Istanbul: Turkey accused neighbouring Greece of allowing 12 migrants to die in the winter cold after stripping them of their clothes and then pushing them back across the border. The charges from Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu — dismissed as “utter nonsense” by Greece — threaten
New York: Wetlands – land consisting of swamps or marshes – have, during the centuries, been demonised as places of pestilence, drained for agriculture or urban development, and polluted or paved over. But today, they are emerging as crucial ecosystems in the fight against climate change. The
Washington: The United States said it was deploying thousands of troops to bolster Nato forces in eastern Europe, ratcheting up its military response to fears that Russia could invade Ukraine. Russia has massed than 100,000 troops on Ukraine’s borders, and Western leaders have warned that any
New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres outlined three crises in need of better global governance to make progress and “rescue” the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs: the climate emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the “morally bankrupt” financial system. He added that safe, affordable, and secure internet
New Delhi: The Indian intelligence service purchased Pegasus from Israeli company NSO Group for “dozens of millions of dollars”, a The New York Times journalist involved in the newspaper’s investigation into the use of the surveillance system worldwide has said, reported The Wire. On January 28,
New Delhi: India on Thursday morning recorded 1,72,433 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 4,18,03,318 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. The number of cases is 6.84% higher than Wednesday’s tally of 1,61,386 infections. With 1,008 deaths, the toll climbed to 4,98,983
New Delhi: Sikhs have been asked to stage ‘Rail Roko’ protest in New Delhi on Friday (tomorrow), February 4, against the gang-rape, torture and forcible parade of a Sikh girl by Hindu extremists in the Indian capital. Call for the protests has been given by the
New Delhi: Digital platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Reddit, and GitHub have hastened the proliferation of anti-Muslim hate that forms the architecture of Hindutva crimes in India, the Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) has said in its report. At least 60 percent of
New Delhi: Police in India have arrested 12 people, including eight women and three minor boys, over alleged sexual assault and parading of a young woman in the streets of capital New Delhi. Police told Al Jazeera the three minors are accused of sexually assaulting the
Qaisar Mansoor India’s capital New Delhi is still in the spotlight five years after the horrifying gang rape of a 23-year-old female student on a bus. The attack sparked mass protests and calls for action. New Delhi, one of the most unsafe cities for women is dubbed