GUWAHATI: A fleet of taxis, a security escort, and a harrowing six-hour journey brought Asif Hussain and about 80 other Indian students back home Friday from Bangladesh, where violence has erupted between protesters and security forces over the quota system for govt jobs. Over 100 people have been killed in the clashes with police firing…
NEW YORK: Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses across the US. The school promised they would face expulsion.The occupation at Columbia — where…
ISLAMABAD: People in Pakistan’s northwestern upper and lower Kohistan districts blocked the Karakoram highway on Friday to protest the suspension of senior police officers over last month’s suicide attack, in which five Chinese nationals lost their lives.The Chinese engineers, working on construction of a hydroelectric dam on the river Indus in Dasu region of Kohistan,…
NEW DELHI: Protesters on Saturday interrupted Easter Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, Fox News reported. The protestors were heard shouting “Free, free Palestine” before they were escorted out.Before the commencement of Holy Week, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released a statement asking for prayer for peace…
