153 Palestinians in hospital after Jerusalem holy site clash

Israeli police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets clashed with Palestinian stone-throwers at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing the contested city to the brink of eruption.
10 May 2021

West Bengal ministerial council sworn in

A 43-member ministerial council, led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was sworn in today -- eight days after Trinamool Congress stormed back to power for a third consecutive time in state assembly elections.
10 May 2021

ICC prosecutor meets with Afghans on war crimes claims

The outgoing prosecutor of the International Criminal Court met with a high-level Afghan delegation to discuss allegations of war crimes in the
9 May 2021

Himanta Biswa Sarma to be Assam’s new CM

Himanta Biswa Sarma will succeed Sarbananda Sonowal as the chief minister of Assam. At the legislature party meeting held in Guwahati yesterday,
9 May 2021

Sadiq Khan re-elected as London mayor

Labour politician Sadiq Khan won re-election as London mayor on Saturday in a narrower than expected victory over Conservative rival Shaun Bailey.
9 May 2021

WWII Victory Day: Putin vows to defend Russian interests

President Vladimir Putin yesterday vowed Russia will “firmly” defend national interests and denounced the return of “Russophobia”, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of victory in World War II.
9 May 2021

Scottish nationalists demand independence referendum

The Scottish National Party has won a fourth term in power in the devolved parliament just short of an outright majority, with its leader Nicola Sturgeon reiterating her demand for a fresh referendum on independence.
9 May 2021

Netanyahu vows to build in Jerusalem

Israel “firmly rejects” pressure not to build in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday following days of unrest and spreading
9 May 2021

Blasts at School in Kabul: Families bury victims as death toll hits 68

The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has risen to 68, Afghan officials said yesterday, with doctors struggling to provide medical care to 165 injured and officials trying to identify bodies.
9 May 2021

Much ado about nothing

A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean yesterday, the Chinese space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down.
9 May 2021

Modi’s actions ‘inexcusable’

India “squandered” its early successes in controlling Covid-19 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government could preside over “a self-inflicted national catastrophe”, international medical journal The Lancet said in an editorial on Saturday.
9 May 2021

Clashes, prayers in Jerusalem on Laylat al-Qadr

Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday as tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers prayed at the nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque on Islam’s holy night of Laylat al-Qadr.
9 May 2021

Pakistan calls for probe into seizure of uranium in India

Pakistan on Satur­day expressed serious concern over illegal possession of a large quantity of uranium by two unauthorised persons in India and pointed to gaps in state control mechanisms there.
9 May 2021

Sadiq Khan re-elected London mayor

Sadiq Khan was re-elected London Mayor on Saturday as had been widely expected, providing some joy to the opposition Labour Party which has suffered a series of disappointing results in other local elections.
9 May 2021

Last wild Macaw in Rio is lonely and looking for love

Some have claimed she’s indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro’s zoo.
9 May 2021

Afghan school blast toll rises to 58, families bury victims

The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has risen to 58, Afghan officials said on Sunday, with doctors struggling to provide medical care to at least 150 injured.
9 May 2021

Three People, including a 4-year-old, shot in New York's Times Square

Three people including a four-year-old girl were shot in New York City's Times Square after gunfire broke out in a dispute that they were apparently not involved in, the city's top police official said Saturday.
9 May 2021

China says rocket debris landed in Indian Ocean west of Maldives

Remnants of China's biggest rocket landed in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, with the bulk of its components destroyed upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, according to Chinese state media, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit.
9 May 2021

Chinese rocket to crash on Earth this weekend

A large segment of a Chinese rocket is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on the weekend, but Beijing has
8 May 2021

Nasheed feeling ‘good’ after surviving bomb blast

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is conscious after life-saving surgery, his family said yesterday, as police made two arrests in
8 May 2021