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
Geneva: U.N.-backed human rights experts said Monday there is evidence that crimes against humanity have been committed against Libyans and migrants in chaos-stricken Libya, including women being forced into sexual slavery. The investigators commissioned by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council also faulted the European Union for
London: Britain's Prince Harry arrived at London's High Court on Monday for a hearing against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper over alleged phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers alongside other
London: Albania has called for an amnesty for its “honest” citizens living in the UK without visas as part of the agreement to tackle people-smuggling gangs and illegal migration, the Sunday Telegraph has reported. Bledar Cuci, the Albanian interior minister, met his British counterpart Suella Braverman
Ohio: Researchers studying hardwoods in northwest Ohio say a century of warming has extended their annual growing season by a month on average. The scientists from Ohio State University compared recent observations to detailed notes a local farmer began taking in the 19th Century. They say the
Kyiv: Ukraine’s government called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus. One Ukrainian official said Russia “took Belarus as a nuclear hostage.” Further
Moradabad: Members of Hindutva organisation Bajrang Dal stopped Muslims from holding a prayer meeting during Ramzan inside a warehouse in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad city. In a statement, the Moradabad Police said that they received a complaint about the prayer meeting from residents of the city’s Lajpat