London: Russia's FSB security service said on Thursday it had detained a reporter for US newspaper The Wall Street Journal on suspicion of spying for Washington, the most serious public move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine. The FSB said in a statement that
New Delhi: India on Thursday fell six places to the 144th position in the annual passport index for 2023, from 138th a year ago. The Passport Index 2023 has been published by financial advisory services firm Arton Capital that ranks passports of 199 countries. The rankings
Panaji: In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, Congress National Spokesperson Dr Shama Mohamed has said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is damaging democracy to save his ‘Param Mitra’ Adani. She also said that Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification was done in a
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
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
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has failed to live up to its promise of providing relief to retired troops of the Indian army after luring votes. Mr Modi in the 2013 elections rally in Haryana and later addressing soldiers in Siachen in 2014 promised