Venezuela’s Machado says she wants to share Nobel Peace Prize with Trump

January 6, 2026

NEWS DESK Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says she wants to share her Nobel Peace Prize with U.S. President Donald Trump, praising his administration’s military action that led to the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro, even as she acknowledged she has not spoken to Trump since October. Speaking on Fox News’ Hannity on Monday, […]Continue Reading

Progress for Ukraine talks in Paris is uncertain with US focus on Venezuela and Greenland tension

January 6, 2026

NEWS DESK Leaders of Ukraine’s allies gathered Tuesday in Paris for key talks that could help determine the country’s security after any potential peace deal is reached with Russia, AP reports. But prospects for progress are uncertain: The Trump administration’s focus is shifting to Venezuela while U.S. suggestions of a Greenland takeover are causing Continue Reading

Security tightened on Tripura border over reported movement of PCJSS, UPDF cadres

January 5, 2026

NEWS DESK Security has been tightened along parts of the India–Bangladesh border in Tripura’s Gomati district following reports of the movement of cadres belonging to Bangladesh-based armed groups, including the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) and the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), officials said, according to India Today NE. In view of the Continue Reading

Trump posts photo of handcuffed, blindfolded Maduro

January 3, 2026

NEWS DESK President Donald Trump posted a photo Saturday of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in custody on a US naval ship and wearing both a blindfold and handcuffs, AFP reports. “Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, along with a picture showing Maduro hours after he was […]Continue Reading

Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes

January 3, 2026

 The United States attacked Venezuela and captured its long-serving President Nicolas Maduro in an overnight operation on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump said, promising to put the country under American control for now, including by deploying U.S. forces if necessary, Reuters reports. “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do […]Continue Reading

How TV shows like ‘Mo’ and ‘Muslim Matchmaker’ allow Arab and Muslim Americans to tell their stories

December 28, 2025

Whether it’s stand-up comedy specials or a dramedy series, when Muslim American Mo Amer sets out to create, he writes what he knows, AP reports. The comedian, writer and actor of Palestinian descent has received critical acclaim for it, too. The second season of Amer’s “Mo” documents Mo Najjar and his family’s tumultuous journey reaching […]Continue Reading

Polls open for military-ruled Myanmar’s first election in 5 years

December 28, 2025

Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar ’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war rages throughout much of the country, AP reports. Critics charge that the election is designed to add a facade of legitimacy to military rule, […]Continue Reading

Iran’s president says his country is in a full-scale war with the West

December 28, 2025

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday his country is in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel and Europe ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s meeting Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump, AP reports. Pezeshkian said in an interview published on the website of the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday […]Continue Reading

Why is Myanmar’s junta holding an election during a civil war?

December 25, 2025

NEWS DESK Military officials from Thailand and Cambodia began talks on Wednesday, both countries said, days after the neighbours agreed to discuss resumption of a ceasefire after 16 days of fierce border clashes that have killed at least 86 people, Reuters reports. The talks come two days after a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur of […]Continue Reading

Pakistan army labels imprisoned ex-leader Imran Khan ‘mentally ill’ after he criticizes army chief

December 9, 2025

Pakistan’s military pushed back Friday after imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan called the country’s army chief “mentally unstable.” The army labeled Khan “mentally ill” and accused him of using family visits and social media posts to attack the armed forces and sow division, AP reports. Army spokesperson Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, without directly […]Continue Reading