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Cambodia’s new PM wins lawmakers’ approval for his brother to become deputy

22 Feb 2024 06:41 AM IST

Six months after becoming Cambodia’s new prime minister, the eldest son of the country’s long-serving autocratic leader on Wednesday won approval from lawmakers to have his youngest brother take the post of deputy premier. The development is the latest in a generational change in top positions in the Southeast Asian

UK sanctions heads of Russian penal colony where Navalny died

22 Feb 2024 06:39 AM IST

Britain on Wednesday imposed sanctions on six individuals in charge of the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died last week. Western leaders have expressed outrage at the news from Russian authorities that Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic critic, had fallen unconscious and died in

Sri Lankan president calls for immediate end to Gaza conflict

22 Feb 2024 06:37 AM IST

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to ensure a peaceful solution to the raging conflict as he met here with the visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Amir-Abdollahian is visiting Colombo at the invitation of his Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabry. The talks

Shehbaz Sharif to be PM again as Pak parties strike deal to form govt

22 Feb 2024 06:36 AM IST

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party have finally agreed on a power-sharing deal to form a coalition government led by former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a move that could effectively sideline their arch-rival, Imran Khan. Both PML-N and PPP won fewer seats in Parliament than candidates backed by jailed

India grants 1 million dollar fund to combating poverty and hunger

21 Feb 2024 12:35 PM IST

India has provided 10 lakh dollars to a joint fund formed by India, Brazil, and South Africa, which undertake projects aimed at reducing poverty and hunger. On Monday, Ruchira Kamboj, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador, handed over a cheque of $1 million as a contribution towards the India,

‘Don 3’: Farhan Akhtar announces Kiara Advani to star opposite Ranveer Singh

21 Feb 2024 06:15 AM IST

Moviegoers have been eagerly awaiting the female protagonist in Farhan Akhtar’s highly anticipated film ‘Don 3.’ Farhan has revealed that Kiara Advani is joining the cast of Don 3 opposite Ranveer Singh. The director of the movie took to Instagram to make the announcement. He captioned it, “Welcome to the

Polish farmers block Ukraine’s border as they intensify protests against non-EU imports

21 Feb 2024 06:03 AM IST

Polish farmers blocked border crossings with Ukraine, burned tyres and spilled grain from train wagons on Tuesday as they intensified a nationwide protest against the import of Ukrainian foods and European Union environmental policies. Farmers from Spain to Italy to Belgium have been protesting recently, worried that EU plans to

Russia arrests woman holding dual citizenship for alleged treason in fundraising for Ukraine

21 Feb 2024 06:02 AM IST

The Federal Security Service (FSB) in Yekaterinburg, Russia, arrested a 33-year-old woman holding dual Russian and US citizenship, accusing her of committing ‘treason’ by raising funds for Ukraine, Al Jazeera reported. The woman, a resident of Los Angeles, was detained for allegedly providing financial assistance to a Ukrainian organisation involved

US vetoes Arab-backed UN resolution demanding CEASEFIRE in Gaza

21 Feb 2024 05:59 AM IST

United States vetoed an Arab-backed UN resolution on Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining, reflecting the wide global support for ending the more than four-month war that

Nawaz Sharif’s party says Pakistan’s electoral history not perfect

21 Feb 2024 05:56 AM IST

Terming the 2018 general elections as a “dark chapter” in Pakistan’s history, former premier Nawaz Sharif’s party on Tuesday said that the country’s electoral history was not perfect and this situation had persisted for several decades amid allegations of rigging and manipulations. “In 2018, Nawaz Sharif was behind bars, he

Pak Poll Process ‘MOTHER OF ALL RIGGING’: IMRAN KHAN

21 Feb 2024 05:43 AM IST

Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday slammed the powerful establishment and his political opponents by terming the country’s election process as the ‘Mother of All Rigging’ and demanded that the people’s mandate that was “stolen” from his party must be returned. Speaking to reporters outside the Adiala

Formation of Govt in Pak: Stalemate Continues

21 Feb 2024 05:40 AM IST

There was no progress in the formation of a new coalition government in Pakistan on Tuesday as top leaders of the PML-N and the PPP failed to agree on a power-sharing deal in their latest round of talks, indicating deepening fissures in the country’s political landscape. The fifth round of