Ayodhya Mosque work starts on Republic Day with Tricolour hoisting
NDTV, Lucknow :Raising of the national flag on India’s 72nd Republic Day and a tree plantation drive marked the formal beginning of the project to...
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At Least 21 dead, 33 injured in Southern Brazil bus accident
The Rio Times :At least 21 people were killed and 33 injured, with seven in critical condition, after a bus crashed on Monday, January 25th,...
Indian farmers ride caravan of tractors into capital ahead of Republic Day
Reuters New Delhi :Caravans of tractors clogged a key highway in northern India on Monday as tens of thousands of farmers protesting against agriculture reforms...
Nicola Sturgeon vows to hold another ‘legal’ vote
AFP, London :Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday said she planned to hold a legal referendum on independence from Britain despite Westminster’s opposition, as an...
Nepal’s PM expelled from ruling party amid political chaos
Reuters, Nepal :Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was ejected from the country’s ruling Communist party on Monday, his opponents said, in protest...
India, China troops in ‘minor face-off’ at disputed Sikkim border
Al Jazeera :Indian and Chinese troops were involved in a “minor face-off” last week in a disputed stretch of their shared border in the eastern...
Indonesia seizes Iranian and Panamanian tankers
AFP :Indonesia has seized an Iranian tanker and Panamanian vessel suspected of illegally transferring oil in the Southeast Asian nation’s waters, authorities said on Monday.The...
Scottish nationalists lay groundwork for second independence referendum
Reuters :The Scottish National Party published a “Roadmap to Referendum” on Saturday, laying out plans for another vote on Scottish independence just as the United...
7.0-magnitude earthquake near Chilean Antarctic base
AFP :A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Antarctica, with authorities issuing a tsunami warning for Chile’s Eduardo Frei base on the frigid...
11 Iraqi fighters killed in ambush
AFP :At least 11 fighters from Iraq’s state-sponsored Hashed al-Shaabi force were killed in an ambush in the north of the capital on Saturday, Hashed...
Johnson looks forward to work with Biden on shared goals
Reuters :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he looked forward to working with US President Joe Biden on their shared goals, including tackling...
China rescues 4 miners after 14 days trapped underground
Reuters :Chinese rescuers pulled four gold miners to safety on Sunday 14 days after they were trapped by an underground explosion, state broadcaster CCTV reported,...