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UK Foreign Secretary says attack on Indian High Commission “unacceptable”

23 Mar 2023 08:28 AM IST

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly responded to the attack on Indian High Commission and called the attack by the Khalistani elements “unacceptable” in a statement on Thursday. Cleverly said in a statement that the acts of violence towards staff at the Indian High Commission in London are unacceptable. He said

Kishida, Zelenskyy hold talks on wide-ranging issues in Kyiv

23 Mar 2023 01:14 AM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held bilateral talks in Kyiv on Tuesday and discussed wide-ranging issues as they condemned Russian aggression in the strongest possible means. According to the joint statement, the two leaders emphasised how Russia’s aggression against Ukraine undermines the very foundation of

11 dead as powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolts Pakistan, Afghanistan

23 Mar 2023 01:13 AM IST

A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake with the epicentre in Afghanistan shook Pakistan, killing at least nine people in the country and injuring over 160 others and causing many buildings to collapse, according to media reports on Wednesday.Two persons were also killed in Afghanistan, the Associated Press reported. The earthquake’s epicentre

Capitol Riot: Man sentenced to four years in prison for assaulting police

23 Mar 2023 01:11 AM IST

A Virginia man who assaulted police with a stolen baton and used a flashing strobe light to disorient officers trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison. Geoffrey Sills of Mechanicsville, Virginia, was convicted of assault with a

Pakistan economy on the edge of collapse

23 Mar 2023 01:09 AM IST

I s Pakistan staring at a similar crisis like Sri Lanka? Pakistan’s economy is on the edge of collapse. People are struggling to earn livelihoods. The floods in 2022 made the situation worse and put the country on the threshold of insolvency. No international funding agency or foreign nation associates are

Northern Ireland unionists say no to Sunak’s Brexit deal

22 Mar 2023 01:19 AM IST

Northern Ireland’s main British unionist party said Monday it will vote against a deal struck by Britain and the European Union to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU relations and triggered a political crisis in Belfast. Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson said the deal “does not deal

Israel repeals 2005 Act on West Bank settlement pullout

22 Mar 2023 01:19 AM IST

Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday repealed a 2005 Act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdraw from the Gaza Strip. The development could pave the way for an official return to the abandoned areas.It was the latest move by

Anti-terror Pak court reserves verdict on Imran’s exemption plea

22 Mar 2023 01:18 AM IST

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Tuesday reserved the decision on ousted premier Imran Khan’s plea for an exemption from hearing in a case registered against him under the provisions of terrorism. Khan’s lawyer Sardar Masroof Khan appeared before the court. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief’s legal team filed

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen to visit US next week

22 Mar 2023 01:17 AM IST

Amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen is set to visit New York and Southern California by the end of this month, The Washington Post reported citing a spokesperson from Taiwan’s office of the president. Tsai will travel from 29 March to 7 April, making a

President Biden signs bill to declassify information related to origins of Covid

22 Mar 2023 01:16 AM IST

US President Joe Biden on Monday signed a Bill, the “COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023”, that requires the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information related to the origins of COVID. The US President in a statement on Monday said: “My Administration will continue to review all classified information relating

Yemen’s warring sides agree to release 900 prisoners of war

22 Mar 2023 01:14 AM IST

Yemen’s warring sides said on Monday they agreed to release nearly 900 prisoners of war in a UN-brokered deal amid international efforts to end the yearslong conflict.The deal on a prisoner exchange capped 10 days of intensive talks in Switzerland between Yemen›s internationally recognized government and the Houthi rebels. The

Six people still missing after fire at illegal Airbnb units in Canada

22 Mar 2023 00:30 AM IST

Montreal’s mayor vowed on Monday to tighten regulation of Airbnb as a search continued for six people missing after a fire swept through a building that included Airbnb units in a historic city section where they are banned. Firefighters initially thought there was one person missing in the blaze last