by Keren Setton, Chen Wenxian

JERUSALEM, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Israeli experts have applauded the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for its role in pushing forward world economic development amid challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the world economy is gradually recovering after weeks of lockdown due to COVID-19, the BRI has also regained its vitality in economic cooperation between China and its BRI partners.

Based on Ninad Vengurlekar’s definition of ‘bhukts’

Bhakt means a devout believer in something who supports it very strongly and enthusiastically. The term is generally meant to be used in spiritual sense.

But recent use of this term has evolved to denote those Indians who support the current leadership of the ruling party in India, blindly and vehemently, without any objective appraisal of it performance.

by Oraib Al-Rantawi

This article may seem like a total prediction, or perhaps an attempt to read some significant meanings into small events. It is, however, worth taking the risk of analysing what’s going on between the US and Iran, and making room for speculation and expectation.

by Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh

11 May 2020; MEMO: Almost a year ago, when the coup leader Khalifa Haftar attacked the Libyan capital Tripoli with his mercenary militias, I wrote an article in which I said, “The battle of Tripoli is a decisive battle between the forces of the revolution and the counter-revolution forces; it separates truth from falsehood.

by Zarqa Parvez

MBC’s Ramadan drama series Um Haroon has sparked controversy and debate about the presence of Jews in the Gulf region and their relationship with local Muslim communities. In itself, it is the beginning of normalisation of regional relations with Israel; the first stage of a new regional order.

by RITIKA JAIN

New Delhi: In Defence Colony—a lush, tony locality primarily built for retired defence personnel in the heart of prosperous South Delhi—a Muslim security guard was blamed when his employers, three of a family, tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus in the first week of April.

by Romana Rubeo

Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has, once and for all, settled the doubts on the Court’s jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed in occupied Palestine.

By Seema Khan

In last few years India has seen a drastic growth in the number of news channels. There are about four hundred of them. Network 18, one of the largest networks with 56 is news channels, is owned by business Tycoon Mukesh Ambani, a blue-eyed boy of the present government.

by Motasem A Dalloul

1 May 2020; MEMO: On 6 March, the OPEC+ cartel failed to agree on a cut in oil production in the light of reduced demand due to the coronavirus pandemic affecting almost every country in the world. All of this came in the middle of a global financial crisis. Saudi Arabia proposed the cut, and OPEC members accepted it, but Russia, which is OPEC’s “+”, spearheaded the call to reject it.

by Xinhua writer Wang Lei

BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- More than a century ago, then U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt coined the phrase "bully pulpit" when inviting journalists to the White House to share his thoughts on public policy.

The term has been commonly used to describe a prominent position of authority that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to. As the world's sole superpower, the United States has with little doubt an unparalleled power to sway or shape global public opinions for its own purposes.

By Kunal Patil

Mumbai, Apr 28 (PTI) As a photojournalist waiting to capture some of the most crucial happenings around me, nothing could have prepared me for a week as a COVID-19 patient. While the viral outbreak engulfed Maharashtra and Mumbai, in particular, I continued documenting these unprecedented times, but a phone call on April 20 changed my life forever.