Turkish singer Melek Mosso has come forward to show support to Iranian women protesting over the death of Mahsa Amini. Mahsa was arrested on September 13 as she was leaving a Tehran metro station with her brother and other relatives. She was arrested for allegedly breaching Iran’s strict rules for […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Saudi Arabia introduces Yoga in Universities
A virtual introductory lecture on Yoga was organised for all Saudi university representatives across the kingdom to spread awareness and motivate its practice as a lifestyle for all segments of society. The lecture, organised on Monday, aimed to introduce both traditional yoga and yogasana sports to Saudi universities and give […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott files for divorce from science teacher husband
Amazon owner Jeff Bezos’ former wife MacKenzie Scott has filed for divorce from her second husband, Dan Jewett, two years after they got married. On Monday, Scott, a billionaire philanthropist, filed for divorce in Washington State’s King County Superior Court, per the New York Times, Page Six reported. According to the report, […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
US: S Jaishankar lauds strong India-US bonds at USISP Forum
India is ready to do more business with the US with the transformational changes currently happening in India in energy, health, climate, infrastructure, logistics and defence domains, the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday in a business luncheon with US-India Strategic Partnership Forum. Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar wrote, […]
Read Time : 4 Minutes
EAM Jaishankar assures US administration of help in ironing out visa wrinkles
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar assured the US administration on Wednesday of extending all necessary help in sorting out visa issues. He further said that things will get better soon. “But I again, feel this is an issue where obviously it’s mainly for the US but we will be supportive […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Afghan women face social, economic deprivation under Taliban rule
Amid the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, the situation of Afghan women continues to deteriorate as they are denied their fundamental freedoms and rights under the Taliban rule, said the Charge d’Affaires of the Afghan Permanent Mission to the UN, Naseer Ahmad Faiq at the UN Security Council recently. Since the […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Pakistan: Rana Sanaullah-led high level panel to probe leaked audios, NSC approves
Pakistan’s highest forum for coordination on security issues, the National Security Committee (NSC) on Wednesday approved the constitution of a high-level committee led by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah to probe the issue of recently surfaced audios. The decision was taken in a meeting in Islamabad which decided to prepare a […]
Read Time : 4 Minutes
India-US relationship today impacts rest of world: S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during a press briefing on Wednesday said that the relationship between India and US today impacts the rest of the world as there are a lot of countries which look to the association individually and bilaterally and hope for solutions which the world is searching […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Fighter jets escort Singapore Airlines plane to Changi Airport amid bomb hoax, man arrested
A 37-year-old male passenger was arrested Wednesday for allegedly making a hoax bomb threat on board a plane travelling from San Francisco to Changi Airport, which forced the Singapore Air Force to scramble two fighter jets, a media report said. The two fighter jets escorted the Singapore Airlines plane until it landed […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Nepal: Missing US mountain skier Hilaree Nelson found dead
US mountain skier Hilaree Nelson, who went missing below the summit of Mt. Manaslu in Nepal, has been found dead, government officials said on Wednesday. The body of the 49-year-old ski mountaineer is being retrieved, they said. Nelson, a mother of two, had been reported missing below the summit of […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
Meta shuts down Russia, China-based influence campaigns
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, on Tuesday took down two separate covert influence networks operating from China and Russia. Meta publicly detailed the takedown as it remains on high alert for foreign interference in the US midterm elections, a Meta spokesperson told CNN. The Chinese network was small and […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Taliban calls on Pakistan to stop meddling in Afghanistan’s internal affairs
Referring to remarks by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claiming the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Taliban on Tuesday called on Pakistan to stop meddling in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. The Taliban Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Sher […]
Read Time : 1 Minutes
Former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari admitted to hospital
Former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari was admitted to Karachi hospital on Tuesday after his health deteriorated, according to media reports. Zardari, the co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), was said to be ill for several weeks now. He was finally admitted to the hospital on Tuesday. He will […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
Pakistan Army, Taliban involved in narco trade: NATO investigation
The unholy nexus of the Pakistan Army and the Taliban’s involvement in the narco trade was revealed by the NATO Defence Education Enhancement Program (DEEP) report. According to this 2022 report titled “Narco-Insecurity, Inc, the convergence of Pakistan and Afghanistan narco-trade was made possible with the help of Pakistan’s military […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
Xi Jinping makes first public appearance in Beijing after coup rumours
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited an exhibition in Beijing on Tuesday, in his first public appearance since returning from an official trip to Central Asia this month, state media reported. Xi’s absence from the public view, since his return from the Uzbekistan summit, had led to rumours that he was […]