New Delhi: India's mainstream media appears to have somewhat salvaged its reputation by doing what it is meant to do – calling out the federal government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi for its inability to anticipate and manage the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic
ISLAMABAD: Time is now to act on Palestine and Kashmir and tangible actions need to be taken now by the UN whose “credibility is at stake”, said top Pakistani politician Shehryar Khan Afridi. “Why the League of Nations failed miserably?” asked Shehryar Khan Afridi, who is
Meerut: (Following is an excerpt from the book, Rivers of Blood: A Comparative Study of Government Massacres, by Brenda Uekert.) In mid-April 1987, widespread communal violence between Hindus and Muslims broke out in the city of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Riots broke out again in May after
Dhaka: Bangladesh extended the suspension of passenger movement through land borders with neighboring India for eight more days until May 31 amid surging infections in the South Asian country. On April 26, Bangladesh had suspended land links with India to contain the spread of the Indian
New York: With more than a million people facing hunger due to the devastating famine currently ravaging southern Madagascar, donors, foreign governments and regional leaders must ramp up aid efforts to avert a potential human rights crisis, said Amnesty International. As the country experiences its worst
Yangon: Myanmar’s junta has threatened to dissolve the political party of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi over alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election, an official said. Union Election Commission chair Thein Soe said the investigation into November’s election result was almost complete. "What shall
Washington: President Joe Biden pledged to help organize efforts to rebuild Gaza and said creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the "only answer" to the conflict. Biden also said he had told the Israelis to stop "intercommunal fighting" in the flashpoint city of Jerusalem. However, he
New Delhi: India is suffering a coronavirus catastrophe with millions of infections and nearly 300,000 dead is it likely to have a limited impact on the political fortunes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi? - How bad is the situation? - A massive surge in cases has overwhelmed
Aabuja: Nigeria’s top-ranking army commander Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and other officers were killed on Friday when their plane crashed in bad weather in the country’s north, officials said. Chief of Army Staff Attahiru was only appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in January as part of
Katarzyna Jaskiewicz and Ben Anguandia This article marks the anniversary of Resolution 2417, passed by the UN Security Council on 24 May 2018, banning the use of starvation as a weapon of war and confirming the links between hunger and conflict. "We started living together, doing business