New York: Former President Donald Trump after pleading not guilty to 34 criminal charges before the Manhattan court in New York called his party members in Congress to cut funding for the Department of Justice and FBI, Reuters reported on Thursday. The former president who is
United Nations: Cindy McCain of the United States took the helm at the World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based UN agency, amid “unprecedented” global hunger fueled by conflict, climate change and soaring fertilizer prices. The agency estimates that more than 345 million people worldwide face crisis
London: Britain has set out plans to simplify and speed up post-Brexit border checks after repeated delays that the government previously blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic and then the war in Ukraine. The new model will be backed by more than 1 billion pounds ($1.25 billion)
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi demanded that the Taj Mahal and Qutub Minar should be demolished and temples should be constructed at the two sites, ANI reported. The matter came to light after a video of Kurmi making the statement at a press
Karnataka: Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Munirathna was on Thursday booked for hate speech after his remarks about Christians, Press Trust of India reported. Munirathna is the horticulture minister in the Basavaraj Bommai-led government. During an interview with a Kannada news channel on March 31, he had
Kerala: A special court in Kerala sentenced 13 persons to seven years’ imprisonment for lynching an Adivasi man in Palakkad district in 2018, Live Law reported. The man, Madhu, was beaten up by a mob on February 22, 2018, on the suspicion that he had stolen
Beijing: French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that China had a "major role" to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine, as he kicked off a three-day visit to Beijing. Speaking at a gathering of the French community in Beijing ahead of a meeting
London: Claims by the UK government that only one civilian death occurred during its military bombardment of Syria in its fight against Daesh as part of an international coalition have been questioned by experts and human rights groups. In May 2018, Britain admitted to one civilian
Berlin: Rayyan Alshebl made his first contact with Germany in 2009, watching Bayern Munich football matches on television in Syria. A few years later, he would seek refuge there after civil war in his home country forced him to flee. Today, he is not only a
Gaza/Jerusalem: Israeli police entered Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque before dawn on Wednesday and clashed with worshippers, setting off a furious reaction from Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and cross-border strikes in Gaza. The incident, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and on the eve of