Enough is enough’: Biden urges end to US gun violence
BSS :US President Joe Biden called on lawmakers to collaborate to end gun violence during a visit on Thursday to New York where recent shootings...
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Four top aides desert UK’s Johnson
BSS :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered four staff defections on Thursday as pressure intensified on the embattled leader over lockdown parties and his loose-lipped...
Danish court finds Iranian trio guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia
Al Jaeera :A court in Denmark has found three members of an Iranian separatist group, the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz (ASMLA),...
India’s corona virus death toll crosses 500,000
BSS :India’s official death toll from Covid-19 crossed 500,000 on Friday, even as many experts flag underreporting of cases across the country.The daily update from...
Pakistan army battles separatist militants for third day
BSS :Pakistan troops battled separatists in Balochistan province for a third day Friday, with a security official saying militants timed their assaults to derail Prime...
Long after Covid lockdowns, India’s youth struggle to find work
Al Jazeera :Ravi Bansod lost almost everything when India imposed a nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus in March 2020.After investing five...
Pakistani forces battle gunmen after Balochistan checkpost raids
Al Jazeera :At least four soldiers and a civilian killed in two raids overnight on security posts in the southwestern province.Gunmen have killed at least...
Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19
BSS/PTI, Mumbai : Filmmaker Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth on Tuesday night said she tested positive for COVID-19 and is under treatment at a hospital. The 40-year-old director,...
India, Nepal sign MoU to construct bridge over Mahakali river
BSS/PTI, Kathmandu : India and Nepal on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for construction of a motorable bridge with the Indian grant assistance...
Rights groups blame Taliban for missing journalists
BSS/AFP, Kabul : The Taliban have arrested two Afghan journalists working for a local news channel, rights groups said on Tuesday, weeks after two women...
Flooding kills at least 11 people in Ecuador capita
BSS :At least 11 people were killed and 32 injured on Monday after the heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in nearly two decades triggered a...
Iran’s parliament suspended amid rapid spread of Omicron Daily cases rising fast, reaching close to 29,000 on Monday
Al Jazeera :Iran’s parliament has temporarily suspended its sessions because of an outbreak of COVID-19 among MPs as the Omicron variant spreads across the country...