Gaza: Israeli forces have displayed a shocking disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians by carrying out a number of airstrikes targeting residential buildings in some cases killing entire families - including children - and causing wanton destruction to civilian property, in attacks that may
Yangon: More than 800 people have been killed by Myanmar's security forces since a wave of protests broke out across the country after the military seized power in a coup in February, an activist group said. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army ousted Nobel
Istanbul: Turkey urged Pope Francis to join Ankara in rallying the world to adopt sanctions against Israel for the "massacre" of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The phone call between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the pontiff came as Turkey presses ahead with a furious
Uttar Pradesh: A local administration in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has defied a state high court order and bulldozed a mosque, in one of the most inflammatory actions taken against a Muslim place of worship since the demolition of the Babri Mosque by
Gaza Strip: The death toll from Israeli attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip rose to 212, including 40 women and 59 children on Tuesday. The grim number includes 59 children and 40 women, the ministry said in a statement, while more than 1,300 people have been
Islamabad: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry disclosed on Tuesday that Pakistan would send aid to Palestine to help the country deal with the Covid-19 pandemic and the medical emergency situation created by Israeli air strikes that have been ongoing for more than a week. Addressing a press
New Delhi: New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta says a long-serving staff member at the New Zealand High Commission in India has died of Covid-19. Mahuta said it was a local staffer, not a New Zealander, who passed away on May 16 in an Indian
New Delhi: Anas Mujahid, 26, a junior Resident Doctor at Delhi's Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital -- a dedicated Covid specialty -- died within hours of testing positive due to Covid. He is the youngest of 244 doctors who have lost their lives to Covid this
Guantonamo Bay: A 73-year-old from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre was notified that he has been approved for release after more than 16 years in custody at the US base in Cuba, his lawyer said. Saifullah Paracha, who has
New Delhi: KK Aggarwal, a former president of the Indian Medical Association and a prominent face of the medical fraternity in the country, died last night of Covid. The Padma Shri award winner had been on ventilator support at Delhi's AIIMS hospital for the past