By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) — To cover up America and its allies humiliating defeat in Afghanistan, the Anglo-American media is spinning tales of a great “humanitarian” airlift to save Afghani women from assumed brutality when Taliban consolidate their power across Afghanistan. But, at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on August […]
ALCAP’s “Documentaries for Development” at World Forum 4.0
Viewpoint by Niba Mirza* NEW DELHI (IDN) — Documentaries have always been a potent medium to exchange ideas, information and knowledge. They manifest an inherent tendency of the human beings to document reality of their times and communicate with each other. Among others, this year’s World Forum 4.0 shall feature “Documentaries for Development,” a unique […]
Lies About How the Attack on Afghanistan Started
Viewpoint by John Scales Avery* COPENHAGEN (IDN) — The mainstream media, including the BBC, do not tell us the true story of how Afghanistan was invaded by the United States and its allies. Here is a link to an article by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies about the invasion of Afghanistan: https://truthout.org/articles/will-the-voices-of-those-who-were-always-right-on-afghanistan-still-be-ignored/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=0260a0ca-3224-4181-89de-adf54fb583df
New Book Explores How Adversarial Reporting Culture Drives Politicized COVID-19 Coverage
By Krishan Dutta BANGKOK (IDN) — While the COVID-19 pandemic’s relentless cyclone continues across the globe wreaking havoc on economies and social systems, a new book sheds light on the adversarial reporting culture of the media, and how it impacts on racism and politicization driving the coverage. ‘COVID-19, Racism and Politicization: Media in the Midst […]
India Has Lost the First-Mover Advantage in Afghanistan
Viewpoint by Shastri Ramachandaran NEW DELHI (IDN) — In the wake of the US retreat from Afghanistan, as the world’s leading nations engage with the Taliban in Kabul, India appears to have shot itself in the foot and gone into a sulk. When New Delhi does break its sullen silence, it only serves to remind […]
Eurasian Military Alliance of Post-Soviet States Marks 30th Anniversary of Closure of Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
By Radwan Jakeem NEW YORK | NUR-SULTAN (IDN) — In a joint statement, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), comprising six member states, has highlighted the role of Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose decree shut down the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site on August 29, 1991. The statement was published by the press service of […]
Will Mandatory Vaccinations Apply to UN Staff & Diplomats?
By Thalif Deen NEW YORK (IDN) — The rigid new restrictions imposed by New York city—currently facing a surge in the deadly Delta corona virus variant—have prompted scores of US companies to impose mandatory vaccinations on all employees, mostly returning to work after temporary lockdowns. The mandate follows the approval on August 23 of the […]
Would “Reformed” Taliban Respect Other Religions, Cultural Heritage and Non-Believers?
Viewpoint by Sugeeswara Senadhira COLOMBO (IDN) — The Taliban’s fanatical yearning to attack everything opposed to what they mistakenly believe as Islam was displayed in two acts of destruction in the year 2001. The return of Taliban as rulers of Afghanistan raise question whether the remaining remnants of a Buddhist civilization in the region would […]
US Investors to Explore Opportunities in AfCFTA
By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW (IDN) — United States investors are looking forward to exploring several opportunities in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a policy signed by African countries to make the continent a single market. Speaking at the 13th US-Africa Business Summit from July 27 to July 29, organised by the Corporate […]
Countries Around the World Are Still Ill-Prepared to Deal with Multiple Overlapping Crises
Viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP). BANGKOK (IDN) — Over the past two decades, the Asia-Pacific region has made remarkable progress in managing disaster risk. But countries can never let down […]