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India’s Operation Sindoor glorifies the murder of innocent people

Peak Web May 27, 2025

Content warning: mentions of war, terrorism, and genocide. Operation Sindoor, a military operation executed on May 7 by the Indian government, disguised murder as a “noble” act. The operation was a response to the catastrophic April 22 terrorist attack that killed 26 civilians in the Indian-occupied Pahalgam in Kashmir. Kashmir is a region in the Indian subcontinent. It is also occupied by Pakistan and China. Disputes over the land have been an ongoing source of tension between India and Pakistan since their partition in 1947. Kashmiris have continually asserted their independence. The Indian military claimed Operation Sindoor was to dismantle…

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Political Corner: Pakistan is surrendering to religious extremists by detaining Asia Bibi

Peak Web November 22, 2018

Asia Bibi, a Christian woman in Pakistan, was accused of blasphemy by three women on June 14, 2009 for allegedly making defamatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Under section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code for defaming the Prophet…

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World News Beats

Peak Web September 9, 2018

  “Scallop War” breaks out between France and the UK An incident in which 35 French fishing boats chased five UK ones out of the Baie de Seine has been dubbed the “Scallop War.” Following the incident which occurred on…

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World News Beat

Peak Web September 2, 2017

ASIA – East Asia recovering from category 10 typhoon The category 10 storm typhoon Hato hit Macau, Hong Kong, and the Guangdong province. The typhoon interrupted the water system and cut power in Macau in addition to grounding flights in…

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World News Beat

Peak Web June 29, 2017

CHINA – Deadly landslide leaves village searching for the missing The civilians of a village in Maoxian county in Sichuan, China became victims to a devastating landslide this week that took the lives of 15 people and left over 120…

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SFU students host massive India versus Pakistan cricket tournament screening

Peak Web June 6, 2017

The Indian Student Federation and the Pakistan Student Association collaboratively hosted a screening of the ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament between rival cricketing nations India and Pakistan in the Images Theatre on Burnaby campus last weekend. The organizers believe it…

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