Ouagadougou: Sixty-six women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern Burkina Faso last week have been freed, national broadcaster Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTP) said. The mass kidnapping was unprecedented in Burkina Faso, which is facing a violent terrorist insurgency that spread from neighbouring Mali
Jakarta: The recent visit of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to Indonesia to meet with his counterpart President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo of Indonesia was both important and strategic in three ways. They affirmed the obvious, that Indonesia and Malaysia do have a “special relationship”. But more
Lima: The explosion of unrest that has left at least 44 dead in Peru began high up in the Andes and spread to the capital Lima as Indigenous people vented their fury over racism, polarization and growing poverty. Indeed, analysts say, the upheaval sparked by the
London: The UK’s counter-extremism strategy Prevent is failing to tackle “incel” culture due to its focus on Islamist extremism, an MP for the main opposition Labour Party has warned. “Incels,” or “involuntarily celibate,” are men who consider themselves unable to attract women and resultantly express hostility
Zurich: Ukraine’s western allies might bridge delays in implementing a 10-point peace plan that the country has put forward, if each country takes responsibility for one part, the first lady in Kyiv said in an interview published on Saturday. Olena Zelenska spoke from the World Economic
Srinagar: Indian National Congress has said that the Article 370 of India’s constitution, which granted special status to Indian Administered Kashmir, was revoked in an undemocratic way. Narendra Modi-led fascist Indian government had unilaterally illegally repealed the special status of IIOJK on August 05, 2019. The Congress
Faridabad: Ravi Verma, hired by an electrical parts manufacturing firm early last year as India’s economy surged, was fired in November when the company lost several export orders. He has since remained unemployed, unable to pay back a 100,000 rupee loan he took to buy
New Delhi: Incarcerated Kashmir human rights activist Khurram Parvez has been named one of the three recipients of the 2023 Martin Ennals Award. The award, named after a famed British human rights activist, recognises “outstanding activists who pioneered human rights”. The two other winners are Delphine
New Delhi: India’s aviation regulator has fined Air India Rs 30 lakh and suspended the licence of its pilot for three months in connection with their handling of an incident where a passenger urinated on another on a November flight from New York to Delhi. The
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association formed a seven-member committee to investigate the allegations of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, PTI reported. A group of wrestlers, including Olympic bronze medal winners Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia along with Commonwealth