Hyderabad: A teenager in Hyderabad, India, was allegedly raped by five schoolboys in a car, NDTV reported. The girl, 17, had gone to a pub for a party where boys from Grade 11 and Grade 12, who allegedly belonged to "politically influential" families, forced themselves onto
Bavaria: At least four people were killed and 30 more were injured on Friday when a regional passenger train derailed in the southern German state of Bavaria. Authorities said 15 people were being treated for serious injuries in hospital. Around 140 passengers were believed to have
London: Britain celebrates the second day of Queen Elizabeth s Platinum Jubilee on Friday, with the highlight a service of thanksgiving attended by senior royals and politicians that the 96-year-old monarch herself will miss due to ongoing mobility issues. The four days of events kicked off
New York: Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations has renamed the Republic of Turkey to 'Türkiye' under its organisational structure. According to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, the Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, wrote to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres , requesting that 'Türkiye' be used instead
New York: Some officials in India are ignoring or even supporting rising attacks on people and places of worship in the country, a United States official said after the release of a report on religious freedom globally in 2021. The report said attacks on members of
ISLAMABAD: A new World Bank report says 733 million people globally have no access to electricity, while 2.4 billion people are still using fuels detrimental to their health and the environment. At the current rate of progress, 670m people will remain without electricity by 2030 —
US President Joe Biden will visit Saudi Arabia this month, a stark reversal for a leader who once called for the kingdom to be made a pariah. The reported decision comes hours after Saudi Arabia addressed two of Biden's priorities by agreeing to a production hike
New York: May has been the deadliest month for women journalists this year with at least five documented killings, according to a report released by the New York-based Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ). Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied
Washington: A White House report warned that inter-state water disputes in South Asia were increasing, and while the Indo-Pak Indus Waters Treaty “has withstood six decades and four Indo-Pakistan wars”, it is now “facing pressure due to regional population growth and disagreement over hydropower use”. These
Kabul: Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has termed the visit of an Indian delegation to Afghanistan a “good beginning” in bilateral ties between the two countries. “Today, IEA Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi received Indian MEA Joint Secretary J.P. Singh and accompanying delegation.