BBC Online :The prime minister of Georgia has resigned over plans to arrest an opposition leader, saying the move could cause “political escalation”.Giorgi Gakharia said a court decision to place Nika Melia in pre-trial...
Hindustan Times :West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that the incident of a bomb blast at a railway station in which state minister Jakir Hossain was injured, was part of a...
AP, Washington :Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting.Minorities suffered...
Reuters :Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied for visas to live, work and study in the United Kingdom since changes that make it easier for people in the Asian financial hub to be...
BBC Online :The United Nations has said it will raise the detention of Princess Latifa, the daughter of Dubai’s ruler, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Princess Latifa has accused her father of holding her...
Reuters :Thousands of protesters took over some of Barcelona’s streets on Tuesday evening to demand the release of a rapper arrested by Spanish police after being given a jail sentence on charges of glorifying...
AFP :Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping hundreds of others along with some teachers, sources said on Wednesday.Heavily armed gangs known...
AP, Washington :Four weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden says he’s still getting used to the trappings of the office.Biden offered a frank description of what it’s like to live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave....
The Hindu :A 24-member high-level delegation, including envoys and Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) and other foreign countries, arrived in Srinagar on Wednesday morning to assess the ground situation by meeting local civil...
AFP :Thirty-five people have been killed in fighting in recent days between semi-nomadic herders and farmers in south-eastern Chad, where clashes between the two communities are common, a senior official said on Wednesday.The deaths...
Reuters :Gaza received its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday after Israel approved the transfer through its border with the Hamas Islamist-run territory, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.Gaza, where 2 million people live,...
Reuters :Students chanted slogans outside the Delhi police headquarters on Tuesday demanding the release of a 22-year-old environmentalist accused of sedition for an online document in support of farmers’ protests.Police say Disha Ravi, a...
