LONDON: Migrants in Italy have clashed with authorities after demanding that they be transferred from landing sites to housing across the country, Euractiv reported. Hundreds of new migrants on the island of Lampedusa protested their living conditions at the Favaloro pier, with local police carrying out
WASHINGTON: The UN human rights expert for Myanmar called on the United States to further tighten sanctions on the country's military rulers to include their main revenue source, the state oil and gas enterprise. UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews, a former member of the US Congress,
LONDON: Police in the United Kingdom has said that they have taken into custody three people on suspicion of the murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif who was found dead in a residence near Woking, southeast England, on August 10 as the trio fled to escape
AYODHYA: The initial phase of the Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya, a northern town in India, is set to conclude in December and will be open to devotees in January, an Indian official said on Thursday. The site where the temple is being constructed was the
NEW YORK: The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan’s people, including women and girls experiencing “immeasurably cruel” oppression, the U.N.'s human rights chief said Tuesday. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that human rights are in a
LONDON: Britain's government and water regulator may have failed to comply with environmental law over the regulation of untreated sewage releases, the country's environmental protection watchdog said on Tuesday. The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) said it believed the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
TRIPOLI: At least 2,300 people have died, and 10,000 are missing after Storm Daniel dumped devastating rain on Libya’s northeast, reportedly bursting two major dams and over-flooding the already heavily inundated areas of the country. Tamer Ramadan, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and
TAMIL NADU: In a Tamil Nadu school, 15 students refused to avail CM's breakfast scheme as the food was prepared by a Dalit woman. The district collector visited the school and warned the parents of legal action for caste discrimination. Students of a school in Tamil
SAN FRANCISCO: Sleep can be a lifeline for teens, especially the ones battling depression who often lose sleep or have irregular sleep patterns that ultimately affect their physical and intellectual health. The study suggests that promoting proper sleep patterns in teenagers can aid their educational needs,
NEW YORK: US citizens are commemorating the 22nd anniversary of 9/11 by gathering and remembering the victims at memorials, firehouses, and city halls across the country on Monday. The horrific event, that claimed over 2,000 lives after hijacked aeroplanes deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center,