Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has said that the ongoing freedom movement in Kashmir is an indigenous movement and is deep-rooted in hearts of the people. In a statement, the APHC Working Vice Chairman, Ghulam Ahmad Gulzar praised the people’s unwavering commitment and their precious
Two-thirds of people in India live in poverty: 68.8% of the Indian population lives on less than $2 a day. Over 30% even have less than $1.25 per day available - they are considered extremely poor. This makes the Indian subcontinent one of the poorest
Minneapolis: George Floyd must receive justice, his family said ahead of opening arguments Monday in the trial of the white police officer accused of killing the Black man, whose agonising death ignited protests against racism and police brutality across the United States and around the
COX S BAZAR: Hundreds of members of a hardline Islamist group attacked Hindu temples and a train in eastern Bangladesh, police and a local journalist said, as violence spread across the country in the wake of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Local police
New York: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world faces intense problems of debt sustainability because of the coronavirus crisis that have not been properly understood or addressed, the Financial Times reported Monday. “The response to Covid and to the financial aspects [of the crisis]
London: The Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK has announced plans to hold a sit-in from June 11-13, and a national demonstration on June 12 during the G7 Summit 2021 in Cornwall called “United Front Against Modi”, according to TeK UK president Fahim Kayani. According to a press release issued,
Yangon: On Monday, a man was killed and several were wounded when security forces fired in a Yangon neighbourhood, the Democratic Voice of Burma reported. Police and a junta spokesman did not answer calls seeking comment. There were small protests on Monday in the central towns of
United Nations: Pakistan has called upon the UN Security Council to make a strategy to protect UN peacekeeping forces from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). In a statement before a UN panel, Pakistan reminded member states that UN peacekeepers across the globe faced “increasingly difficult challenges, including
Juba: Sudan’s interim government and the main rebel group in the country agreed to re-start peace talks according to the rebel group and Sudan state news. The agreement was marked in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, which has mediated past negotiations between the Sudan Popular
Yangon: India was among only eight countries which chose to send a representative to attend the Myanmar Armed Forces Day military parade in Naypyitaw on March 27, a day that saw the country’s military shoot and kill at least 90 civilians, with some reports putting