Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was forced to resign on Tuesday [September 9, 2025] after young protesters defied the curfew and clashed with police. The youth were protesting corruption and the fact that 19 people died on the…

Since the creation of the United Nations 80 years ago, only four women have served as President of the General Assembly, where all 193 UN Member States debate the key issues facing the world.  President of the United Nations General…

This was what the President of the United States initially lied: “Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. TDA is a designated…

By invoking United Nations General Assembly Resolution 377 (also known as the Union for Peace), passed on November 3, 1950. This resolution empowers the UN General Assembly to take action if the UN Security Council fails to do so due…

At BCR we’re sharing conversations with positive-thinking people talking about respectful ways of living with our neighbors. Anecdotes to Trumpist hate/fear-mongering.   “Surviving Trump” is a new BCR series: One program a week that features hope and growth — realizing…

Nepal is going through one of the deepest political and social crises in decades, marked by the convergence of structural problems, immediate triggers, and complex internal and external dynamics that have led to massive protests, the fall of the communist…

By Geri Matthew Carretero Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental – The BRAVE Project (Building Resilient and Aware Voices for Empowerment) was officially launched today at Ozamiz City National High School, marking the start of a year-long initiative that puts young people at…

As the Supreme Court of India recently agreed to hear a petition asking for a comprehensive and time-bound re-verification of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updated in Assam during 2014-2019, the people of Assam may expect a correct list…

If you are living in a major city, as I do in Lahore, and you do not have a few minutes to think alone, to gaze out the window, and to focus your consciousness inward upon your very self—then you…

(Another mislabeled “no Pb” paint brand found contaminated with toxic lead) 10 September 2025, Quezon City.  Imported paints containing high concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin and endocrine-disrupting chemical, continue to enter the country’s ports, prompting an environmental health and justice…