Singapore: An Indian-origin woman was among three Singaporean activists, fined USD 2,341 each Thursday for organising a procession outside the Presidential Palace to show solidarity with Palestine, local media reported. The High Court overturned the acquittal of the three women, Malay-origin Mossammad Sobikun Nahar, 26,...
Islamabad: A Pakistani high court is scheduled to hear a plea filed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, Thursday, challenging their convictions in the Al Qadir Trust case. An Islamabad accountability court in January last year sentenced 73-year-old Khan...
Washington: President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a phone call Wednesday, renewed his offer for Russia to serve as a third country that could deal with Iran's 970 pounds of enriched uranium that the US leader is demanding Tehran must surrender. "He...
Kathmandu: Nepal's state-owned national flag carrier Thursday apologised for showing India's Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan in its network map shared on social media a day before, terming it an error. Nepal Airlines said the map contained significant cartographic inaccuracies regarding international boundaries...
London: The UK Wednesday expelled a Russian diplomat in retaliation for Moscow's recent expulsion of a British official and the smear campaign that followed. Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it summoned the Russian ambassador to its offices in London to inform him of...
London: In the world of diplomatic faux pas, it could have been a lot worse. At Tuesday's state dinner honouring King Charles III and Queen Camilla, US President Donald Trump said that during a private meeting earlier in the day the British monarch had agreed...
Colombo: Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe and his secretary Saman Ekanayake will face indictments for misappropriation of state funds worth 16.6 million Lankan Rupees (USD 52,000), a local court was told Wednesday. They are accused of using state funds for Wickremesinghe's travel to a...
Washington: The State Department is all set to unveil a limited-edition US passport with pictures of President Donald Trump and the Founding Fathers to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence in July. The special passports will be available only to those who show up...
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan's visit to the UK marked a "landmark moment" in the UK-India defence partnership, British High Commission in India's Defence Section said in a statement Wednesday. UK Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir...
Washington: King Charles III marked the 250th anniversary of American independence from Britain with gratitude that the two countries united to build "one of the most consequential alliances in human history" while urging "that we ignore the clarion calls to become ever more inward-looking." Speaking...
The framers of the Constitution envisaged the office of the Governor as a neutral constitutional authority, detached from partisan politics...
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Every few years, India calls in its envoys for a reality check. At the 11th Heads of Mission Conference recently,...
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The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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In the past, it was considered rather difficult to contest assembly elections without a recognisable chief ministerial candidate’s face as...
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