A few days before José Luis Castro, Executive Director of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) took over the dual responsibility of the Chair of the steering committee of the NCD Alliance, he spoke at a webinar hosted by CNS (Citizen News Service) in the lead up

In South Sudan the mainly Animist and Christian civilian population is in dire need of economic and international support. Unlike mainly male economic migrants reaching Europe who insist on residing in nations like Germany, the poor in South Sudan are only just surviving. This is based on the tragic

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn criticism for comments about the role of al-Hajj Amin al-Husaini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem played in conceiving and perpetrating the Holocaust. Indeed, leading Nazi aides testified that al-Husaini was one of the instigators of the genocide. In

Jinnah addressed all the people of Pakistan as follows: …..You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in the State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed – that has nothing to do with the business of t

The fixation of Iran with Israel is doing little to assist the abandoned Shia in Bahrain, Pakistan and Yemen – and other nations where they face endless persecution. This reality means that Saudi Arabia can openly interfere in Bahrain and Yemen because elites in Tehran deem other issues to be of mor

Recent bombings in Ankara brought Turkey’s political and ethnic tensions, exacerbated by the civil war in neighbouring Syria, to a grim new level. Some analysts are now fearing that Turkey has become the battleground in a growing war between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK and Islamic State. Th

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has retained the death sentence for Mumtaz Qadri, the hired killer of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer. This is an excellent decision by the apex Court. The Supreme Court has also said in its decision that everyone cannot be given permission to do what they wanted otherw

Since Muhammadu Buhari became the President of Nigeria a new fresh impetus against Boko Haram is gradually occurring. Despite this, Boko Haram keeps on launching fresh terrorist attacks in Nigeria and increasingly against other nations like Cameroon and Chad. Other regional nations like Benin and Ni

The recently concluded Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will expand corporate profits at the expense of people’s rights. A new addition to the growing number of free trade agreements (FTAs) took centre stage last Monday as the United States and 11 Pacific Rim countries announced the conclus

During an interview being shown on TV the US President Obama sounded totally helpless when he said that USA cannot be expected by his critiques to send hundreds of thousands of US troops in various parts of the world which are in gory political turmoil. Nobody expects USA to send its troops in Syria

No matter how one looks at the typography of Canadian election of 2015, the pivotal issue is peace. The other issues, including job, taxes, health, and education are closely tied with peace, and peace can be easily jeopardized by a handful of wrong asylum seekers who may demand their own laws and wa

Having assumed that the US is now mellowing towards it (reportedly ready to offer a civil nuclear deal) and with the full backing of its all- weather friend, China, Pakistan has mounted an offensive against India at the United Nations. But like many other anti-India moves it regularly makes at inter

Turkey is reeling from another barbaric terrorist attack that is aimed at shackling all progressive Turkish and Kurdish forces in this nation. In Pakistan, this nation destabilized itself because of supporting sectarian Islamist forces in Afghanistan and now Turkey is facing similar demons because o

In support of our shared universal human rights, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) urges those who care about human rights, dignity, equality, democracy, and freedom, including freedom of religion, to use the 70th anniversary of the Communist totalitarian oppression of North Korea -- a

Saudi Arabia is the most despotic nation in the world because not one single Buddhist temple or Christian church is tolerated. Similarly, women face being whipped if they are not covered up from head to toe. Equally alarming, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states like Qatar are at the epicenter of inte