Paris: French authorities are expected shortly to issue a decree shutting down a climate activist group after demonstrators clashed with police over a controversial irrigation project that left one man in a coma. Government spokesman Olivier Veran accused the Uprisings of the Earth (SLT) coalition of
Vatican City: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has said that the United States and China - the world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters - must create a partnership to tackle climate change without allowing their differences on other issues get in the way. Kerry spoke to
Geneva: The World Health Organization has flagged at least seven cough syrups made in India as toxic in its investigation into the contaminated medicines suspected to have led to more than 300 deaths, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday. Christian Lindmeier, the spokesperson for global health
LUCKNOW, India: At least 98 people have died due to severe heat in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Many parts of north India continue to swelter under extreme heatwave conditions. At least 54 people died in a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh over
New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that New Delhi's stance on Ukraine was not widespread in the United States. Asked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal about critical comments in the US for not taking a more forceful stance against Russia’s
Srinagar: Indian state terrorism spanning over a period of the past thirty-four years has forced the people of Jammu and Kashmir to abandon their homes in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and live a refugee life outside of the territory. According to report released on the World
London: An Indian student seen on surveillance footage carrying an “intoxicated” woman to his residence has been sentenced for rape in the United Kingdom, the British media reported. Preet Vikal, a 20-year-old Indian student in Cardiff, was sentenced to six years and nine months in a
LONDON: Leading pro-Khalistan secessionist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has said that the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), acting under the instructions of Narendra Modi, assassinated Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. In a video statement, SFJ General Counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun
United Nations: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has called on everyone to work together to build a more respectful and civil world, and for effective action to end hate speech. “We know that the spread of hate is used by those who
WASHINGTON: Civil rights champions and representatives of the Biden administration joined nearly 400 Arab American leaders and activists to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee over the weekend in Washington D.C. Among dozens of speakers who addressed the three-day conference were Ben