Cairo, Egypt Israel’s military campaign to eradicate Hamas in retaliation for the October 7 attack has weakened it by killing several of its leaders and thousands of fighters, and by reducing swaths of the territory it rules to rubble. But the Palestinian militant group has not been crushed outright, and a year on from its unprecedented...
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Punjab based body backs protest against Modi in US for extrajudicial killings of Sikh leaders on foreign soil
AMRITSAR In the memory of its founding leader and Sikh freedom fighter late Bhai Gajinder Singh, the Dal Khalsa has decided to organize a seminar on 29th September at Gurdaspur. Topic of the seminar will be ‘Martyr, resistance and the road to Freedom’. In this regard, working president of the organization Paramjit Singh Mand, General...
Fresh apology of Gurdas Maan: Atonement or hypocrisy?
Author Hardeep Singh Noted Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan has once again sought forgiveness for his objectionable remarks made against Punjabi language, mother tongue of all Punjabi people, and those who opposed them five years ago, a couple of weeks before his tour to United States (US) where his shows are scheduled to be held in...
China the top challenge in US history: senior diplomat
Washington, United States China presents the top challenge to the United States in all of its history, surpassing the Cold War, a top US official said Wednesday, as he urged Europe to get tougher on Beijing. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, a key architect of a 15-year push for the United States to reorient its...
Hundreds of thousands at risk in Sudan’s El-Fasher: UN
United Nations, United States Senior United Nations officials warned on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of lives are at risk in the besieged Sudanese town of El-Fasher, amid signs that the fighting could soon escalate. El-Fasher is one of five state capitals in Sudan’s western Darfur region and the only one not in the hands of the...
Man City held by Inter as PSG pinch win in Champions League
Paris, France Manchester City made a sluggish start to their Champions League campaign as they drew 0-0 against Inter Milan on Wednesday, while Paris Saint-Germain needed a last-minute goal to beat tournament newcomers Girona. Pep Guardiola’s side have won all four of their Premier League games this season but failed to break down Italian champions Inter...
Gittens’ late double gives Dortmund Champions League win at Brugge
Bruges, Belgium English winger Jamie Gittens came off the bench to score twice in the final 15 minutes to seal Borussia Dortmund a 3-0 win at Club Brugge in their Champions League opener on Wednesday. Last year’s finalists, who lost to Real Madrid at Wembley in June, got off to a fast start in the new-look...
Wagah border retreat ceremony: A spectacle to promote false nationalism among Punjabis and India’s Hindu majority
Author Hardeep Singh AMRITSAR When anyone goes to Sri Harmandar Sahib which is also known as Sri Darbar Sahib among Sikh community and ‘Golden Temple’ in the global community, he or she confronts with many individuals wandering on the heritage street, the main passage that leads to the Central Sikh shrine, and saying: “Wagah-border-Wagah-border”. ...
UN official says Sudan IDP women in desperate need of protection
United Nations, United States A United Nations official returning from Sudan described on Friday how women and girls fleeing the civil war there had been “stripped bare of their basic necessities,” struggling for food, water and safety. “We all know that war is ugly, but this is one of the ugliest situations that I have ever...
Pope says anti-immigrant Trump and abortion-rights advocate Harris ‘against life’
Aboard the Papal Plane Pope Francis said Friday that he considered both candidates for the US presidency “against life”, citing Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and Kamala Harris’s support for abortion rights. “Both are against life. The one who discards migrants and the one who kills children. Both are against life,” Francis told reporters aboard his...