Monthly Archives: April 2015

Gathered on Yarmouk Street, residents begin hurrying to reach the distribution point, January 2014. (Photo by UNRWA) Yvonne Ridley’s excellent article on Yarmouk highlights the hypocrisy of the west that has largely ignored the suffering of Palestinian refugees trapped inside a … Continue reading →

BANNU: Internally displaced people dance at the Kajuri Checkpost to celebrate their return to their homes here on Tuesday.—INP (via Dawn) Media reports are starting to document the return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Pakistan back to North Waziristan. … Continue reading →

Commemorating the nineteenth anniversary of the historical gathering and selection of Ameer-ul-Momineen on 16th Aries 1375 AH (solar) i.e. 4th April 1996 in Kandahar The biography of the leader of Islamic Emirate Ameer-ul-Momineen, Mullah Mohammad Umar ‘Mujahid’ (May Allah safeguard … Continue reading →

Distraught woman is led away from scene of attack At least 148 people died during an attack on Garissa University, Kenya claimed by Islamist militant group Al Shabab, around 70 were also injured, Five militants strapped with explosives were said … Continue reading →

Clearing up in the aftermath of attack on Governor’s compound. Islamic Emirate (Afghan Taliban) have denied an attack on Khost province which left at least 17 people dead and 50 wounded. A suicide bomber is thought to have hit near Governor’s … Continue reading →

Sixteen major media organizations and human rights organization Reprieve have today asked a US federal court to dismiss a White House attempt to suppress classified videos of force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay. In a series of filings today at the DC … Continue reading →