New Delhi: With daily Covid-19 cases doubling in Delhi over the past week, the national capital is now recording almost half of country’s fresh caseload. On Sunday, of the 2,541 cases in India, 1,083 were in Delhi. Experts believe a combination of factors have led to

Khartoum: Clashes between rival groups in Sudan’s Darfur killed at least 168 people, an aid group said, in the latest bout of deadly violence to hit the restive region. Darfur, which was ravaged by civil war that erupted in 2003, has seen a spike in deadly

Tokyo: Japanese, Palestinians, Pakistanis, Indians, and Sri Lankan Muslim volunteers, gathered in Tokyo’s Otsuka Mosque to prepare free iftar meals for hundreds of Japanese who have been impacted by economic difficulties. Within hours Biryani, a chicken and rice dish, prepared by Indian and Pakistani cooks, was

Nairobi: More than 500 UN peacekeepers from Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region have refused to return home, citing fears for their safety and highlighting deepening ethnic fissures as they request political asylum in Sudan. Until last year, Ethiopian forces accounted for the vast majority of the around

Moscow: An attack against a spacecraft could trigger the next global war, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's national space agency Roscosmos, has said. “One must keep in mind that the destruction of a foreign spacecraft means World War III. It’s a casus belli, and there’s

Mariupol: Women and children sheltering in a giant steel works in Mariupol that is the last holdout of Ukrainian defenders of the southern port city, said in a video they are desperate to get out and are running out of food. The video was released by

New Delhi: India’s Covid-19 cases have nearly doubled in a week, as at least 12 states reported a surge in their numbers on Monday. In the week of April 18 to April 24, India reported 15,700 fresh Covid cases, an increase of 95% in comparison to

Lahore: After meeting victims of Indian ceasefire violations and seeing them suffer, US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said that raising the Kashmir issue in Congress has become more necessary than before. Talking to a reporter at a hotel about her bold stance on Kashmir and Palestine Omar

Tokyo: A Japanese woman believed to have been the world's oldest person has died aged 119, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, reporting the death of Kane Tanaka. Born on Jan. 2, 1903 - the year of the Wright Brothers' first controlled flight of their motor-driven

Islamabad: Pakistan deplores the "public notice" jointly issued by the University Grants Commission of India (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), advising Indian students against pursuing higher education in Pakistan, the Foreign Office said on Monday. The UGC and AICTE had warned native