NEW YORK: A vote by the Security Council to end a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, at Mali's own request, was postponed to later this week due to ongoing talks, diplomatic sources said. Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop took the world by surprise on June 16
BOLIVIA: After dozens of victims accused more than 30 members of the Catholic Church, a probe has been launched by the Bolivian prosecutors amid countrywide anger. The case has sparked outrage in Bolivia, with many calling for justice for the victims and greater accountability from the
CAIRO: The United Nations has said that the surging violence in Sudan is likely to drive more than 1 million refugees out of the African country by October, as the 10-week conflict shows few signs of easing. Sudan descended into chaos after fighting erupted in mid-April
MUMBAI: Vijay Surwade may have worked as a bank manager by day – but for five decades he spent his evenings building one of the world’s biggest archives dedicated to India’s pioneering Dalit rights campaigner B.R. Ambedkar. His collection includes everything from documents and photos to
New Delhi: Freedom of expression is shrinking in India as the last remaining Chinese reporter has been expelled from New Delhi after authorities denied visa extension earlier this month. The reporter was associated with Chinese official news agency, Xinhua, according to Radio Pakistan. The expulsion marks the
NEW DELHI: The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The company, Marion Biotech, bought the ingredient — propylene
KARNATAKA: The Karnataka Police on Wednesday booked Bharatiya Janata Party’s social media cell head Amit Malviya for a tweet against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, ANI reported. However, it is not clear for which tweet Malviya has been booked. A first information report had been filed against
Jammu: The authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) have tightened the so-called security measures ahead of the annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra. The 62-day-long annual pilgrimage is scheduled to start on July 01 and culminate on August 31. The Indian government has already deployed
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged the advocates of the concept of “responsibility to protect”, or R2P, to apply it to safeguard the oppressed people of Palestine and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). “Apart from its abuse, the concept of R2P has also led to
LONDON: Britain's government has said that it will cost on average about 169,000 pounds ($215,035) to deport each asylum seeker to Rwanda in the first detailed assessment of a high-stakes promise to tackle record numbers of people arriving in small boats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government