New Delhi: Members of India’s main opposition Congress party will take to the streets on Friday to protest against leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction for defamation, party officials said a day after a magistrate’s court sentenced Gandhi to a two-year jail term. Gandhi, 52, was found guilty
Amritsar: A manhunt launched by police against pro-Khalistan leader in the Indian state of Sikh-majority Punjab that resulted in mass arrests, deployment of paramilitary forces and an internet blackout affecting millions of people has sparked anger among the Sikh diaspora. The pursuit of Amritpal Singh was
Washington: In his U.S. Capitol office, Rep. Jason Crow keeps several war mementos. Sitting on a shelf are his military identification tags, the tailfins of a spent mortar and a piece of shrapnel stopped by his body armor. Two decades ago, Crow was a 24-year-old platoon
London: British police said a man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was set on fire on his way home from a mosque in central England had also been arrested for a similar incident in London last month. In the first incident, an
Tunisia: At least five African migrants died and another 28 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, an official of a local rights group said. Romadan Ben Omar, the official in the Tunisian Forum for Social
Washington: Russia threatened to escalate attacks in Ukraine after the British government announced it would provide a type of munition to Ukraine that Moscow falsely claims has nuclear components. The British defense ministry confirmed it would provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium. Such rounds were
Ahmedabad: A court in western India found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation on Thursday for a speech he made in 2019 in which he referred to thieves as having the surname Modi, and sentenced him to two years in prison. Gandhi was present at
Washington: The scale of Indian atrocities in Kashmir, as detailed in the recent US State Department human rights report, dwarfs what was witnessed in Bosnia and East Timor prior to international intervention, but in the case of people of Kashmir the world powers have just
London: A number of famous British Muslims gathered in London to celebrate the launch of a campaign calling for the recognition in UK law of the UN-supported International Day to Combat Islamophobia. The campaign’s launch, which was organized by the Aziz Foundation, took place at the
United Nations: The United Nations has issued a report warning that the world's water resources, which it describes as humanity's "lifeblood," are under increasing threat due to "vampiric overconsumption and overdevelopment." The report was published just hours before a major summit on the issue was