Yangon: Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the Myanmar army and Karen insurgents, joining those who have already escaped the turmoil that followed a Feb. 1 coup. Karen rebels and the Myanmar army
West Bengal: Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the rising COVID-19 cases in the country. Speaking at a public rally in Barasat, Mamata said: "When COVID-19 happened, where were they? They were not seen
New York: The US government told its citizens to get out of India as soon as possible as the country’s Covid-19 crisis worsens at an astonishing pace. In a Level 4 travel advisory — the highest of its kind issued by the State Department — US
London: Heathrow, Britain’s biggest airport first quarter loss of 329 million pounds ($459 million) took total losses since the start of the pandemic to nearly 2.4 billion pounds as travel continues to be hammered. It said only 1.7 million passengers travelled through the London airport in
New York: The United Nations special rapporteurs on the different thematic groups have urged the Nepal government to rectify the appointments in the National Human Rights Commission. Issuing a joint statement the nine special rapporteurs said the recent appointment of the chairperson and the members in
Moscow: Alexei Navalny’s political network said it is disbanding, as the jailed Kremlin critic appeared in court, gaunt and shaven headed, for the first time since ending his hunger strike. During the hearing, which is part of an appeal by Navalny against a defamation sentence imposed
Kathmandu: China has proposed establishing a joint mechanism with the involvement of various countries in South Asia including Nepal and China itself to ease the supply of medical equipment for the Covid-19 response. As the numbers of active Covid-19 cases surged in the entire region, Chinese
Tel Aviv: At least 44 people were crushed to death overnight on Friday at an overcrowded ultra-Orthodox religious festival in Israel with attendees describing scenes of chaos in which others died in front of their eyes. More than 100 people were injured in the chaos where
New York: Bangladesh authorities should immediately investigate allegations that security forces beat and arbitrarily detained Rohingya refugees who tried to leave Bhasan Char island, Human Rights Watch said today. The Bangladesh government has relocated nearly 20,000 Rohingya refugees to the remote island without consulting international
United Nations: Amid surging attacks on UN blue helmets serving hotspots around the world, Pakistan called for retooling the peacekeeping missions to ensure their safety and security. “Pakistan has a special interest in protection of peacekeepers as we host a peacekeeping operations mission,” Ambassador Munir Akram