Boston:  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a terrible humanitarian crisis in eastern Europe. It also is worsening conditions for other countries, many of them thousands of miles away. Together, Russia and Ukraine account for almost 30% of total global exports of wheat, nearly 20% of

Washington: More children and teenagers in the United States were killed by guns than any other cause in 2020 year, according to a mortality analysis by researchers from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Guns surpassed car crashes as the top cause of death in America

London: German tennis great Boris Becker was jailed by a London court for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets after he was declared bankrupt. Becker was convicted earlier this month of four charges under Britain’s Insolvency Act, including failing to disclose, concealing and removing

London: One of the largest mosques in Europe is serving more than 500 iftar meals a day during Ramadan following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Britain. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, mosques across the UK have resumed community iftar gatherings, taraweeh prayers

Baghdad: Iran and Saudi Arabia have resumed key talks after negotiations were suspended last month, a senior Iraqi official told AFP on Saturday. “Talks resumed last Thursday in Baghdad,” the official said, without giving further details. Iran’s Nour news agency confirmed a meeting attended by “senior officials

New Delhi: India defended the continued suspension of tourist visas to Chinese nationals, pointing to major Chinese cities still grappling with a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. In a circular dated April 20, the global airlines body International Air Transport Association (IATA) said, “Tourist visas issued to

New Delhi: A Supreme Court committee investigating the Pegasus case has directed the Director Generals of Police of all states to inform them whether they had accessed the Israel spyware, the Hindustan Times reported. In a letter sent to the senior police officials on April 18,

New Delhi: With the issue of Hindi imposition coming to the fore once again, Uttar Pradesh minister Sanjay Nishad has said that people who “do not love Hindi” will be assumed to be foreigners or linked to foreign powers, adding that people who do not

Srinagar: Tensions are simmering against the long and unscheduled power outages which have thrown normal life out of gear across Jammu and Kashmir. In some areas, anguished people, including women and farmers, have hit the streets. With temperatures rising across the union territory, the local administration,

Srinagar: There seems to be no respite from power outages in Indian Occupied Kashmir as people continue to suffer while industrialists have complained of incurring losses due to electricity shortage. Kashmir is going through one of its worst power crisis leaving people distraught, while the business