New York: The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of the 10 largest charitable gifts announced by individuals or their foundations totaled nearly $9.3 billion in 2022. The contributions went to large, well-established institutions, three of them private foundations and three universities to support environmental sustainability, children’s
Paris: Niger has arrested a Libyan suspected of smuggling thousands of migrants through the Sahel country toward Europe after a joint probe with the French and Spanish authorities. According to the details, the 29-year-old, who was detained on Dec. 20 in the Nigerien city of Agadez,
Ramallah: The Palestinians on Saturday welcomed a vote by the United Nations General Assembly requesting that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) provide an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel s occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Hague-based ICJ, also known as the World Court,
Washington: Democrats in Congress released thousands of pages of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, providing the most detailed picture to date of his finances over a six-year period, including his time in the White House, when he fought to keep the information private in
Seoul: North Korea fired three ballistic missiles toward the sea east of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, the South Korean military said. The launches were the latest in an unprecedented number of missile tests conducted by North Korea this year. Pyongyang presses on with weapons development
Tashkent: Uzbekistan's health ministry has said that 18 children have died after drinking a cough syrup manufactured by Indian drug maker Marion Biotech.
Agra: Dramatic scenes were witnessed at the Aligarh Muslim University Campus after a clash broke out between two groups. According to the details, Kashmiri students are stigmatized by RSS affiliated student organizations by calling them, “terrorists” at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Kashmiri students are being given “step-motherly
Chhatisgarh: Indian civil rights groups have said that about 1,000 Christian tribals in Chhattisgarh were subjected to violence over their religion and some of them were forcibly converted to Hindus. The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism in partnership with All India Peoples Forum, All
Srinagar: The fundamental rights of the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir have been suspended since 2019, and the Union government’s “iron-fisted policy” is being justified in the name of national security, Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti said in a letter to Chief Justice of
Washington: Renowned Indian journalist Rana Ayyub has deplored that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose hands are stained with the blood of 2000 Muslims in Gujarat has taken away the presidency of G-20. Rana Ayyub who received the prestigious John Aubuchon award conferred on her by