A recent ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) allows companies to ban its employees from wearing political and religious symbols, as long as it is stipulated as part of a general policy. The court also ruled that customers cannot demand workers to remove religious garments if the company does
Police opened fire at a political rally in the southeastern town of Rajbiraj this Monday, when protesters had begun throwing stones at each other. A teenaged boy and three others were pronounced dead at a local hospital about 80km east of the protest, according to Sarbendra Khanal, spokesman for Nepal
The UN Security Council voted this Tuesday on a draft resolution to impose sanctions on Syria for the alleged use of chemical weapons. The resolution received nine votes in favour, with Egypt, Ethiopia, and Kazakhstan abstaining and Russia, China, and Bolivia opposing. Given China and Russia’s veto power, the resolution
All International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) operations in Afghanistan have been temporarily suspended after six Afghan aid workers were killed by unidentified gunmen, while two are still unaccounted for. Thomas Glass, head of ICRC Communications says that they do not know who is responsible for the attack, nor
