In Saudi Arabia, demonstrators have once again taken to the streets of the oil-rich Eastern Province in protest against the Al Saud regime. Activists and demonstrators gathered in several towns and villages including Qatif and Awamiya. The protesters called for the prosecution of security forces who opened fire on peaceful demonstrators back in November. They also expressed solidarity with Bahraini proteste ...

Only 84 members of congress voted in favour of the bill. A substantial 335 votes were cast by members of the US Congress against the Pakistan Terrorism Accountability Act 2012 bill presented by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, vetoing it out of the Congress. Only 84 members voted in favour of the bill introduced a week earlier in the Congress by Rohrabacher. The bill asked the US Government to provide $50 mill ...

In the US city of Chicago, activists and protesters have staged another anti-NATO demonstration, ahead of a key NATO summit this weekend. On Thursday, protesters marched towards several consulates of the NATO-member states in Chicago, chanting “Say No to NATO” and “When drones fly, children die, stop the wars now!” Demonstrators condemned the alliance’s involvement in the Afghan war and other military opera ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is to discuss Bahrain’s rights record in the upcoming session of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group in Geneva. The UPR is a UNHRC mechanism to examine the human rights records of all UN member states. The Working Group on the UPR is to hold its 13th session from May 21 to June 4. The session will take up Bahrain’s human rights situation on its f ...

If Israel moves to attack Iran, the European Parliament will strongly condemn the aggression.” Pino Arlacchi, senior European Parliament member   A senior member of the European Parliament has lashed out at Israel for posing military threats against Iran, expressing strong condemnation of the idea of a possible attack on the Islamic Republic. “If Israel moves to attack Iran, the European Parliament wil ...

The head of the UN observer mission to Syria stresses Iran's status as a key player in the Middle East, appealing for Tehran’s help and support for the successful implementation of the six-point Syria peace plan. Robert Mood said Thursday that Iran's viewpoint on the peaceful settlement of the Syrian issue was in harmony with that of the mission of Kofi Annan, the joint UN and Arab League envoy to Syria. He ...

Pakistan-born immigrants are the new face of poverty in urban Canada. The Canadian census revealed that 44 per cent of Pakistan-born immigrants fell below the poverty line making them the second most poverty prone group of immigrants in Canada. While they may project an aura of opulence during their visits back home, their life in Canada, however, is often full of struggle and frustration. Thousands of Paki ...

Sometimes these [military] actions -- which undermine state sovereignty -- could result in a fully-fledged regional war...and even...the use of a nuclear weapon.   Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned the West against launching ‘hasty wars’, which may increase regional tensions and even trigger a nuclear war. "Sometimes these [military] actions -- whi ...

Two US-led foreign soldiers have been killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, the Western military alliance of NATO has announced. NATO said in a statement that the troops died in the country's troubled east on Friday. The US-led alliance has not yet released any further details regarding the soldiers' nationality or the exact location of the incident. Friday’s deaths bring the number of US-led foreign ...

At least three people have been killed in a US assassination drone strike in eastern Yemen. The incident occurred on Thursday when US unmanned aircraft fired a rocket at a convoy of vehicles in the Shibam area of the Hadhramaut region, Reuters quoted a Yemeni security official as saying. There has recently been a rise in the US assassination drone strikes in Yemen. The locals say the main victims of the aer ...