WASHINGTON: Complaints of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian discrimination and hate in the US rose by about 180% in the three months after Oct. 7 following Hamas' attack on Israel and Israel's subsequent assault on Hamas-governed Gaza, an advocacy group said on Monday. Why is it important? Rights advocates
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce plans on Monday to ban the sale of disposable vapes to prevent their use by children, and reiterate the government's intention to introduce a law preventing younger generations from buying tobacco. Under the new powers, there would be
NEW DELHI: A powerful Hindu group said several mosques in India were built over demolished Hindu temples, apparently hardening its stance in a decades-long sectarian dispute just days after a huge temple was inaugurated on the site of a razed mosque. The comments from the Rashtriya
New Delhi: A prolonged dry spell is sweeping across Indian-controlled Kashmir this winter, taking away familiar scenes of deep powder snow from the resort town of Gulmarg and threatening the livelihoods of thousands of people dependent on tourism and farming in the region. At around 2,600
SEOUL: North Korea and China agreed to strengthen tactical cooperation and defend common interests, the North's official KCNA news agency said on Saturday, reporting on Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui's meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong. China said the two countries pledged to strengthen
SINGAPORE: As Singapore faces a growing demand for blood due to an ageing population, the need for young blood donors is more critical than ever. Meet Shiek Abdullah Mohamed Fazil, a 23-year-old National University of Singapore undergraduate who has donated blood 13 times since 2019. Fazil's motivation
LOS ANGELES: NASA's rover Perseverance has gathered data confirming the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jerezo Crater, according to a study published. The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate
THE HAGUE: The World Court ordered Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide as it wages war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, but it stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. Ruling on a case brought by South Africa, the court
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reached out to the US and Canada over Indian role in orchestrating the assassinations of two Pakistani citizens within its borders last year. A senior Pakistani diplomat disclosed that this was done for sharing information with the two countries, who had also been
LONDON: Britain's King Charles went into hospital on Friday to have planned treatment to address an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace said, joining his daughter-in-law Kate who is recovering from surgery. The king was pictured arriving with his wife Queen Camilla at the private London Clinic in