Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: US

US based Hindu group opposes inclusion of caste in non-discrimination policy

Hindu American Foundation, a US-based Hindu advocacy group, is opposing the California State University's inclusion of caste in their non-discrimination policy, calling the move...

US risked killing thousands by bombing Syria dam

Syria's largest dam was supposed to be off-limits during the U.S.-led war against the Islamic State, but nearly five years ago, the Pentagon bombed it...

Holding $9 billion, US offers $300 million as Afghan starve

The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will contribute roughly $308 million to humanitarian assistance efforts in Afghanistan, where millions are on the brink of starvation and at...

Close the Prison at Guantánamo Now: Ilhan Omar

Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wrote in a new op-ed that Tuesday—the 20th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. offshore prison at the Guantánamo Bay...

Rights experts condemn ‘unrelenting human rights violations’ at Guantánamo

The detention camp, sited within a US naval base on the island, was set up in 2002 to house prisoners captured in Afghanistan, and at its peak housed some 780 people, most of whom were detained without trial.

US: Ahmaud Arbery’s killers sentenced to life in prison without parole

Three white men who murdered 25-year-old black jogger, Ahmaud Arbery last year in Georgia were sentenced Friday to life in prison. Georgia Judge Timothy Walmsley denied...