GAZA/CAIRO/NEW YORK: The United States kept up pressure on Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians during a fierce offensive against Hamas fighters across Gaza, even as Washington vetoed a UN Security Council demand for an immediate ceasefire. Fighting escalated and the Palestinian death toll
CHICAGO: Mahnoor Ahmad, a Muslim candidate for US Congress, said the need for “more humanity” in the response to Israel’s war on Gaza is a key issue in her campaign. She told that she is hearing more and more Americans say they want a ceasefire in
NEW DELHI: India’s drugs regulator has ordered that the source and quality of an ingredient used to make cough syrups be checked and verified as a “top priority,” in the wake of the deaths of at least 141 children globally. In one of the world’s worst
BIRMINGHAM: Parliamentarians from various political parties, including the ruling Conservatives, have harshly criticised the government for failing to address rising anti-Muslim hatred and ways to tackle such crimes. In the opening of a parliamentary debate, Labour MP Naz Shah said several members of parliament have repeatedly
NAIROBI: Climate change caused by human activity made torrential rains that have lashed East Africa since October and killed more than 300 people up to twice as intense, a scientific study said Friday. Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are grappling with heavy rainfall that has caused flooding
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council meets on Gaza Friday under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire after weeks of ruinous war. Even though the civilian death toll in the Palestinian territory is mounting and living conditions are
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court in India is set to deliver its verdict Monday (December 11) on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution which granted special status to the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The five-judge bench
LONDON: Protests have taken place at factories across the UK tied to the arms industry over the sale of equipment to Israel. Hundreds of members of the Workers for a Free Palestine group arrived at sites in Bournemouth, Glasgow, Brighton and Lancashire to call on manufacturers
CHENNAI: Volunteers waded through stagnant water to hand out food and supplies, and some manufacturing plants remained shut in India's southern tech-and-auto hub district of Chennai on Friday, four days after cyclone Michaung lashed the coast. At least 14 people, most of them in Chennai and
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was battling to keep his party together on Thursday a day after unveiling a plan to disregard some human rights law to send migrants to Rwanda, bringing back to the fore deep divisions in his party. Facing the biggest challenge