Guaido ramps up pressure after deadly Venezuela border clashes
Cucuta, Feb 25 : International pressure mounted against Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro on Sunday, with Washington insisting his “days are numbered” after opposition efforts to bring humanitarian aid into the country descended into bloody chaos. Self-declared interim president Juan Guaido called on the international community to consider “all measures to free” Venezuela after clashes at […]
India shines at Oscars, ‘Period. End of Sentence’ wins Documentary Short Subject
Los Angeles, Feb 25 : A film on menstruation, set in rural India, titled Period. End of Sentence, has won the Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category at the 91st Academy Awards. Award-winning filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi has directed the short film, which has been produced by Indian producer Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment. The film […]
Fear and hopes surge ahead of new US-Taliban talks
Kabul, Feb 24 : The US and the Taliban are to meet in Qatar for fresh talks Monday seeking an end to 17 years of grinding conflict in Afghanistan, with the stakes ratcheting higher as the spring fighting season approaches. Marathon talks held in Doha last month have stoked hopes of a breakthrough after the […]
Pope compares child sex abuse to ‘human sacrifice’
Vatican City, Feb 24 : Pope Francis on Sunday compared the sexual abuse of children to human sacrifice as he addressed the Catholic Church’s top bishops at the end of a landmark summit to tackle paedophilia. “Our work has made us realise once again that the gravity of the scourge of the sexual abuse of […]
Dubai-bound Bangladesh plane makes emergency landing after hijack attempt
New Delhi, Feb 24: A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight en route Dubai from Dhaka in Bangladesh made an emergency landing on Sunday at Chittagong after what appeared to be an attempted hijacking, an official from the airline said. All 142 people on board have been safely evacuated and police have surrounded the aircraft. Biman BG […]
Cardinal admits Church files on paedophile priests ‘destroyed’
Vatican City, Feb 24 : A top Catholic cardinal admitted Saturday that Church files on priests accused of sexually abusing children were destroyed or never even drawn up in a move which allowed paedophiles to prey on others. German Cardinal Reinhard Marx was speaking on the third day of an unprecedented summit of the world’s […]
Democrats move to block Trump’s border emergency
Washington, Feb 23 : US Democrats on Friday rolled out their measure aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from circumventing Congress to seize federal dollars for construction of his controversial southern border wall. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the chamber will vote next Tuesday on the so-called disapproval resolution to terminate the national emergency that […]
IAEA says Iran adhering to terms of nuclear deal
Vienna, Feb 22 : Iran has been adhering to a deal with world powers limiting its nuclear programme, the UN atomic watchdog said Friday, as diplomatic wrangling continues over the future of the accord. The latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that Iran was still complying with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan […]
Withdrawal of US troops from S Korea not under consideration: Trump
Washington, Feb 23 : US President Donald Trump has ruled out the possibility of withdrawing American troops from South Korea as part of any deal with North Korea. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are scheduled to meet in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 27 and 28. Previously, they met in June last year […]
Xi writes letter to Trump, hopes for mutually beneficial bilateral trade pact
Washington, Feb 23: Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a letter to his American counterpart Donald Trump, hoping that the world’s two largest economies would reach a mutually beneficial trade agreement. The letter was read out by a member of the Chinese delegation before Trump in his Oval Office of the White House in front […]
