The 1960s were a period of restlessness. The anti-Vietnam war protests and civil rights agitation made the Lyndon Johnson administration uneasy. It was in this backdrop that Johnson came to Michigan on May 22, 1964 to deliver his ‘Great Society’ speech. Johnson quoted Greek philosopher Aristotle to talk about how to create prosperity. “The Great…
Volunteers transfer the body of a victim, killed in twin roadside blasts, to a hospital in Bannu on June 20, 2026. Twin roadside blasts killed at least seven people in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on June 20. | Photo Credit: AFP At least seven people were killed and three others injured on…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File picture | Photo Credit: AP The UN rights chief said on Saturday (June 20, 202he deeply regretted the European Union’s new migration rules, which allow much broader detention powers and the creation of deportation centres outside the bloc. The rules, approved on Wednesday (June 17, 2026),…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to visit Malaysia and China on his first trip abroad since assuming office, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday (June 20, 2026), bypassing neighbouring India as his inaugural destination. Mr. Rahman will visit Malaysia on Sunday (June 21)…
Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Three Indian-flagged crude oil tankers carrying over 8.6 lakh million tonnes of cargo with 94 crew members from the country transited through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday (June 20, 2026) and are en route to India, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said. Also…
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. FIle | Photo Credit: AP A Pakistan court on Saturday (June 20, 2026) sentenced four senior leaders of jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party to 10-year imprisonment in a case related to the 2023 riots, while it acquitted former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Violent protests erupted across the…
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on June 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s top joint military command said on Saturday (June 20, 2026) that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed to vessel traffic, citing alleged violations of a ceasefire agreement by the U.S. and Israel, Iran’s Mehr…
U.S. President Donald Trump with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. File | Photo Credit: AP Continuing a sharp exchange of words over a photograph, U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday (June 20, 2026) said that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “asked, over and over, for a picture” with him at the G7 Summit in France…
Emerging from the shadows of the second World War, the United Nations sought to build a universally applicable structure to support the millions of displaced people. Following up on the establishment of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1949, member-countries also went on to adopt the Convention Relating to…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: ANI U.S. President Donald Trump lavished praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is a “great leader” and “tough guy”, who has been in power for more than 12 years. In an interview with Axios, Mr. Trump referred to China’s President…