Kyiv: Russian missile strikes damaged a hospital and residential building in the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday, injuring at least 45 people, the city’s mayor said. An AFP journalist in the city heard several explosions, with air raid sirens sounded soon after that. “In total, 45 people were
LONDON: Human Rights Watch and other civil society groups have called on the UK government to stop transfers of arms to Israel, amid concerns that they might be used to commit “war crimes” against Palestinians. It comes as Israel continues its two-month-long campaign of airstrikes and
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak avoided defeat in parliament on Tuesday on an emergency bill to revive his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, seeing off a revolt by dozens of his lawmakers that laid bare his party’s deep divisions. Sunak, who has pinned
LONDON: US President Joe Biden likely to skip India’s Republic Day celebrations after the American authorities foiled India’s plot to kill pro-Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on the US soil. Media reports say Biden was expected to be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations
NEW DELHI: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Wednesday expressed concern over the Indian Supreme Court's verdict upholding India's revocation of Article 370 that guaranteed special status to the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Earlier this week on December 11, the top Indian court
LONDON: Authorities in the UK have authorized the repatriation of a woman and five children from detention camps in Syria, The Guardian newspaper reported. It is only the second time since the ground war against Daesh ended four years ago that Britain has allowed an adult
NEW YORK: Google's top searches in 2023 also included Damar Hamlin, Jeremy Renner, Andrew Tate, Kylian Mbappe, Travis Kelce, Jenna Ortega, etc The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, along with Barbie and the passing of Matthew Perry, is among the most searched terms on Google
Geneva: As the number of refugees soars worldwide, the United Nations is appealing for countries to support displaced people at a global summit this week with the aim of showing that "change is possible". The UN is convening the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva with thousands
LONDON: An asylum seeker has died on board a barge housing migrants off the south coast of England, the refugee charity Care4Calais said on Tuesday. The death is reported to have taken place on the Bibby Stockholm, a barge which is moored in Portland, Dorset, and
STRASBOURG, France: EU lawmakers present a top rights prize to Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian custody sparked mass protests, but her family won't attend after being blocked by Tehran. The award -- also for the broader "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement -- is the latest international