KHARTOUM: The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than one million children, 270,000 of them in the Darfur region, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) has said, warning more were at "grave risk". Fighting has raged in Sudan since mid-April between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and
New York: Mali's foreign minister called for the UN Security Council to withdraw the peacekeeping mission in his country "without delay," denouncing its "failure" to respond to security challenges. The country's military rulers have increasingly imposed operational restrictions on peacekeepers and also broke Mali's longstanding alliance
WASHINGTON: Recent border tensions between Iran and the Taliban government in Afghanistan have resulted in the death of several military personnel from both sides and exposed deep historic and recent fissures between the two nations. Though both governments have taken measures to quickly de-escalate tensions, the
LONDON: With increasing concerns about the global climate and economic crisis, world leaders have once again gathered to join hands and discuss appropriate measures to improve the global financial and environmental situation. The first round of negotiations for a global financial agreement will start in Paris
LUCKNOW, India: At least 34 people have died in the past two days as a large swath of the north Indian state Uttar Pradesh swelters under severe heat, officials said Saturday, prompting doctors to advise citizens over 60 to stay indoors during the daytime. The dead
LONDON: The Sikh community in the United Kingdom (UK) has called for a “full investigation” into the death of Avtar Singh Khanda, a Khalistan movement leader who mysteriously died in Birmingham. Avtar Singh Khanda had led the protests at the Indian High Commission in London earlier
Nashik: A Muslim man died and one of his associates was injured in Nashik after they were allegedly assaulted by cow vigilantes on suspicion of transporting cattle for slaughter, The Indian Express reported. Six persons have been arrested in the case, some of whom are associated
WASHINGTON: A prominent Kashmiri advocacy group announced that Kashmiris and their supporters will stage a protest rally near the White House on June 22 when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets US President Joe Biden in Washington, amid India’s escalating atrocities in occupied Kashmir. The Secretary-General
Srinagar: Indian troops continue their violent cordon and search operations and house raids in several districts of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, subjecting the residents to severe harassment. The residents of many areas of Kupwara, Baramulla, Kulgam, Islamabad, Shopian, Pulwama, Rajouri and Poonch districts have
BERLIN: The head of the United Nations launched a tirade against fossil fuel companies, accusing them of betraying future generations and undermining efforts to phase out a product he called “incompatible with human survival.” Secretary-General António Guterres also dismissed suggestions by some oil executives — including