LONDON: A TIME magazine female staff writer has taken her X, formerly Twitter, account off after coming under attack from the Indian government assets online for interviewing Sikh leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun for the publication on the failed Indian attempt to assassinate him on the
NEW DELHI: India will formally investigate security concerns aired by the United States in a warning to New Delhi about its links to a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist leader, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The issue comes at a delicate time for
SRINAGAR: In another low, Indian police have arrested seven Kashmiri students under the draconian anti-terror law for celebrating the country’s defeat in World Cup finals and raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). According to Indian media reports, the seven students of
LONDON: The BBC has come under fire for mistranslating the words of a Palestinian prisoner following the her exchange as part of a hostage release deal between Isreal and Hamas on Friday. Respond Crisis Translation stated that the former detainee criticized her Israeli captors in her
BARCELONA, Spain: Hours before Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their expiring cease-fire by two more days, the top Palestinian diplomat made a plea during a meeting of European Union members and Arab nations for a definitive end to Israel’s retaliatory attacks on the Gaza
MANILA: The Philippine government and the country's communist rebels have agreed to restart peace negotiations after a six-year hiatus, with the aim of ending decades of armed strife, the two sides and facilitator Norway said on Tuesday. The bloody conflict between authorities and the New People's
AUCKLAND: New Zealand's newly-elected government has ignited controversy by announcing its intention to overturn the nation's pioneering smoking ban, citing plans to use the funds for tax cuts. The legislation, initially introduced under the previous Jacinda Ardern-led government, aimed to prohibit cigarette sales to individuals born
SILKYARA, India: Indian rescuers led by “rat miners” drilled through rocks and debris on Tuesday to reach 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days. The process of pulling out the 41 low-wage workers from India’s poorest states, one at
GAZA: The conflict that began on October 7 following Hamas' unprecedented surprise attack on Israel, finally came to a "temporary halt" after the four-day truce agreed between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Friday. The conflict has led to nearly 15,000 Palestinians — including more
DHAKA: Bangladesh has launched a sweeping and violent crackdown on opposition parties to "eliminate competition" ahead of general elections, including arresting almost 10,000 activists, Human Rights Watch said Monday. As well as the thousands arrested, many from the key Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), a staggering number