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The migrants in the ancient forest
Photo credit: The New Yorker Last August, Ahmed found himself in Belarus, at the Polish corder, watching a smuggler lean a ladder against a very high wall as members of the Belarusian border guard looked on. The New Yorker reports that Ahmed, a nineteen-year-old Somali, is tall and lanky, with close-cropped curly dark hair. At home…
Trump’s Iran gambit: A strategic quagmire with no clear exit!
Photo credit: NDTV The Trump administration’s military intervention against Iran has evolved from a presumed swift demonstration of force into a deepening strategic quagmire. Yeni Safak reports that initial assumptions underpinning the campaign – that intensive aerial bombardment would paralyze Iran’s military capacity and that internal dissent would trigger popular uprisings – have collided with battlefield realities. Tehran has maintained its retaliatory capabilities,…
Canada urges diplomatic solution in Iran!
Photo credit: Toronto Star Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada would like to see a diplomatic solution to the ear in Iran, even as Canada has expressed support for the US military attack that killed Iran’s leader on Saturday. Toronto Today reports that Anand, speaking to reporters in New Delhi after Prime Minister Mark Carney abruptly cancelled his scheduled…
UK toughens asylum rules!
Photo credit: the Cable The United Kingdom’s overhaul of its asylum system program takes effect on Monday, the Home Office announced, with the new rules drastically cutting protection for refugees and their children. France 24 reports that under the reforms, refugee status for adults and their accompanying children will be reviewed every 30 months. “Refugee status will become temporary and subject to…
Migrant Crisis!
Migrant casualties represent the lifelong pain of families left behind. Yet countries do little to preserve humanity. The Dawn e-paper reports that at least 7,667 people either died or went missing last year on various international migration routes, according to a new report from the UN’s migration agency. The real body count is likely to be higher. Numbers…
“Unidentified narcotic” causing overdose …
Photo credit: CBC Toronto police are cautioning the public of an “unidentified narcotic” that is believed to have caused multiple overdoses over the past few days, according to a news release from the police. CBC news reports that from Thursday to Saturday, police responded to several overdoses in the areas near Allan Gardens and Moss Park. “Investigators are concerned…
Iran’s supreme leader dies!
Photo credit: CNN Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early on Sunday, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability. The Times Colonist reports that President Donalld Trump announced the death saying…