LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservatives lost two strategically important parliamentary seats on Friday but unexpectedly retained former leader Boris Johnson’s old constituency in a setback for the opposition Labour Party. The Conservatives’ narrow victory in Uxbridge and South Ruislip gave Sunak some breathing
NEW DELHI: Serial hate-monger and a staunch Hindutva propagandist, Sudarshan TV chief Suresh Chavhanke, recently targeted Muslim traders and Muslim businesses again harping on his “Spit Jihad” theory. Addressing a Hindu Hunkaar Sabha, organised by the Hindutva organisation Sakal Hindu Samaj in Kopargaon town of Ahmednagar
LONDON: Thousands of senior doctors in England began a 48-hour walkout to demand better pay and conditions, paralyzing hospitals and leaving only emergency care covered. The severe disruptions are the latest in a wave of industrial action by public sector workers amid U.K.'s ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
LONDON: UK councils have asked for a deadline on evicting Afghan refugees from hotels to be extended, saying the current plans will leave people homeless. The Guardian reported that senior council leaders told Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer that they lack housing in which to place Afghan
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday met with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, warmly referring to him as an "old friend" whose memory he will always cherish. “Once again, China and the US are at a crossroads of where to go from here, and
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has welcomed as “bold and perhaps timely” UN Secretary-General’s new policy brief outlining his vision of a more robust multilateral framework to boost peace and security, for a world in flux. Commenting on UN chief Antonio Guterres’ New Agenda for Peace, Ambassador Munir
KOLKATA: Nearly 44% of sitting MLAs across India have criminal cases against them, while 28% have a history of serious criminal cases including murder, attempt to murder, crimes against women, a new report released by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed. The report titled
NEW DELHI: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy was detained by Telangana Police on Thursday, July 20, along with other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders when they were on their way to the site of double-bedroom houses being built by the Telangana government on the outskirts
ANKARA: A panel discussion held in the Turkish capital Ankara while shedding light on various dimensions of the Kashmir dispute has called for an immediate cessation of human rights violations by Indian troops in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The event was organized by
LONDON: The UK lacks the resources to monitor 120 convicted terrorists and people deemed “terrorist risk offenders” due to be released across the year to March 2024, according to a report issued by the country’s inspectorates of prisons, the police and probation services. The report warns