Category: Global News and Affairs
World Tulip Summit Award for Istanbul Municipality
Ottawa: The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) was presented with an award and certificate by the authorities of the World Tulip Summit, whic [...]
Red Cross Urges Western Countries to Help Stop Saudi War on Yemen
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called on Western and regional countries to use their influence towards ending the Saudi war o [...]
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Anti-Nuclear Weapons Campaigners
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The Norwegian Nobel Committee said ICAN [...]
Pope Calls on Christians to Share Hope with Migrants
The same hope that moves people to seek a better life for themselves and their loved ones also moves the hearts of men and women to welcome migrants [...]
Bangladesh’s Buddhist Community Cuts Festival Expense to Aid Rohingya Refugees
The Buddhist community in Bangladesh has declared that they will forgo parts of their festivities for Probarona Purnima, their second biggest religiou [...]
Mosques as Temporary Shelters
The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) announced that a dozen mosques across the State of Georgia plan to s [...]
UN Chief Urges Myanmar to Halt Attacks on Rohingyas
UN chief Antonio Guterres says that Rohingya Muslims were being ethnically cleansed in Myanmar as he called for a halt to a military campaign in Rak [...]
Lord Buddha Would Have Helped Rohingyas, says Dalai Lama
Amid mounting international concern over the treatment of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said t [...]
“Let Us Pray for our Rohingya Brethren”, Says Pope Francis
Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has issued a stinging criticism on Myanmar's harsh treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority community, sa [...]
Catholic Bishop in Africa Gives Refuge to 2,000 Muslims Fleeing Christian Militias
Juan José Aguirre Munoz, a Spanish-born Catholic bishop in the Central African Republic (CAR), has given refuge to 2,000 Muslims who are living in [...]