Beirut: Syrian refugees who returned to Syria between 2017 and 2021 from Lebanon and Jordan faced grave human rights abuses and persecution at the hands of the Syrian government and affiliated militias, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Returnees also struggled to

 London: The former head of Britain’s counterterrorism operations has warned that a “wave of terrorism” was heading from Europe to the UK and that Britain should raise its terror threat level accordingly. Nick Aldworth, the UK’s ex-counterterrorism national coordinator, also told Sky News that individuals carrying

New York: Democratic lawmakers are scrambling to negotiate alternative climate proposals for the president’s massive budget plan, following West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition to a core climate change strategy. Manchin, a moderate Democrat who can sink the bill on his own in the 50-50 split

Kabul: Afghanistan will kick off its first countrywide polio immunisation campaign in years next month to protect millions of unvaccinated children, the UN said. The United Nations’ health and children’s agencies said the campaign to vaccinate against the crippling and potentially fatal disease would begin on

Washington: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency expressed concern on Tuesday that Iran was holding up negotiations aimed at reviving the landmark accord that scales back its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Raffael Grossi said he was

New Delhi: Floods unleashed by days of unseasonal heavy rain have wrecked crops, blocked roads and washed away bridges in northern India, killing at least 46 people, officials said on Wednesday, as they mounted rescue efforts for those stranded. Aerial images gave glimpses of engorged rivers

New Delhi: India recorded 14,623 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday morning, which took the total number of cases in the country to 3,41,08,996 since the pandemic began in January last year. The number of new cases was 11.98% higher than Tuesday’s count of 13,058. India’s toll

New Delhi: Hindutva leader Madhu Sharma, known as Maa Madhura, was seen assaulting a Muslim man in a train and made him touch her feet for allegedly pushing her while passing through the railway coach gallery. In the video, Sharma is seen to be pulling the

Islamabad: India is engaged in a hybrid war against Pakistan on three fronts-spreading fake news against Pakistan and promoting terrorism in Afghanistan and inside Pakistan by all available assets as well as creating a rift between Pakistan and US and promoting Pakistan as a supporter