Washington: President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is tapping Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., a history-making fighter pilot with deep knowledge of China, to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown’s confirmation would mean that, for the first time, both
Saqez: The grave of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian Kurdish woman whose death sparked a protest movement that rattled Iran’s clerical leadership, has been vandalised, according to activists and the family lawyer. Amini, 22, died in September after being arrested by Tehran’s morality police for purportedly
Sofia: Bulgarian authorities discovered the bodies in a secret compartment below a load of lumber in the back of a truck left on a highway. The bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria were returned to Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Wednesday,
London: Tipu Sultan’s bedchamber sword was sold for a whopping $17.4 million at Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art sale in London. Tipu Sultan was the Indian Muslim ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India between 1782 and 1799. He was commonly referred to
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari thanked the countries who stayed away from participation in the G20 tourism meeting in Srinagar. “I salute to China, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and other countries who rejected the Indian invitation to participate in the G20 tourism meeting in the Illegally
New Delhi: Evictions and demolitions have intensified in New Delhi and other cities hosting G20-related events rendering several people homeless, activists have said. At a public hearing in New Delhi, civil society and community members shared accounts of the evictions and anti-encroachment drives. The hearing was
United Nations: The United States announced at a U.N. conference on Wednesday nearly $524 million in additional humanitarian aid for the Horn of Africa that aims to put a spotlight on the extreme effects of climate change and the worst drought in the region in
Fahad Ali Since BJP came to power, communalism has reached high pitch and unfortunately the focus of hatred is directed towards Muslims. Initially increase in wave of communalism was attributed to the failure of secularist policies followed by the then dominant political Congress Party that consequently faced
United Nations: The world is failing to protect civilians as the number of people caught up in conflicts and their humanitarian aftershocks skyrocketed last year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. In 2022, the United Nations tallied a 53 percent increase in civilian deaths compared to the
Khartoum: Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead, residents said, though an internationally monitored ceasefire appeared to have brought some respite from heavy fighting in the Sudanese capital. Night-time airstrikes were reported in at least one area after the ceasefire