REFUGEES who are surviving precariously in refugee areas in Bangladesh are facing further difficulties with the coming of the monsoon season – and many may have to flee yet again. Many of the latest refugees are surviving in makeshift camps ...

THE TOWER HAMLETS Twin Jenin and Palestine Solidarity Group invites you to an evening of enjoying the cartoons and artwork of Tim Sanders – as well as good company and excellent refreshments. The Portrait of Palestine evening features an exhibition ...

THERE ARE MANY organisations which help the Palestinians in many different ways. Education Action for Palestinians (EAP) concentrates on helping Palestinians help themselves and shape their future by improving access to education. The charity works with Palestinians in both Gaza ...

HUMAN APPEAL has been working to alleviate suffering in Syria since the outbreak of the civil war. Tragically, it looks like the hard working charity will be there for a long while yet. The violence of war is continuing. Parts ...

DONALD TRUMP probably didn’t use the flimsy excuse “I’m washing my hair” when he decided not to come to the UK next month – but he has ducked out of the chance to open the new US embassy. When Trump ...

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP had a day off on 8th January – and went to see a football match between teams from the universities of Georgia and Alabama. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course – heads of state do have ...

A BANGLADESHI MAN has been held by New York police following what appears to have been an attempted rush-hour terror attack on a major transport hub in the US city. Police assume the suspect was aiming to detonate a bomb ...

IN YEMEN, a child under the age of five dies from preventable causes every ten minutes. This is the shocking statistic which drives the charity Human Appeal to push on with providing aid on the ground in this war-ravaged country. ...

Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury BBC Radio 4 will be commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India in 1947. This will include an exciting dramatic revival of Salman Rushdie’s award-winning Midnight’s Children, which is due to be broadcast on the birthday of ...

THE CHARITY Islamic Relief held a series of events throughout the UK to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan. The events highlighted the charity’s work over the last 33 years. The main event took place at the ...