Srinagar: A complete shutdown was observed in Shopian and adjoining Pulwama districts against the killing of two youth and destruction of houses by Indian troops. Bodies of the two martyred youth were recovered from the debris after the troops blasted around a dozen houses with explosive

Kabul: Two people were killed in an ambush on a bus carrying university staff in northeastern Afghanistan on March 16, as attacks on civilians continued amid fresh efforts to revive stall peace talks. The driver and a student were killed in the attack in Baghlan Province,

Canberra: Tens of thousands of women gathered outside Australia’s parliament and towns and cities across the country on Monday to take part in rallies calling for gender equality and justice for victims of sexual assault. The March 4 Justice rallies were spurred by a recent wave

Yanson: A block on mobile data networks across Myanmar on Monday scuppered a scheduled video court appearance by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as protesters returned to the streets after the bloodiest day since the military coup six weeks ago. At least 44 protesters were

DubaiI: British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was tried on a new charge of making "propaganda against the system" at Iran's Revolutionary court, her lawyer said, one week after she completed a five-year jail sentence. British foreign minister Dominic Raab said the second trial was "unacceptable" and

Dhaka: Muslims of Netrokona and Nilphamari districts urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday to cancel Indian leader Narendra Modi’s Bangldesh visit this month on the occasion of Bangabandhu's birth centenary, alleging his government had stoked tensions between Hindus and Muslims that exploded into deadly

Our Correspondent Jammu: APHC leader and Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Social Peace Forum, Devinder Singh Behl has said that Narendra Modi’s fascist government is pursuing the agenda of Hindu extremist organizations BJP and RSS to crush minorities by pitching them against each other. While addressing party

PARIS: The United States should act quickly to revive Iran’s nuclear deal, because once Iran’s presidential election period kicks off it is unlikely much will happen until later this year, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Monday. Speaking at the European Policy Centre think tank,

Srinagar: Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred one more Kashmiri youth in Shopian district of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) raising the toll to two in the past two days. According to the details, the troops martyred the youth during

London: The UK imposed fresh sanctions on six allies of Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday, including his foreign minister, the UK foreign office said. "The Assad regime has subjected the Syrian people to a decade of brutality for the temerity of demanding peaceful reform," British