The First-Ever Conference to End Fossil Fuels Has to Address Militarism, Too

we cannot separate fossil fuels from the ongoing U.S. and Israeli war on Iran. The volatility surrounding the Strait of Hormuz has shaken the global...

Iranian Group Submits Evidence of US-Israeli War Crimes to International Criminal Court

The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society said Saturday that his organization has submitted evidence of US-Israeli war crimes to the International Criminal Court and other global...

Human trafficking has no borders, neither should protection

By the time Ella arrived in the UK, she had been trafficked and sexually abused multiple times in multiple countries. She suffered from post-traumatic...

The Strait of Hormuz shows how everything is now about leverage

Iran’s military might was never going to be a match for the US and Israel. So instead it turned to the highly effective weapon...

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Laws that limit women’s employment in India

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A missile strike, an attack that opened the United States–Israel military campaign against Iran on 28 February 2026, destroyed the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, in southern Hormozgan province of Iran. The assault occurred during the school day. Classrooms were full. More than 165 young children were killed, the majority of them girls between the ages of seven and twelve.

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