Uttar Pradesh: A Muslim woman was allegedly abducted from Etwa in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar on April 25. Reports said she was kidnapped by Birendra Kumar when she went to the fields nearby her home during Ramzan Sehri. The accused, Kumar, is sending the victim’s picture with

Varanasi: A court banned large Muslim prayer gatherings in one of north India's highest-profile mosques, after a survey team found relics of the Hindu god Shiva and other Hindu symbols there, a lawyer involved in the case said. The judge at the court in Varanasi —

Islamabad: The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed deep concern over India’s attempts to redraw the electoral boundaries of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) altering the demographic structure of the territory and violating the rights of the

New Delhi: Chief of Hindu right-wing group Sri Ram Sena Pramod Muthalik has demanded a ban on madrassas in India. He said that the national anthem is not sung and no rule or regulation is followed in madrasas despite grants being provided by the government. “Hindu

Himachal Pradesh: An 81-year-old man in India was booked for an alleged "digital rape" of a minor, The Hindustan Times reported. The police reported that the accused was living with the girl as a guardian. He is reportedly an artist with an office in Himachal Pradesh

New Delhi: Activist Sharjeel Imam has approached the Delhi High Court seeking bail in two cases citing the May 11 Supreme Court order that has temporarily stayed proceedings in sedition cases, Bar and Bench reported. Imam filed an application before the High Court on May

Cape Town: Parts of South Africa are still reeling nearly a month after heavy rains and catastrophic floods wracked the coastal city of Durban and surrounding areas, killing hundreds of people and destroying thousands of homes. Now, scientists say the extreme rainfall was worsened by

Nairobi: Somalia, which is due to elect a new president on Sunday, is a fragile Horn of Africa nation that has been battling an Islamist insurgency for over a decade and now faces a fresh threat of famine as a severe drought takes hold. Here are

London: Russia has probably lost around a third of the ground forces it deployed to Ukraine and its offensive in the Donbas region "has lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule", British military intelligence said. "Despite small-scale initial advances, Russia has failed to achieve substantial territorial

Colombo: Sri Lanka was set to form a new cabinet on Monday as bitter political rivals make common cause to tackle a worsening economic crisis after last week's deadly violence, party leaders said. Protestors remained camped outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence demanding that he resign meanwhile,