Athens: Pope Francis on Saturday began a landmark trip to Greece with the first visit to Athens by a pontiff in two decades, aiming to improve relations with the Orthodox Church of Greece and highlight the plight of refugees. Flying in after a two-day trip to

Geneva: Omicron has been detected in 38 countries but there are no reported deaths so far from the new Covid-19 variant, the World Health Organisation said. A WHO spokesman told reporters that the UN health agency had “not seen reports of Omicron-related deaths yet”. Maria Van Kerkhove,

Kabul: Reacting to the Taliban government’s decree on women's rights which said women should not be considered "property" and must consent to marriage, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West Saturday said that Washington welcomed the decree reinforcing a woman’s right to determine if and

New Delhi: The Pegasus spyware, developed by Israeli technology company NSO group, was used to hack the phones of at least nine employees of the US Department of State over the past couple of months, Reuters reported on Saturday, quoting four unidentified officials in knowledge

Male: The leader of the opposition, former President Abdullah Yameen Abdul Gayyoom made an appeal to the generals of the Maldivian military. Speaking at an opposition rally held at the Carnival area in Malé City last night, the former President called on the generals of the

Dhalpur: Violence against Muslims in India has seen a rise under fascist Modi government pursuing Hindutva ideology. Assam is Modi’s grand laboratory, where he is putting Muslims to the litmus test. Recently, killing of Muslim man Moin-ul-Haq in Darrang district during an anti-encroachment drive exposed national

Male: Opposition leader President Abdulla Yameen has officially called for the removal of Indian military personnel in the Maldives. The former President made the statement while speaking at the opposition alliance’s political rally held tonight. The rally which was attended by scores of people, is

Ahmedabad: India reported its third case of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday, government officials said, as total Covid-19 cases inched closer to the 35 million mark. Officials in the western state of Gujarat said the patient who tested positive for Omicron was a 72-year old

Madhya Pradesh: A 52-year-old Dalit man was allegedly abducted and beaten to death by two men from a dominant caste for a piece of land in a village near Dabra town of Gwalior district, the victim’s family said. The deceased Ramhet Jatav, a resident of Akbai

London: Despite India’s false propaganda against Sikhs’ indigenous Khalistan campaign, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has been running a massive Khalistan referendum campaign across UK in which large number of Sikhs have been participating in support for Khalistan. In the next phase, voting for Khalistan Referendum will

TOKYO: The family of a famed Hiroshima atomic bomb victim is fundraising to take a flame burning since the wartime attack to Pearl Harbor to light a peace monument, they said Friday. The “flame of peace” is said to have been taken from the smoldering ruins