International

ARE WE ON THE brink of World War III? While there appears to be a temporary stand off between Iran and the USA, with Donald Trump in charge anything could yet happen. The crisis will not go away. Even if ...

IT WAS A cold evening in Tower Hamlets, but plenty of warmth was generated outside the Town Hall as supporters of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) lobbied the Council last week, hoping to secure free speech on Palestine. Last year ...

CAMPAIGNERS WILL BE lobbying Tower Hamlets Council on Wednesday, 15th January to press the case for free speech in the Borough on issues affecting Palestine and the Palestinian people. Councillors will be asked to act on a petition being presented ...

FIFTEEN WORSHIPPERS were killed on Friday when the Grand Mosque in the village of Salmossi, Burkina Faso, was attacked by gunmen during prayers. Two other worshippers were injured. The village is in the north of Burkina Faso, one of Africa’s ...

BIMAN BANGLADESH AIRLINES has announced that from January it will operate direct flights from Manchester to Dhaka and Sylhet three times a week. The company will use state of the art Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on the route. Biman, the ...

Muhammad Ismael EAST LONDONERS Abdal Ahmed and Emdad Rahman have returned to London after spending the weekend in Bosnia delivering sports coaching to young people. The sports coaches travelled to Sarajevo as part of an aid deployment to the city. ...

Emdad Rahman A GROUP OF East Londoners have returned to the UK after completing an aid deployment to visit Bosnia and meet with local families. The group spent four days in Sarajevo, where their activities included providing cows to needy ...

Sarajevo blog: Day 4 Emdad Rahman WE TOOK PART in a seminar with local youth leaders today, and each member of our delegation was invited to talk of their experience and advise the hosts on collaborative social care projects to ...

Sarajevo blog: Day 3 Emdad Rahman TODAY WE MET three families who have benefitted from receiving cows which have greatly helped them generate an income to support themselves. We were welcomed with open arms at each locality and afforded the ...

Sarajevo blog: Day 2 Emdad Rahman AN EARLY START to a productive day began with Fajr prayers at Ferhadija Masjid. With a strong and steaming hot Bosanska Kafa we were set for the day ahead, which involved meetings with various ...