Khartoum: Millions more Sudanese are set to go hungry this year as economic turmoil and erratic rains drive up prices and reduce harvests, with a halt to foreign assistance and the war in Ukraine putting food supplies at further risk. The rising levels of hunger forecast
Kyiv: The battle for Kyiv is being fought in villages like Lukianivka, where burned-out Russian tanks and the charred, partially-buried corpse of a Russian soldier lie near a destroyed church. Ukrainian soldiers boast of how their outnumbered army had taken on Moscow's military might and recaptured
Colombo: The sky and seas off Sri Lanka's coast are crystal blue but a worsening economic crisis has kept fishermen moored at Negombo harbour, out of gas and unable to reel in the day's catch. The waters nearby are a tropical bounty of fist-sized prawns and
New Delhi: The United States has warned India of “consequences” if it conducted rupee-rouble trade with Russia, or buy oil from the country much of the western bloc has placed under crippling sanctions, reports said on Friday. “There will be consequences for any country, including India,
London: International donors have pledged $2.44 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, the United Nations said, falling short of its target to provide emergency relief. The world body had been seeking a record $4.4 billion in funding this year, with millions threatened with starvation and the
Uttar Pradesh: The Supreme Court directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to respond to the two reports of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) whose investigation is being monitored by a retired Supreme Court judge. This was in connection to the petition filed against the Allahabad
Two dancers have withdrawn from a festival of the Koodalmanikayam Temple in Kerala’s Thrissur district in solidarity with Bharatanatyam exponent Mansiya VP, who was removed from the list of performers as she is not a Hindu artist. Around 800 artists are slated to perform at a
New Delhi: Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar accused it on Thursday of creating a “poisonous atmosphere” in the country by spreading “false propaganda” about the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley through The Kashmir Files, a
New Delhi: International press freedom bodies and several journalists have expressed their solidarity with award winning journalist Rana Ayyub after she was prevented from flying to Europe to speak about intimidation of journalists and rights in India. The world’s largest democracy has prevented a prominent Indian
Srinagar: 1 April marks the 29th martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed-e-Hikamt, Dr. Abdul Ahad Guru, a renowned Kashmiri cardiothoracic surgeon. Dr Guru was first Kashmiri Muslim who started open heart surgery in Kashmir and wrote a new chapter in the medical history. Dr. Guru was a member