CAPE VERDE: More than 60 migrants have possibly lost their lives after a boat carrying them was found capsized at Cape Verde peninsula of Senegal in the West African region, as per the official notice. Thirty-eight people, including children, were rescued, BBC reported, adding that footage
GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: Landslides in India have stranded hundreds of trucks carrying fuel and essential items to the violence-hit state of Manipur, police said on Thursday, after heavy rains caused devastation that killed at least 84 people. Torrential rains that officials blame on climate change, coupled with
MUMBAI: The trailer for the anti-Muslim box office hit claims to depict "innocent girls trapped, transformed and trafficked for terror", while declaring it was "inspired by many true stories". A fictitious tale of a Hindu woman who converts to Islam and then is radicalised, the movie
WASHINGTON: The United States called on Pakistan to probe the mob attacks against churches and Christian homes that broke out in Faisalabad's Jaranwala amid blasphemy rumors. Hundreds of men attacked a predominantly Christian area on the outskirts of the industrial city earlier in the day after
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat leaders and organizations have sought intervention of UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, to resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions and the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Muslim league acting chairman Abdul Ahad
LONDON: Afghans have seized control of people-smuggling operations into Britain via the English Channel this year, with previously dominant Kurdish and Albanian organized-crime gangs losing business, The Times reported on Wednesday. From January to July this year, 2,891 Afghans arrived in Britain on small boats, with
BEIJING: Chinese and Indian military commanders pledged to “maintain the peace and tranquility” along their disputed border, China’s Defense Ministry said, in an apparent effort by the sides to stabilize the situation after a rise in tensions. China’s Defense Ministry issued a joint statement on social
UNITED NATIONS: North Korea denounced US-led plans for an open Security Council meeting on its human rights record as “despicable” and only aimed at achieving Washington’s geopolitical ambitions. Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong called the United States a “declining” power and said if the council
ISLAMABAD: The relationship between Pakistan and India further deteriorated as the nuclear-armed neighbours did not keep up with the tradition of exchanging formal greetings on their respective independence days for the first time during peacetime. Pakistan celebrated its 77th Independence Day on August 14 whereas India
By Abdul Mussawer Safi The human rights situation in Punjab, India, has alarmed the world community, particularly the Sikh diaspora and the U.S. Congress. The U.S. Congress Committee on Appropriations issued a report titled "State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill 2024," which voiced concern