London: The UK government apologised  after 10 civilians were killed during violence in Northern Ireland nearly 50 years ago, Downing Street said. The apology came a day after a coroner ruled that British soldiers used “clearly disproportionate” force against protesters in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, in 1971.

Gaza: Israel fired artillery and mounted more air strikes on Friday against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. As hostilities entered their fifth day, with no sign of abating, the Israeli military said in a statement shortly after midnight that air and ground forces were attacking the

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of the coronavirus through India's vast countryside on Friday as the official tally of infections crossed 24 million, and 4,000 people died for the third straight day. The highly transmissible B.1.617 variant of

London: England remains on track for the latest easing of its coronavirus lockdown next week but is taking no chances after a doubling of cases of an Indian variant, the government said Friday. Accelerated vaccinations, surge testing and possible local restrictions are all in the mix

Uttarakhand: At least two Indian states have said they plan to dose their populations with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to protect against severe COVID-19 infections as their hospitals are overrun with patients in critical condition. The move by the coastal state of Goa and northern state

Bengaluru: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda sought to know whether people in the government should hang themselves for their failure to produce vaccines as was directed by the government. “The court has with good intention said everyone in the country should

New York: A prominent Hindu sect lured low-caste men from India to the United States and paid them just $1.20 an hour to build America’s largest Hindu temple, a lawsuit alleges. Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) is accused of exploiting around 200 Dalits in the

London: The Duke of Sussex said during episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast that he contemplated quitting royal life on several occasions while in his 20s. He spoke candidly with host Dax Shepard about keeping his relationship with Meghan a secret and dealing with the

Muzaffarabad: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has cautioned that any nod from Pakistan about bilateral talks on Kashmir and other consequential agenda will amount to endorsing India’s ongoing fascism and war crimes in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). “These crimes

GAZA:  At least 65 Palestinians including 16 children have been martyred while scores injured in Israeli forces’ intermittent attacks and air strikes on Gaza. Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at economic hub Tel Aviv in retaliation to Israel’s barbaric air raid that destroyed a tower