Category: World

New Delhi, April 26: Thanking voters, who came out in large numbers to exercise franchise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that “unparalleled support” for the NDA is going to disappoint the Opposition even more. “Gratitude to the people across India who have voted today. The unparalleled support for NDA is going to disappoint […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s decision earlier this week to extend the term of a key document that allows Afghans to live in the country legally has created some breathing room for refugees who fear they would be sent back to Afghanistan. However, concerns remain about Pakistan’s controversial moves in recent months to expel refugees, which has already […]

Columbia University backed off late Thursday from an overnight deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to abandon an encampment there as more college campuses in the United States sought to prevent occupations from taking hold. Police have carried out large-scale arrests in universities across the country, at times using chemical irritants and tasers to disperse protests over […]

New Delhi: New Delhi has strongly criticised a recent report issued by the US State Department, which shed light on what it termed as “significant human rights abuses” in Manipur following violence in the state last year. The govt dismissed the document as deeply biased and reflective of a poor understanding of the country. During […]

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 on Thursday to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and reassume regulatory oversight of broadband internet rescinded under former President Donald Trump. The commission voted along party lines to finalize a proposal first advanced in October to reinstate open internet rules adopted in 2015 and re-establish the commission’s […]

Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States has warned Pakistan of the risk of sanctions after it promised greater security and economic cooperation with Iran during a visit by President Ebrahim Raisi. The first Iranian president to visit the South Asian country in eight years, Raisi concluded his three-day trip on Wednesday as the neighbouring countries […]

Little has changed in the attitude of the US government. It continues to provide political cover to Israel on Joe Biden’s watch The US wants Palestine to gain independence by negotiating directly with the country that’s been occupying it since 1967. Let’s put this in historical perspective. In 1776, would the US have gained independence […]

Israel’s military announced Monday the resignation of the head of its intelligence directorate in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Major General Aharon Haliva had already publicly taken responsibility for intelligence failures that led to the attack in which Israel says Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took about 250 people hostage. […]

The Gaza war is speeding up Israel’s “annexation” of the Palestinian economy, say analysts, who argue it has been hobbled for decades by agreements that followed the Oslo peace accords. While the Israel-Hamas war raging since Oct. 7 has devastated swathes of Gaza, it has also hit the public finances and wider economy of the […]

Dubai’s flagship carrier Emirates and sister airline flydubai have restored normal operations after a record-breaking storm caused severe flooding across the United Arab Emirates earlier this week, the airlines said on Saturday. Emirates cancelled nearly 400 flights and delayed many more as a result of a record storm that hit the desert city of Dubai […]