In the flashpoint village of Beita in the occupied West Bank, hundreds of Palestinians gathered to protest an illegal Israeli military camp nearby. The humanitarian organization, the Palestine Red Crescent Society, has stated that over 320 Palestinians have been injured in protests against the illegal Israeli settlement outpost of Givat
More often than not, islamophobia is viewed as isolated incidents, related to individuals like former Prime Minister Stephen Harper. In 2019, however, the National Council of Canadian Muslims reported 51 incidents of hate-motivated attacks nationwide. Most recently in Edmonton, Muslim women told Global News that they feel frightened to go
Over the past week, there have been a series of public protests in Cuba due to rising prices, falling wages, the United States embargo, and the failure of the island’s government to address these economic challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic shrunk Cuba’s economy by 11 percent in 2020, as stated by
On June 16th, 2021, Israeli airstrikes fired at militant sites in Gaza ruptured the already fragile and recently implemented ceasefire in the region. There were no reports of immediate casualties. Following this, Palestinians responded by sending incendiary balloons into Israel. This recent attack has proved to be a test for
The United Nations (UN) advised that urgent measures are needed to avoid famine in Ethiopia’s northernmost region Tigray. Mark Lowcock, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator informed AFP News agency about a “a serious risk of famine if assistance is not scaled up in the next two
Between June 4th-5th, over a dozen men, women and children were killed in one of the deadliest attacks in Burkina Faso since the conflict with armed groups that began in 2015. In Ouagadougou, armed assailants began attacking workers in a goldmine on the outskirts of Solhan, a village in the
Upon the escalating violence in the region, a ceasefire under terms brokered by Egypt began at 2 am local time on Friday, 21st May. This brought an end to the 11 days of conflict in which more than 250 people were killed, including 66 children—most of whom were located in
The U.S. war in Afghanistan, known as the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, has been an ongoing conflict for 20 years. Following the September 11th attack in the United States, former President George W. Bush announced that American forces were going to retaliate against Taliban targets and the terrorist group in
Violence at Al-Aqsa Mosque, a holy area for Muslims located in East Jerusalem, is escalating. Palestinian protestors are gathering regarding forced eviction from their homes located in East Jerusalem in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah due to claims of land by Jewish settlers. Sheikh Jarrah’s residents are mainly Palestinian; however,
A series of ongoing protests against the Belarusian leadership and current President Alexander Lukashenko are the largest anti-government protests in the country’s history. Beginning in May 2020 prior to the presidential election, thousands of demonstrators marched the streets calling for free and fair elections. In August 2020, immediately following the
