Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Turkish president set to visit Azerbaijan
Yerevan (Armenia): Thousands of Armenians streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was set to visit Azerbaijan Monday in a show of support to its ally. The Azerbaijani military routed Armenian forces in a 24-hour blitz last week, forcing the separatist […]
Canada’s defence minister expresses concern over measures taken by India
Toronto Canada’s Defence Minister Bill Blair has voiced concern over the measures taken by India including the suspension of visa services for Canadians and urged New Delhi to cooperate fully in the investigation of the killing of a Sikh separatist leader to uncover the truth and work together to resolve it in an appropriate way. […]
Russian airstrikes kill 2 and wound 3 in southern Ukraine as war enters 20th month
Kyiv: Russian airstrikes on Sunday killed two people and wounded three others in southern Ukraine’s Kherson province, the region’s governor reported on Sunday as the war in Ukraine entered a 20th month. According to Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin, Russian forces struck the city of Beryslav, destroying an unspecified number of private houses. A woman was killed […]
It is still a world of double standards: EAM Jaishankar
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that it is still a world of “double standards” and those countries which are occupying positions of influence are resisting the pressure to change and those with historical influence have weaponised a lot of those capabilities. Jaishankar was speaking at a Ministerial Session titled ‘South Rising: […]
Fire in commercial building south of Benin’s capital killed at least 35 people
Porto Novo (Benin): A fire in a commercial building south of Benin’s capital has killed at least 35 people, authorities said, as they started an investigation. The gutted and burned ruins of a building in Seme-Podji, 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of the capital Porto-Novo, and the charred remains of cars and motorcycles was all […]
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, let the truth come out: says Vikas Swarup on Canada’s allegations against India
Toronto: Criticising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his reckless actions in a deepening diplomatic row with India over the killing of a Sikh separatist, Vikas Swarup, a former Indian envoy to the country asked Ottawa to take steps to deescalate the dispute and allow the truth to come out in public. Swarup, who served […]
Ukraine targets key Crimean city a day after striking the Russian navy headquarters
Kyiv: Ukraine on Saturday morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering. Sevastopol was put on air raid alert for about an hour after debris from intercepted […]
95 million Pakistanis under poverty, urgent reforms needed to achieve economic stability: World Bank
Islamabad: Poverty in Pakistan shot up to 39.4 per cent as of last fiscal year, with 12.5 million more people falling into the trap due to poor economic conditions, the World Bank has said, as it urged the cash-strapped country to take urgent steps to achieve financial stability. The Washington-based lender on Friday unveiled draft […]
Canada’s allegations against India based on Indian officials’ communications, inputs from ally in Five Eye network: Report
Toronto: Canada’s allegations of India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist in Surrey that sparked a diplomatic row between the two nations are based on both human and signals intelligence and inputs from an ally from Ottawa’s Five Eye intelligence network, a media report has said citing the Canadian government sources. Tensions flared […]
No place for aggression, hate, intimidation in Canada, says country’s public safety department amid online threats to Hindus
Toronto: Canada on Friday said that acts of aggression, hate, intimidation or incitement of fear have no place in the country amid the circulation of an online video in which Hindu Canadians are told to leave the country. Public Safety Canada, the department responsible for matters of public safety, emergency management, national security, and emergency […]
