Paul Chandra Two significant domestic developments have taken place in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, both strategically-located neighbours of India. The developments have wider ramifications for India, given China's increasing inroads into the two countries. China has left no stone unturned to woo these two close neighbours
Auckland: Despite months of lockdown, New Zealand religious leaders and youths from various religions participated in the ‘Online Religious Youth Peace Camp’ to resolve conflicts caused by cultural and religious misunderstandings. The camp was held online, by the New Zealand branch of an international peace organization
London: More than a dozen of the UK’s most prominent aid agencies have joined forces to launch an emergency appeal for public donations in a bid to avert a deadly famine for millions of people in Afghanistan. According to the UK’s Disasters Emergency Committee, which is
Istanbul: With more cases of the omicron coronavirus variant are being reported across Europe, countries are bracing for a new wave and weighing additional measures. “There is a tidal wave of omicron coming,” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday warned, urging citizens to receive COVID-19
Kuala Lumpur: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the US is prepared to move forward with the sale of F-35 fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The statement comes after reports that the UAE intended to suspend
Washington: When Republican Representative Lauren Boebert cracked a racist, Islamophobic joke about Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in the US House of Representatives, it wasn’t the first time she mocked the Muslim congresswoman. Boebert had derided Omar during a House floor debate last month, taunting the Somali-born,
Paris: More than a dozen women have been executed this year in Iran, activists say, raising concern over a rigid judicial system that automatically seeks capital punishment for a killing without taking into account the circumstances. Most of the women executed in Iran in recent years
New Delhi: The Opposition on Wednesday intensified its demand for the removal of Union minister Ajay Mishra from the Cabinet, a day after the Special Investigation Team of the Uttar Pradesh Police said in a report that the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri, in
New Delhi: Here are the latest updates on the new coronavirus variant: Telangana on Wednesday reported three new cases of the Omicron variant after a Kenyan woman, a Somalian man and a seven-year-old child who travelled to West Bengal were found infected with the strain, reported
Qaisar Mansoor In the sub-continent, India laid the foundation of cross-border terrorism. The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), which was established on 21 September 1968, was preceded by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and back in 1968 IB operatives had already begun sowing cross-border seeds to what