AP, Cairo Nearly three years into a crackdown overseen by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, allegations of human rights abuses including killings, torture and secret detentions are starting to bring an international backlash from the Egyptian leader’s allies. In the past month, Egypt was rebuked over its human rights record by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry,…
AP, Istanbul Amnesty International says Turkey has forcibly returned hundreds of Syrian refugees to their homeland since mid-January. It said this practice exposes “fatal flaws” in an agreement between Turk and the European Union. The organization says its research on the Turkish-Syrian border suggests that around 100 Syrians __ who often have not registered in…
AP, Washington Dozens of world leaders assembling Friday for a nuclear security summit will confront a disparate array of modern-day threats, ranging from government actors like North Korea to murkier groups like the Islamic State. Frustration over the slow pace of reducing nuclear stockpiles shadowed the final day of the summit, President Barack Obama’s last…
Eshan Maitra It is very common to come by an internet troll every day. Whether it is a furious debate on a Naila Nayem’s Facebook post or a long hate-speech on a random YouTube video. They know the act is total nonsense. Still, what sick pleasure do they get out of it? A group of…
Eshan Maitra Lenin was the most notable influential figures of 20th century who brought the Russian Revolution and introduced communism. Forever changing the course of the history not only of the biggest nation but also of the human history. The civilizations and developments took an extraordinary turn. Was he a hero or villain? Some say…
By Sheersho Zaman “When you listen to Hendrix, you are listening to music in its pure form” – Roger Mayer Jimi Hendrix is a man who requires little to no introduction. During his brief period in this world, he showed us what it was really like to “feel” music. 18 September 1970 was a dark…
Samiul Bashar Samin The English Premier League has been dubbed as one of the most competitive football leagues in the world. And rightly so too. It would be surreal to think that one day a football team that has been so incredibly low profile would be on its way to win the Premiere League. And…
Md. Taqi Yasir The world famous film franchise Harry Potter might be full of magic, but certainly not without its own blunders. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix There are two scenes during which Harry is shown having visions of the Dept of Mysteries while he is asleep. The first scene occurs after…
By Sheersho Zaman Last week the world was once again faced with demons that it would much rather forget. The Brussels bombings showed people once again the dark side of humanity. It reminded the world once more just how evil man kind can be to serve their own agenda. Not only Brussels, but areas of…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Skype has just decided to make your life a whole lot easier. The famous video chatting app is taking its features to a whole new level with its intelligence or rather artificial intelligence assistance. At a recent conference the Skype Group Program Manager, Lilian Rincon, showed off a prototype app of the new…