The Hague: The outgoing prosecutor of the International Criminal Court met with a high-level Afghan delegation to discuss allegations of war crimes in the country, the court said Monday. Fatou Bensouda met with the delegation led by Afghanistan s foreign and justice ministers on Friday in
Karbala: A leading Iraqi anti-government activist was shot dead Sunday, security sources and activists said, sending protest movement supporters onto the streets to demand an end to such bloodshed and official impunity. Ihab al-Wazni, a coordinator of protests in the Shiite shrine city of Karbala, was
Jerusalem; 17 more Palestinians have sustained severe wounds in major attacks by Israeli police near the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem today (Monday). The Palestine Red Crescent ambulance service said one of the injured lost an eye, two suffered serious head wounds, and two had their
Rawalpindi: General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter, UK's military chief, calls on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Rawalpindi. Both military officials discuss measures to enhance bilateral and defence cooperation. The military chiefs of Pakistan and the UK discussed the current developments in the
Islamabad: India is emerging as a global threat not only because of its ‘corona bomb’, but also because of repeated incidents of highly-radioactive uranium theft in the country. According to a report the arrest of two men by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) along with over seven
Brussels: Mick Wallace, Member of European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland south, has said that Narendra Modi is a far right racist, who has a nasty piece of work. Mick Wallace said this in a video of his address in the EU Parliament he shared twitter on
New Delhi: A series of interviews with over a dozen Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, mahants of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad and various officers associated with the Haridwar Mahakumbh revealed that the former chief minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat was fired overnight in March
Bangkok: They have given up everything and are working in the shadows to overthrow the junta. A hundred days on from the military coup that ended Myanmar’s brief dalliance with democracy, three women tell AFP about their lives and their struggle, living between anger and hope. AFP
Ram Kelkar The saying “when you point a finger, there are three fingers pointing back at you” is attributed to the Navajo people of the American Southwest. And Kabir reminds us that “bura jo dekhan main chala… mujhsa bura naa koye”. In that spirit, citizens who are
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government could preside over "a self-inflicted national catastrophe", international medical journal The Lancet said in an editorial. In a piece highly critical of the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the widely respected publication said the success of India overcoming