Qamar Munawer

Qamar Munawer is an editor at The Eastern Herald covering heritage, travel, tourism, immigration, visas, business and economic developments, with a focus on practical and internationally relevant stories across these areas.

A wrecked wooden boat lies on a beach under a stormy sky after a migrant shipwreck off Djibouti

Djibouti Takes In Yemen’s Refugees as a Migrant Boat Sinks the Other Way

Djibouti took in about 4,000 Yemeni refugees in a week as the Houthi advance reached Mokha, and a migrant boat bound for Yemen sank off its coast with 139 dead and 84

October 14, 2026

by Qamar Munawer

An aerial view from orbit of the River Thames winding through east London past Canary Wharf and London City Airport

HSBC’s Islamic Fund Holds $131m in Five Firms Linked to Israel’s Military

Middle East Eye says HSBC's Islamic Global Equity Index Fund holds about $131 million in RTX, Palantir, Analog Devices, Honeywell and Rolls-Royce, which it links to Israel's military. The fund tracks an index, and HSBC has not responded to questions

October 14, 2026

by Qamar Munawer

Young women working at laptops in a skills class in Damascus, Syria

UN Warns 800 Million Young People in Developing Countries Face No Jobs

UNDP chief Alexander De Croo says only about 400 million of 1.2 billion young people entering

Three Social Security cards fanned out on a pile of 20-dollar bills

Social Security’s 3.6% Raise for 2027 Barely Keeps Pace With Inflation

More than 75 million Americans will get a 3.6 percent Social Security raise in January, about

Ukraine – Citizens of Odessa have only one message for Putin PHOTO

A van, twenty-four-hour driving, headaches, delays, border closures, and rushing suitcases across the border crossing – that’s what a reporter’s trip to Ukraine looked like. After more than 24 hours, the first

August 31, 2022

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF DEATHS FROM DRUGS: Here, young people have their legs amputated because of heroin they inject into their groin, and the government sees the way out in a controversial measure

At least once a month, on average, in the small Scottish county of Fife, heroin or other drug addict has to have his leg amputated. It is the result of injecting an

July 31, 2022

News

Why does Britain spend hugely to push UK-Rwanda Asylum deal?

By now it is known to everyone that Britain is set to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, although the process has been stalled due to legal actions as an injunction could ground

June 22, 2022

Government and Politics·News

Why Europe is scared of Russia? Kaliningrad is close to Europe “natural buffer zone” of Russia

Russia's Kaliningrad enclave, wedged between Lithuania and Poland on the Baltic, hosts nuclear-capable missiles and provides Moscow's first line of defense against Europe. NATO fears Russia could use the isolated exclave to

June 7, 2022

Conflicts, Military and War·News

100 Days of War: Key struggles that marked the bloody spring in Ukraine

Exactly 100 days ago, Russian tanks entered the territory of Ukraine. For Russia, a “special military operation “, and for the West, the invasion of Ukraine turned into a bloody war in

June 3, 2022

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Austrian Foreign Minister: The accession of the Western Balkan countries to the EU is mandatory

In an interview with the Berlin daily Welt [German newspaper], Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said the war in Ukraine was “miles away from a diplomatic solution” and doubted that Moscow would

May 25, 2022

News

Robb Elementary school Shooting in Texas .. 18 children and 3 adults dead

Texas Senator Roland Gutierrez announced Tuesday that the death toll from the shooting in the state’s elementary school has risen to 18 children, and three adults, while three injured were taken to

May 25, 2022

News

How does the Arab world view the Ukraine war?

Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine came as a shock to the Arab states. After all, most of them maintain close economic ties with both Moscow and Kyiv. A serious food crisis is

April 23, 2022

Conflicts, Military and War·Economy·Opinion

Work rights for Palestinian in Lebanon spark controversy

The decision of the Lebanese Minister of Labor, Mustafa Bayram, regarding the professions that should be restricted to the Lebanese, sparked widespread controversy, after excluding in the second article of the decision

December 10, 2021

Economy·Government and Politics·News

Investment after Corona… the rise of digitization and e-commerce growth opportunities

A few weeks separate us from the second anniversary of the emergence of the Coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan before the virus invaded the world and turned into a deadly

October 20, 2021

Economy·News·Opinion·Technology

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Qamar Munawer

Djibouti Takes In Yemen’s Refugees as a Migrant Boat Sinks the Other Way

HSBC’s Islamic Fund Holds $131m in Five Firms Linked to Israel’s Military

UN Warns 800 Million Young People in Developing Countries Face No Jobs

Ukraine – Citizens of Odessa have only one message for Putin PHOTO

EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF DEATHS FROM DRUGS: Here, young people have their legs amputated because of heroin they inject into their groin, and the government sees the way out in a controversial measure

Why does Britain spend hugely to push UK-Rwanda Asylum deal?

Why Europe is scared of Russia? Kaliningrad is close to Europe “natural buffer zone” of Russia

100 Days of War: Key struggles that marked the bloody spring in Ukraine

Austrian Foreign Minister: The accession of the Western Balkan countries to the EU is mandatory

Robb Elementary school Shooting in Texas .. 18 children and 3 adults dead

How does the Arab world view the Ukraine war?

Work rights for Palestinian in Lebanon spark controversy

Investment after Corona… the rise of digitization and e-commerce growth opportunities

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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