Kyiv: Ukraine ordered its last troops holed up in Mariupol s Azovstal steelworks to lay down their arms, while Russia said its months-long operation to capture the strategic port city is now complete. Russia s flattening of Mariupol has drawn multiple accusations of war crimes, including
London: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it was coordinating with the UK and other European health officials after British authorities detected at least seven cases of monkeypox this month. Health officials have noted some of these infections may be through sexual contact — in this
Vatican City: Pope Francis took the opportunity of a festive and musical atmosphere to launch the international Pontifical Foundation “Scholas Occurrentes” with strong appeals for educating girls and protecting the environment. The event took place at the Pontifical Urban University, known as the Urbaniana, which lies
Washington: The US Congress prepared to approve a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine in the latest fulfillment of President Joe Biden s promise of unwavering support for Kyiv as it fights off the Russian invasion. Passage of the money is an unusually bipartisan move for
London: An annual initiative that celebrates Muslim accomplishments throughout history and confronts Islamophobia globally through education has grown significantly in popularity, with social media engagement quadrupling in just a year, organizers said. International Muslim History Month, which was established by the New York-based World Hijab Day
New York: Pakistani and Indian filmmakers have collaborated with American NGO `Seeds of Peace` to1 produce eight documentaries that will release in June, next month. Funding for this project is provided by the Cultural Affairs of the US Consulate in Karachi. The idea of bridging cultural
New Delhi: The Supreme Court ordered to transfer trial court proceedings in the Gyanvapi mosque case to the court of a district judge in Varanasi, Bar and Bench reported. “Having regard to the sensitivity of this civil suit case, this case before the civil judge Varanasi
Mumbai: Indian former media executive Indrani Mukerjea walked out of a Mumbai jail on bail nearly seven years after being arrested for allegedly murdering her daughter. The sensational case, centred on Indrani and then-husband Peter Mukerjea — a former chief executive of then-Fox-owned broadcaster Star India
Hyderabad: Hundreds of people on Saturday laid siege to a police station where four men are being held over the latest gruesome rape-murder to shock India. Baton-wielding police pushed back crowds from the building in the southern city of Hyderabad where they said the 27-year-old veterinary
New Delhi: Ratan Lal, an associate professor at the Delhi University was arrested in connection to an allegedly objectionable social media post on the shivling claimed to be found at Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque, PTI reported. Lal, a professor of history, had been booked on Wednesday on