Belfast: Tony Blair and Bill Clinton have praised the political and personal courage underpinning David Trimble's contribution to peace in Northern Ireland following the former first minister’s death. Trimble, who won a Nobel peace prize for his role in the landmark 1998 peace deal that helped
Colombo: With no fuel and no money for food, HG Indrani and her family of nine trudged for an hour to a community kitchen in Colombo, in hopes of finding a simple vegetarian meal. Rampant food inflation and chronic shortages of cooking gas and petrol are
Beijing: China warned Wednesday that Washington would "bear the consequences" if US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, with tensions soaring ahead of an expected phone call between the two countries’ leaders. Beijing has hit back hard against the United States after reports emerged last week
Kabul: The lives of Afghan women and girls are being destroyed by a “suffocating” crackdown by the Taliban since they took power nearly a year ago, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday. After they captured the capital, Kabul, in August 2021 and ousted the
Brussels: The EU s foreign policy chief said he has submitted a draft text of a deal on Iran s nuclear programme, urging parties to accept it or "risk a dangerous nuclear crisis". It comes after Iran warned on Monday it would not be rushed into
Geneva: Scientists advising the World Health Organization (WHO) on monkeypox say the window is closing to stop its spread, with cases currently doubling every two weeks, raising concerns that it will take several months for the outbreak to peak. WHO Europe has forecast just over 27,000
Washington: The US State Department has approved the potential sale of more than $2 billion worth of arms and equipment, including Patriot missiles for the Netherlands, cruise missiles for Australia, and oceanographic observation equipment for the United Arab Emirates, the Pentagon said. The sale comes as
Washington: Russia's new space chief announced his country plans to withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024, but senior NASA officials said Moscow has not formally conveyed an intent to end its two-decade-old orbital partnership with the United States. While heightened tensions between Moscow and
Clifford D. May President Biden’s mission to the Middle East had been going so well. In Jerusalem, he pleased his hosts by telling them: “Israel must remain an independent, democratic, Jewish state — the ultimate guarantee and guarantor of security of the Jewish people not only
Haridwar: Indian police arrested eight Muslim vendors for offering ‘namaz’ at a weekly market in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar, Indian police said. In Uttar Pradesh, India, police showered flower petals on Hindu Karwariyas walking on a busy road from a helicopter. Same police force put Muslims in jail if