by Meher Singh | 5 Jun 2018 | Asia, Environment
Pupils at a school in India have joined the fight against plastic pollution with an ad campaign aligned with the goals of UN World Environment Day. One of the ads that the students created. At Ascend International School in Mumbai, India, elementary school...
by Alistair Lyon | 24 Aug 2017 | Asia, Donald Trump, Islam, Terrorism, United States
Afghanistan will likely frustrate U.S. President Donald Trump, whose “new” strategy to achieve victory there sounds all too familiar. U.S. servicemen listen as President Donald Trump announces his administration’s strategy in Afghanistan, Fort Myer, Arlington,...
by Sue Landau | 10 Aug 2017 | Climate change, Donald Trump
More and more studies are predicting climate disaster. Will the prophesies of doom lead to action to curb global warming — or to reckless hopelessness? A plane drops fire retardant over a forest on the outskirts of La Londe-les-Maures, France, 26 July 2017 (AP...
by News Decoder | 10 Apr 2017 | Asia, Islam
It was only a game about Kashmir. But in a world keen to avoid nuclear war, the lesson was clear: the U.S. can foster peace by wielding a big stick. A Kashmiri girl seen through a hole in a wall of her home, which was hit by shells fired by the Indian Army across the...
by Ammar Nainar | 6 Apr 2017 | Asia, Decoders, Islam, Student Posts
India and Pakistan — both nuclear powers — have fought three wars over Kashmir. But neither will yield in one of the world’s intractable conflicts. Kashmiri villagers carry the body of a militant during a funeral procession south of Srinagar, the summer capital...