The Indian Express :Deferring the hearing of a case seeking criminalisation of marital rape to February 21, the Delhi High Court on Monday granted the Centre two weeks to place its final stand on...
BSS :Nine people including a baby were killed in the northern Philippines after a speeding van lost control on a corner and smashed into a row of houses on the edge of a highway,...
BSS :At least 13 people were killed and dozens more injured after a tour bus carrying factory workers to a beach holiday crashed on Indonesia’s Java Island, according to police.The bus and its 47...
AP :Schools in Nepal on Sunday demanded the government open up physical classes that were shut down for weeks as the number of COVID-19 cases began to decline.Teachers say online education was limited to...
Hindustan Times :Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tributes to Lata Mangeshkar at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park where the state funeral of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar is being held. PM Modi was received by state...
BSS :Malaysia reported 9,117 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 2,904,131, according to the health ministry.The new cases included 134 imported cases, with 8,983 being local transmissions, data...
Khaleej Times :Dubai’s public transport system is highly resilient and as a result, the passenger numbers on the Dubai Metro have broadly reached the pre-pandemic level, said Bernard Tabary, CEO of Keolis, operator of...
Al Jazeera :When the Taliban took over the Afghan capital, Kabul, in August last year, many in Islamabad cheered. The collapse of the Western-backed Afghan government was seen as an opportunity to reset relations...
IANS :The hijab row in Karnataka is spreading fast to other districts of the state. Muslim students in Mysuru district started a “I love hijab” movement on Friday, reports IANS.The ruling BJP has declared...
AP :Sri Lanka celebrated its Independence Day on Friday with an appeal by the president to the country’s expatriates to send money home as it struggles with the worst economic crisis in decades mainly...
AP :Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday welcomed U.S. sanctions relief intended to entice Iran back to the 2015 nuclear deal, but called it insufficient. On Friday, the Biden administration restored some sanctions relief to...
AFP :The toll of a machete attack at a camp for displaced people in eastern DR Congo this week has increased to 62, an official said on Friday at a mass funeral.Grief-stricken relatives cried...
