Jessie Williams Last month marked 10 years since the beginning of the Syrian uprising when peaceful protesters, galvanised by the Arab Spring, went out on to the streets demanding freedom from an authoritarian regime and were met with bullets. President Bashar al-Assad vowed to crush dissent. In
London: Here are five snapshots of Prince Philip’s life, from his nomadic upbringing through World War II and becoming the British royal family’s patriarch. Prince Philip was born in Corfu on June 10, 1921, the son of prince Andrew of Greece. His family was forced into
Kolkata: Five people were killed in fresh election bloodshed in the Indian state of West Bengal on Saturday, including four shot dead by paramilitary troops "in self-defence", officials said. West Bengal in eastern India has seen thousands killed in decades of political violence, and the current
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has again offered India a dialogue to find a solution to the Kashmir problem. Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafiz Chaudhri made the offer during a weekly press briefing. Chaudhri did not rule out Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Pakistan to attend the South
Vienna/Paris: Talks to bring Iran and the United States fully back into the 2015 nuclear deal are making progress, delegates said, but Iranian officials indicated disagrement with Washington over which sanctions it must lift. The talks, in which European Union officials are shuttling between the remaining
Geneva: The World Health Organisation condemned the chasm between rich and poor nations in accessing coronavirus vaccines, saying more than a dozen countries were still completely unprotected. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — a fierce critic of wealthy countries buying up vaccine supply for themselves —
Rome: Prosecutors in Italy have secretly recorded hundreds of conversations between human rights lawyers and their clients in cases related to allegations that NGOs operating rescue boats that saved thousands from drowning in the Mediterranean were complicit in people smuggling. In a joint investigation with the
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates pledged support for the new unity government in Tripoli formed after UN-sponsored peace talks. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan received Libya’s interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah in the UAE capital. He “renewed his support for the new
N’DJAMENA, Chad :Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno is seeking to extend his three-decade long rule, running for a sixth time in this oil-producing Central African nation that is home to nearly half a million refugees and also plays a prominent role in the fight against
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Turkey s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to preserve an international convention, beneficial to Moscow, which regulates marine traffic through the Black Sea straits. Turkey last month approved plans to develop a new canal connecting Istanbul to the Black Sea,