Religious riots have swept over northeast Delhi, India for the last five days, with communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims being exacerbated by ‘fake news’ largely spread through WhatsApp. Thousands of people have been injured, and at least forty-three people have been killed in this wave of violence. Mosques have
President Erdoğan has warned that a Turkish offensive in Syria’s Idlib province is “only a matter of time” in an address to his Justice and Development Party last Wednesday, as Assad’s Russian-backed Syrian forces press deeper into the region. Meanwhile, the mass entry of more than 2,590 Turkish military vehicles
Earlier this week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that countries should be “in a phase of preparedness,” highlighting that it was still too early to call the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Head of WHO’s health emergencies programme, Mike Ryan, added that now is the time to “do everything you
Germany’s most recent attacks in Hanau are a stark reminder of the right-wing’s growing confidence. The attacks of a shooter targeting Muslims at shisha bars and killing nine while injuring five is the latest example in the continued violence that minorities in the country face. Deutsche Welle (DW) has observed
