South Sudan: Pakistani peacekeepers in South Sudan are now reinforcing hundreds of kilometers of dykes they built some two years ago to save communities in the Unity State from the cascading waters and leaching mud, the UN said. When the water levels first began rising alarmingly
Ciudad, Juarez, Mexico: A fire started by migrants believed to be protesting against their expected deportation killed at least 39 people at a Mexican immigration detention centre near the US border, authorities said. The blaze broke out shortly before midnight at the National Migration Institute (INM)
Ottawa: The New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada has called on the Canadian government to boycott the G20 events in Kashmir and Chandigarh, Punjab, and ban Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and officials from traveling to Canada for abusing minorities and hurling threats against Canadian lawmakers. The
Chandigarh: A video of cow vigilantes including Ashok Chhabra, the state government of Haryana’s media coordinator, and a BJP worker closing down meat dealers’ stores in Krishnapur city of the Panipat district, amid the holy month of Ramadan has gone viral on social media. In the
Tamil Nadu: The district administration in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli has ordered an inquiry against an Indian Police Service officer after three persons accused him of custodial torture, reported The Hindu. Assistant Superintendent of Police Balveer Singh at the Ambasamudram police division in the district has been
London: Britain's MI5 intelligence agency has increased the threat level in Northern Ireland from domestic terrorism to "severe" - meaning an attack is highly likely. The move to return the level to its second highest category follows recent attacks on police offices and comes weeks before
London: Scottish nationalists picked Pakistani origin Humza Yousaf to be the country's next leader after a bitterly fought contest that exposed deep divisions in his party over policy and a stalled independence campaign. The 37-year-old practising Muslim succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the governing Scottish
Kabul: The founder of a project that campaigned for girls' education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brother and the United Nations said Tuesday. The Taliban government last year barred girls from attending secondary school and later university, making Afghanistan the
United Nations: The UN Security Council rejected a Moscow-drafted resolution calling for an independent inquiry into the sabotage last year of the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Germany. Western countries have blamed the explosions under the Baltic Sea last September on Russia, but the
New Delhi: A crackdown by security forces on Singh and his Sikh organisation Waris Punjab De started on March 18, days after he and his supporters stormed a police station in Amritsar on February 23. Singh and his supporters were protesting against the arrest of