Spanish capital Madrid placed under partial lockdown
Reuters :Some 4.8 million Madrid residents have been barred from leaving the city since Friday evening, making it the first European capital to return to...
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Macron launches crackdown on `Islamist separatism` in Muslim communities
Reuters, Paris :President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Friday to fight “Islamist separatism” which he said was threatening to take control in some Muslim communities around...
Slow progress on women’s rights condemned at UN summit
Al Jaeera News :United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday against a recent pushback on gender equality and women’s rights and urged people to...
US didn’t share Osama Bin Laden’s location with Pak over lack of trust
PTI, New Delhi :The US did not inform Pakistan about Osama bin Laden’s location due to lack of trust and past experiences of terrorists being...
Elderly homes in Australia under fire after high Covid-19 deaths
Al Jazeera News :Neville Vaughan was the “life of the party” at the aged care home, where he lived in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.He loved to...
Julian Assange extradition verdict to be delivered on January 4
Al Jazeera News :After hearing four weeks of evidence in the extradition trial of Julian Assange, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser announced on Thursday she will...
Sturgeon lambasts virus-positive lawmaker
Reuters, London :Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon lambasted one of her lawmakers on Thursday who made a long train journey from London to Scotland despite having...
Amnesty slams Guinea’s lethal protest crackdown
Al Jazeera News :Guinea has failed to hold security forces accountable for the lethal crackdown on anti-government protests since last year, Amnesty International said on...
Prince Harry and Meghan tell Britain: End ‘structural racism
Reuters :Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have called for an end to “structural racism”, saying it holds back young people of colour, in...
The faces of India’s coronavirus pandemic as deaths hit 100,000
Reuters :Eight months after the novel coronavirus arrived in India, the number of deaths from the disease is due to cross 100,000 imminently. Nearly 6.5...
UK, Canada impose sanctions on Belarus’s Lukashenko
Al Jazeera News :The United Kingdom and Canada have imposed travel bans and asset freezes on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and other senior...
Jamal Khashoggi’s rights group launched 2yrs after his murder
Al Jazeera News :A rights organisation established by slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi months before his controversial killing in 2018 at the hands of a...