Addis Ababa: Renewed clashes in northern Ethiopia have forced desperately needed aid deliveries to a halt in Tigray, the UN said, exacerbating a humanitarian crisis triggered by the nearly two-year war between pro-government forces and Tigrayan rebels. The resumption of fighting late last month shattered a
Beijing: The Chinese government has decided to provide 100 million yuan (around $14.5 million) of emergency humanitarian assistance, including 25,000 tents and other disaster relief materials urgently needed by flood-hit Pakistan, said Zheng Yuandong, an official with the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA). Since mid-June
Ottawa: Canada will accept some 1,000 Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover of their homeland and have been held for months in a makeshift refugee centre in the United Arab Emirates awaiting resettlement to the United States and elsewhere, seven sources said. Ottawa has agreed to
New Delhi: Indian and Chinese troops are pulling back from one of the several disputed border areas in the Himalayan mountains where they have been locked in a standoff for over two years. The Indian Defense Ministry said in a statement that troops had begun to
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan who was arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and sedition charges for an alleged conspiracy linked to the Hathras gangrape and murder case in 2020, reported Live Law The Uttar Pradesh police
Islamabad: Pakistan has demanded to hold another round of water talks with India in October to discuss issues pertaining to sharing of water resources under the Indus Water Agreement. According to details, Indus Water Commissioner Syed Mehar Ali Shah has penned down a letter to his
Islamabad: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that Pakistan needed “massive” financial support for relief, recovery, and rehabilitation in the wake of the catastrophic floods that displaced more than 33 million people and are estimated to have caused $30 billion of
Dinajpur: A Bangladeshi man was shot dead and another injured allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members near the border in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur. The deceased was identified as Minar, 19, son of Jahangir Hossain of Askorpurup union and the injured was identified as
New Delhi: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) released a sobering report on various indices of human development on September 8. The report, which describes the Human Development Index (HDI) for all countries, said COVID-19 has reversed decades of progress and has called for a “jolt”
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, along with several party leaders, embarked on the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari. This marks the beginning of the party’s new effort to reach out to the electorate and rejuvenate its organisation. Ahead of the start of the foot march, Gandhi