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New York: UN peacekeepers and troops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) increased patrols near the site of last week's deadly raid on internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northeast Ituri province, a UN spokesman has said. "Our peacekeeping colleagues there tell us that tensions
Amman: The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army marked the World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW). The ceremony at Prince Hassan College of Islamic Sciences, witnessed the participation of Assistant for Administration and Manpower Brig. Gen. Hassan Annab, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Director of the Jordanian Interfaith
Divjaka, Albania: Thousands of migratory birds have failed to make their annual visit to Albania s western coast this winter, experts say, pointing to climate change, overfishing and urbanisation as likely factors. The number of waterbirds recorded in January 2022 in the Divjaka-Karavasta wetlands -- an
By Jawad Ahmed, Research Writer in Islamabad For more than seventy years people of Jammu and Kashmir have suffered and the international conscience is missing somewhere. International community is witnessing the traditional brutality of India since illegal action of annexing the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and
New Delhi: India on Wednesday morning registered 71,365 new coronavirus cases, pushing the overall infection count to 4,24,10,976 since the pandemic began in January 2020. The number of new cases was 5.57% higher than Tuesday’s count 67,597 Covid cases. With 1,217 deaths, the toll climbed to
Mumbai: Indian Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday spoke up in support of college students in Karnataka who have been banned from wearing the hijab in classrooms. In a post on social-networking website Twitter, the Congress leader said, “Whether it is a ghoonghat, a pair
Karnataka: Karnataka police have once again displayed how they prefer violence as a means to quell protests. They resorted to a lathi-charge on two separate student protest groups on January 31, 2022, severely injuring Dalits students and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists. Bangalore University Post
London: Speaking about the ongoing hijab row in India, Nobel laureate and education rights activist Malala Yousafzai has said that the "objectification of women — for wearing less or more — persists." Taking to Twitter, Malala talked about the hijab controversy raging in India's state Karnataka
Brescia, Italy– Kashmiri voice for right to self-determination resonated at the biggest Kashmir rally in Brescia Italy where tens of hundreds of Pakistanis, Kashmiris and their European allies turned up on Sunday. “This impressive show of support for Kashmiris is a signal that day is not
New Delhi: Minorities in India are facing ‘imminent existential threat’ under a systemic campaign of violent Hindu nationalist persecution. This is a finding from Destructive Lies, a shocking new report from the London School of Economics (LSE), commissioned by Open Doors. The driving force behind this increasing
Srinagar: Complete shutdown is being observed, today, to mark the 9th martyrdom anniversary of Kashmiri freedom fighter, Muhammad Afzal Guru. Call for the shutdown has been given by the illegally detained All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Masarrat Aalam Butt, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir
New Delhi: As the issue of unemployment is being discussed in Parliament during the debate on Union Budget, the Union government on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that more than 25,000 Indians died by suicide due to either unemployment or indebtedness between 2018 and 2020.