Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat in Damascus, state media reported, ending more than a decade of diplomatic deep-freeze between the two countries. “President Bashar al-Assad meets Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan,” Syria’s official news agency SANA reported. The Saudi prince
Jakarta: Sweeping his small fingers over the white pages of a thick book, Rohman carefully pronounces invisible Arabic words, as he gets better, day by day, in reading the sacred scripture of Islam. The 15-year-old lost his sight due to undiagnosed illness when the coronavirus pandemic
Dakar: Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations humanitarian agencies warned on Wednesday. West and Central Africa has faced increasing risks caused by
London: A total of 5,049 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel so far this year, according to Home Office figures released on Wednesday. Some 113 migrants were spotted in three boats on Monday, suggesting an average of 38 persons per boat,
Ottawa: Some 155,000 federal workers, including 35,000 from Canada’s tax agency, went on strike after midnight on Wednesday in what their union is calling one of the largest strikes in the country’s history. The Public Service Alliance of Canada said the strike was called after talks
New Delhi: India is on its way to become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China with almost three million more people in the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed. The demographic data from the United Nations Population Fund’s
Stockholm: A documentary being aired by Nordic public broadcasters Wednesday claims Russia is suspected of having a spy program in the North Sea planning the sabotage of energy infrastructures in Northern Europe. The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed the media claims as a “mistake” and “without basis,”
L' Espluga de Francolí Spain: For months, residents of L'Espluga de Francoli have been saving water in bottles and foregoing showers to cope with long hours of daily water rationing as northeastern Spain suffers one of its worst droughts in decades. While this small Catalan town
New Delhi: Delhi on Wednesday recorded 1,537 new coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 26.54%, the data shared by the city’s health department showed, reported PTI. Five deaths were also reported. But, in a statement, the health department said that Covid-19 was the primary cause
New Delhi: South Asia is home to highest number of child brides in the world as increased financial pressures and school closures due to COVID-19 forced families to marry off their young daughters, according to new estimates released by UNICEF on Wednesday. There were 290 million