Los Angeles: The mayor of New York travelled to the Mexican border city of El Paso and declared that "there is no room in New York" for busloads of migrants being sent to America's most populous city. Eric Adams, a Democrat, was also critical of the
Sanaa: Ali Jabri cradles his sobbing son Ayoub ahead of chemotherapy treatment at Yemen’s largest cancer hospital in the capital Sanaa where an eight-year war has led to shortages in life-saving medicine and equipment. The 12-year-old is one of 81,000 patients registered with the National Oncology
Dhaka: Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Tuesday accused Bangladesh's police of abusing the Rohingya refugees in the congested camps in the southern border district of Cox's Bazar. In a report published Tuesday, HRW said: “APBn (Bangladesh's Armed Police Battalion) is committing extortion, arbitrary arrest, and harassment
Geneva: United Nations (UN) rights experts deplored a reported rise in abductions, forced marriages, and conversions of girls from Pakistan's religious minorities, urging the government to swiftly halt such practices. "We are deeply troubled to hear that the girls, as young as 13, are being kidnapped
Doha: Qatar has expelled India's Defense Attaché Captain Mohan Atla for alleged involvement in espionage for Israel. He was running a spying ring, and has been expelled back to New Delhi. According to the details, eight former Indian Navy officials were detained in Qatar last year
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in an effort to resolve the burning issues with New Delhi, including the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK), asked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to hold serious and sincere talks. Speaking during an interview with Al Arabiya news channel, the
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday claimed that Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena told him during a meeting that the Bharatiya Janata Party won 104 seats in the civic polls because of him, NDTV reported. Addressing the Delhi Assembly, the Aam Aadmi Party chief
New Delhi: The richest 1 percent of India’s population owned more than 40.5% of the country’s total wealth in 2021, while the bottom 50% of the population only accounted for around 3% of it, non-profit group Oxfam India said in a report released on Tuesday. The
Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has called for a shutdown in Civil Lines and adjoining areas on January 21 to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of Gawkadal massacre. In a statement, APHC leader Engineer Hilal Ahmad War said, “The mass massacre was carried out by occupational
Uttar Pradesh: A historical mosque located in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh was reportedly demolished in order to "widen the road". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s former chair of International Water Cooperation Ashok Swain shared a video of the mosque being bulldozed