Beijing: China expressed deep concerns over Israeli police clashes with Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and called on all parties, Israel in particular, to show calm and restraint and immediately stop all words and deeds that might heighten tensions, in order to prevent
Khartoum: Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Sudan’s capital, as talks with the country’s army rulers to bring in a civilian government hit a roadblock. Security forces met the demonstrations in Khartoum with tear gas and stun grenades, protester Waleed Adam told The Associated
Riyadh: After the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met two days ago as a result of a major Chinese-mediated deal, official representatives from Saudi Arabia and Oman are planning to visit Yemen next week to hold talks regarding a permanent ceasefire with Iranian-backed
Seoul: North Korea conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, state media said on Saturday, the latest in a show of force against the U.S. and South Korea. The country tested another kind of a nuclear-capable unmanned underwater attack weapon called "Haeil-2", over a
Assamaka: A long line of people appears in silhouette, walking along the flat desert in northern Niger. The strong walkers are at the front. The weakest at the rear. Every week hundreds more migrants thrown out of Algeria end up here in Assamaka, the first village on
New York: Scientists have detected rapidly rising levels of five ozone-damaging chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, in the atmosphere. These are harmful chemicals have been banned globally since 2010 because of the threat they pose to the environment. In a study published this week in Nature Geoscience, a
Mumbai: The Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed by the government's move to police news on social media through a self-appointed fact-checking unit, the industry body said, describing the new rules as draconian and akin to censorship. The amendments to the country's IT rules make
New Delhi: Anti-conversion laws passed by states government in India enable harassment, vigilante violence and discrimination against religious minorities, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has noted in a report. “India’s state-level anti-conversion laws violate international human rights law’s protections for the right to
Lahore: The Indian government refused on Saturday to make arrangements for special trains for Sikh pilgrims travelling to Pakistan to celebrate Baisakhi. The Indian pilgrims will now enter Pakistan on foot through the Wagah border and then take a bus to Nankana Sahib. From there, they
New Delhi: India is observing a rise in coronavirus disease cases, with the number of new infections crossing 6,155 on Saturday, prompting authorities to step up surveillance measures to prevent the situation from getting out of control. The World Health Organization has identified XBB.1.16, an omicron