FARMERS STAY PUT OUTSIDE KARNAL SECRETARIAT, REFUSE TO BUD...
September 8 ,2021
A large number of farmers stayed put outside the gates of the district headquarters here on September 8 as they remained firm on their...
SRILANKA: HOSPITAL SYSTEM STRUGGLING TO CONTROL COVID
September 8 ,2021
The hospital system is struggling to control Covid, Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and...
MEHBOOBA CENSURES INDIAN GOVT OVER GEELANI’S FINAL RITES
September 8 ,2021
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has said that the treatment meted to the body of veteran Hurriyat leader, Syed...
TALIBAN FIRE SHOTS TO DISPERSE PROTEST IN KABUL
September 8 ,2021
The Taliban on Tuesday fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who had gathered for protest rally in the capital, the latest protes...
TALIBAN ANNOUNCES HEAD OF STATE, ACTING MINISTERS
September 8 ,2021
After over two weeks of a power vacuum in the country, the Taliban on Tuesday evening announced a caretaker cabinet.
In the new cabine...
CANADIAN PM TRUDEAU HIT BY STONES ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
September 8 ,2021
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been hit by gravel thrown by protesters during a campaign stop.
He was returning to his bus...
China denies it is taking over Afghan military site that w...
September 8 ,2021
Bagram Airfield ended up in Taliban hands after US and Nato forces vacated it. Photo: Xinhua
China has denied suggestions that it...
Malaysia politics resort to growing dependence on King Abd...
September 8 ,2021
King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah's role in supporting Malaysia's evolving democracy has moved beyond the purely ceremonial si...
US air strikes potentially killed 48,000 civilians since 9...
September 8 ,2021
UK watchdog Airwars accounted for at least 22,679 civilian victims of Washington’s so-called ‘war on terror’, while o...
How to dismantle Hindutva?
September 8 ,2021
There is no reason to believe that Hindutva cannot be defeated, or dismantled, as a group of intellectuals and academics have come toge...
'Will oust divisive BJP': Farmers stand firm at Muzaffarna...
September 8 ,2021
Protesters watch farmers' leaders speak on a screen during the kisan mahapanchayat. Photo: Ismat Ara/The Wire
At Sunday’s ki...
Row in India over gov’t move to erase colonial-era ‘martyr...
September 8 ,2021
Pookkottur Gate, a war memorial to commemorate the 1921 Mappila rebellion against the British rule, in Kerala's Malabar region, India...
Telenor's Myanmar sell-off mired in uncertainty
September 8 ,2021
Industry insiders say the head of Myanmar's junta, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, may reject Telenor's exit plan. (Nikke...
Abandoned items of US soldiers up for sale
September 8 ,2021
US troops abandoned Afghanistan in a hurry and left behind most of their belongings. Although most of the ammunition was either destroy...
Myanmar parallel government calls for revolt against regim...
September 8 ,2021
Duwa Lashi La, acting president of Myanmar's National Unity Government, addresses the nation in an online speech on Sept. 7.
The h...
Panic buying grips Yangon after shadow government in Myanm...
September 8 ,2021
The announcement of a state of emergency by Duwa Lashi triggered panic buying in Yangon. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Long queues formed at...
Turkey, Iran and Pakistan raise entry bars for Afghan refu...
September 8 ,2021
Siblings who arrived from Afghanistan with their families are seen in Pakistan on Sept. 1. Thousands, if not millions, of people are...
The fall of Panjshir
September 8 ,2021
Taliban patrol after they took over Panjshir Valley, Sept 6, 2021
Panjshir has fallen to the Taliban with a bang — and a whi...
After Afghanistan, Europe wonders if France was right abou...
September 8 ,2021
The annual ritual of Bastille Day is a moment for the French to put up bunting, down champagne and celebrate the republic’s...
'Situation far from normal': Mehbooba Mufti says she has b...
September 8 ,2021
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti. Photo: PTI
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mu...
'Sane' muslim leaders should stand against fundamentalists...
September 8 ,2021
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Photo: PTI/Files
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said Hindus and Muslims...
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