International
Shashi Tharoor, 6 journalists face Sedition for farmers’ protest posts
NDTV, New Delhi : Multiple police cases have been filed in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists for...
Decade of coups around the world
AFP : As the military grab power again in Myanmar, we look back on some other coups around the world over the past decade: Mali...
Pakistan receives first Covid vaccine shipment from China
Al Jazeera : Pakistan has received its first doses of the coronavirus vaccine, with China donating half a million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine to...
Countries tighten borders against virus as US orders mask-wearing
AFP :A number of countries tightened their borders against a surge in variants of the deadly coronavirus as the United States on Saturday ordered travellers...
France`s Le Pen, at record high in a poll, proposes hijab ban
AFP :French far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposed a ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places, seeking to build on a record recent poll...
Japan woman hid mum’s frozen corpse for 10 years
AFP :A Japanese woman who said she hid her mother’s corpse in a freezer in her apartment for a decade told police she feared eviction...
Eight Afghan security personnel killed in Taliban attack
AFP :A suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into a base for Afghan defence forces in the country’s east, killing at least eight...
Wife of Sharjah ruler criticises Israeli educational cooperation
Al Jazeera :The wife of the ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has criticised a virtual meeting held between her country and...
South Africa’s army allows hijab for Muslim women
AFP :The South African military has amended its dress policy to allow Muslim women to wear headscarves as part of their uniform, an army spokesperson...
LGBT rights: Indonesia’s Aceh flogs two men for having sex
BBC :Two men have been publicly caned in the conservative Indonesian province of Aceh for having sex.The pair each received 77 lashes from a masked...
Pakistan appeals against acquittal in Daniel Pearl murder case
AFP :The provincial government in Pakistan’s Sindh has petitioned the Supreme Court to review its decision to free two men convicted of kidnapping and beheading...