Ahmedabad: Two persons were injured when some unidentified people threw stones at the wedding procession of a Dalit man at a village in Gujarat's Patan district, police said. The local police rushed to the scene at Bhatsan village and helped the Dalit family to take out

Islamabad: The Foreign Office said that doors for diplomacy on outstanding disputes with India remain open, but noted that environment for a constructive dialogue was lacking. FO spokesman Asim Iftikhar, in response to questions on ties with India at the weekly briefing, said: “In diplomacy you

London: Royal expert Ed Owens, author of The Family Firm: Monarchy, Mass Media and the British Public, says the Queen's opting out of the State Opening of Parliament at the eleventh hour is indeed alarming. He writes in Guardian that the incident is "the clearest sign

Kyiv: Russia pounded areas in Ukraine’s east on Thursday, including the last pocket of resistance in besieged Mariupol, as the war pushed Finland closer to ending decades of neutrality and seeking NATO membership. The conflict on the ground slogged on even as the globe-shaking repercussions of

Paris: All heatwaves today bear the unmistakable and measurable fingerprint of global warming, top experts on quantifying the impact of climate change on extreme weather said on Thursday. Burning fossil fuels and destroying forests have released enough greenhouse gases into the atmosphere to also boost the

London: Pro-Palestinian supporters across the UK are asking their MPs to end their complicity in Israeli apartheid and calling for sanctions on Israel. The lobbying, which was organized by non-profit organization Friends of Al-Aqsa, and supported by a number of key organizations, was the first in-person

London: Just two in 10 people in Britain know that the Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in 40 years, new polling by Christian Aid has revealed, which the charity described as “deeply concerning.” Three failed rainy seasons and the effects of the war

Ahmedabad, India: Rescuers in India’s western Gujarat state are picking up dozens of exhausted and dehydrated birds dropping everyday as a scorching heatwave dries out water sources in the state’s biggest city, veterinary doctors and animal rescuers say. Large swathes of South Asia are drying up

Washington: The US hit a record-breaking number of drug overdose deaths last year, according to preliminary data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Thursday. The CDC's provisional estimate of 107,622 overdose deaths represents a dramatic 15% increase from the previous record