India: 15-year-old girl gangraped in Palghar, eight arrested
Maharashtra: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by eight persons at a village in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, according to The Indian Express.
Elon Musk restores Twitter accounts of journalists after suspensions draw backlash
New York: Elon Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists that were suspended for a day over a controversy on publishing public data about the billionaire's plane.
Japan unveils biggest military build-up since WWII
Tokyo: Japan unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War II with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for sustained conflict, as regional tensions and Russia’s Ukraine invasion stoke war fears.
Britain royal aide says sorry to charity boss over race remark
London: A royal aide who resigned after asking a Black British charity director where she was “really” from at a palace reception apologized in person and promised to educate herself about racism.
UN experts call on Taliban to halt public floggings, executions
United Nations: The resumption of public floggings and executions in Afghanistan must stop immediately, a group of UN human rights experts said in an appeal to the ruling Taliban leadership.
PM Shehbaz lauds OIC’s ‘principled stance’ on Kashmir dispute
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif lauded the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its “principled position and consistent support” for the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
Indian & Chinese soldiers battle in latest high-altitude clash on border
New Delhi: Indian troops 'illegally' crossed the border in Arunachal's Tawang and "obstructed" Chinese troops, triggering a fresh stand-off last week, reported news agency AFP. This comes hours after the country claimed that the situation along the border with India is stable.
‘No verbosity can hide crimes of Saffron terrorists in India’: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan rejected the Indian criticism of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto's remarks calling PM Narendra Modi "butcher of Gujrat" and said that no verbosity can hide the crimes of the “Saffron terrorists” in the country.
‘Liberation for Kashmir depends above all on fulfilling the inalienable right of self-determination’
Ankara: “International Kashmir Congress is something that we should be very proud to have been associated with. Hopefully, we can look back on this conference as a turning point in the struggle for Kashmiri liberation.
Judicial Reviewing: A tool to enable judicial misconduct & political influence
The promise of an impartial judiciary free of executive or otherwise influence is one of the cornerstones of modern democracy which promises equality to and of all before the rule of law. The measure of trust and confidence of the people in the judiciary and