London: Mass protests and demonstrations were held across United Kingdom condemning the ban on wearing Muslim headgear in India. People assembled outside mosques after congregational Friday prayers and demanded that the Hijab ban by Hindu fascist government in India is lifted immediately. Raising anti-fascism slogans, the protestors

Rome: Pope Francis went to the Russian Embassy to “express his concern about the war,” an extraordinary, hands-on papal gesture that came on the same day the Vatican announced he was canceling other upcoming events because of an “acute” flareup of knee pain. Usually popes receive

Dubai: Nadia, 14, should be in school in her native Syria. Instead she is married to someone 13 years her senior in neighboring Lebanon. She was married off by her father, Yasser, a Syrian refugee, on the promise of $8,000, half upfront and the rest when

Brussels: World leaders expressed a raw outrage shrouded by an impotence to immediately come to the aid of Ukraine to avoid a major war in Europe, condemning Russia’s attack on its neighbor as the European Union and others promised unprecedented sanctions to hit the Kremlin. European

Moscow: Moscow on Friday banned all UK-linked planes, including transiting flights, from its airspace after its flagship carrier Aeroflot was prevented from flying over Britain following the Russian attack on Ukraine. "A restriction was introduced on the use of Russian airspace for flights of aircrafts owned,

Kabul: Eight members of polio vaccination teams working to eradicate the crippling virus in Afghanistan were killed on Thursday in four separate attacks, the United Nations said. Polio teams were frequently targeted by insurgent groups in Afghanistan until the Taliban’s takeover of the country last year,

New York: United States President Joe Biden said Washington is in still unresolved “consultations” with India, when asked if Washington and Delhi were fully in sync on a response to Russia's attack on Ukraine ahead of an expected United Nations Security Council vote. Biden did not

Assam: The Hijab controversy took an ugly turn in Assam when in a shocking incident in Silchar, a Muslim family was attacked in full public view, allegedly by members of Bajrang Dal on February 23. Robijul Ali Barbhuiyan, a retired school teacher, was out with his

New Delhi: The chairperson of the education committee of South Delhi Municipal Corporation in an order has asked officials to ensure that no student comes to schools in “religious attire”, The Indian Express reported on Friday. The development came days after reports emerged that a Class

Patna: Hari Bhushan Thakur, Bihar Bhartiya Janata Party MLA has demanded withdrawal of voting rights of members of Muslim community. He was reacting to a comment of AIMIM leader Akhtarul Imam who said that the government should give rights to Muslim community as per its population. “When