UN calls on Iran to avoid ”unnecessary force” on protesters
Dubai: The United Nations Secretary-General called on Iran early on Wednesday to refrain from using “unnecessary or disproportionate force” against protesters as unrest over a young woman’s death in police custody spread across the country. Antonio Guterres said through a spokesman that authorities should swiftly conduct an impartial investigation of the death of Mahsa Amini, […]
Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
Cape Canaveral (US): A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 9.6 million kilometers away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the small space rock at 22,500 kph. Scientists expected […]
UN meeting produces sense that a ”new epoch” is arriving
United Nations: The war in Ukraine and its global fallout transfixed the meeting of world leaders at the UN General Assembly this year. When it wasn’t out front, it lurked in the background of virtually every speech. There were near-unanimous calls for an end to the seven-month war, with rich and poor countries decrying the […]
Vote in Ukraine’s Russia-held areas stokes tension with West
Kyiv: Referendums that are expected to serve as a pretext for Moscow to annex Russian-held regions of Ukraine reached their final day of voting Tuesday as the preordained outcome of the Kremlin-orchestrated votes heightened tension between Russia and the West. The annexation of the four occupied regions in southern and eastern Ukraine, which could happen […]
Drone attack hits Ukraine, US vows ”consequences” over nukes
Kyiv: An overnight drone strike near the Ukrainian port of Odesa sparked a massive fire and explosion, the military said on Monday, as Russia’s leadership faced growing resistance to its efforts to call up hundreds of thousands of men to fight in Ukraine. The airstrike on Odesa was the latest in a series of drone […]
15 dead, 24 wounded in school shooting in Russia
Moscow: A gunman opened fire in a school in central Russia on Monday, killing 15 people and wounding 24 others before shooting himself dead, authorities said. The shooting took place in School No. 88 in Izhevsk, a city 960 kilometers (600 miles) east of Moscow in the Udmurtia region. Russia’s Investigative Committee identified the gunman […]
Death toll rises to 49 in Bangladesh boat capsize
Dhaka: Bangladeshi authorities were racing against time on Monday to find any survivors of the boat accident involving Hindu devotees, even as the death toll in the incident rose to 49, mostly children and women. The devotees were heading towards the Bodeshwari Temple on the occasion of Mahalaya, the auspicious start of the Durga Puja […]
Dependence on Russian defence equipment not lack of trying on India’s part: Jaishankar
Washington: India’s dependence on Russian defence equipment and the strong defence ties with Moscow is not because New Delhi did not approach the US to get those from the United States, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Sunday. “One of the changes in our relationships has actually been the defence cooperation which has really come […]
India matters more in current polarised world: Jaishankar
New York: India matters more in the current polarised world and is perceived widely as the voice of the global South, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, asserting that New Delhi always speaks for many developing nations and highlights their pressing problems at international forums. Jaishankar wrapped up the New York leg of his […]
South Asian origin women unite against ‘senseless violence’ in Leicester
London: A group of women leaders of South Asian heritage based in Leicester has come together to fight back against what they termed “senseless violence” on their city’s streets between men from Hindu and Muslim communities in the wake of an India-Pakistan cricket match. In a joint appeal on Saturday, the community leaders and local […]
