Washington: The United States is by far the biggest contributor to global plastic waste in the world, according to a new report submitted to the federal government Wednesday that called for a national strategy to tackle the growing crisis. Overall, the US contributed around 42 million

Geneva: The World Health Organisation warned a “toxic mix” of low vaccination coverage and low testing rates was creating fertile breeding ground for new Covid-19 variants. The WHO said measures to stop the globally-dominant Delta variant would also hinder Omicron, first discovered in November in southern

Moscow: The West is growing increasingly worried that Russia is planning a winter invasion of Ukraine. Top US diplomats, who have joined NATO and Europe in warning against military action, meet their Russian counterparts on Thursday in Sweden. - What sparked the concern? - In late October, videos

Islamabad: National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf led a six-member delegation to a meeting with the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev, in Moscow. A statement issued by the Pakistan Embassy in Moscow said that the NSA had been invited by his

Male: The former Chief Justice Dr Ahmed Abdullah Didi has stated that the Supreme Court's verdict to acquit the former President Yameen of the 2019 Criminal Court verdict that had sentenced him to five years in prison demonstrates that the Solih administration had worked to

New Delhi: WhatsApp banned over 2 million accounts in India in the month of October, the latest transparency report suggests. In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, WhatsApp has published the fifth monthly report for the month of October. The report details user complaints received and

Male: The Maldives Police Service has said that former President Yameen's passport had been seized on the request of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO). Within an hour of the former President's acquittal by the Supreme Court, the Maldives Police Service had seized his passport and the

New Delhi: A 24-year-Muslim youth in Indian state of Jharkhand’s Simdega district was way laid by a mob and beaten up ruthlessly, leaving him grievously injured, according to reports reaching from the state. The incident took place on the evening of November 28 when Adil Hussain

Srinagar: The United Nations has expressed concern over the arrest of a prominent Kashmiri rights activist under the stringent “anti-terror” law by the Indian authorities and has called for his release. “We are deeply concerned at the arrest of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez under