bed, bathroom, and kitchen, only to return to bed again. Sleep has been elusive—no position, whether sideways, overturned, or…

In a significant diplomatic move, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has officially recognized Palestine as a state, marking a historic moment in international relations. Sheinbaum, who enjoys an 80% approval rating, reaffirmed her commitment to Palestinian human rights as she welcomed…