New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) South Asia is one of the fastest growing sub-regions of the world but has not been able to create enough job opportunities for youth as 80 per cent workforce remains…
Beijing, July 12 (IANS) China on Thursday continued to crack down on public memorials for late activist and Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo as his widow Liu Xia, who was released from home detention earlier…
Berlin, July 12 (IANS) A German court on Thursday ruled that the extradition of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont would be legally admissible on one of the charges brought against him by authorities in Spain,…
Jaipur, July 12 (IANS) Strict action will be taken against the village officials who made a five-year old girl in Rajasthan’s Bundi sit alone outside her house since July 3 as punishment for breaking a…
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Pakistan will be filing its second counter-memorial in the International Court of Justice on the conviction of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav on July 17, an official said on Thursday. On…
Tehran, July 12 (IANS) The Iranian authorities have publicly flogged a man who was convicted of consuming alcohol when he was 14 or 15, in a move denounced by Amnesty International as “horrific”. Local media…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) India on Wednesday refused entry to British MP Lord Carlile, a member of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s legal team, on charges of having an invalid visa. “Lord Alexander…
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Pakistan’s Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Thursday denied that he had ordered placement of former President Asif Zardari and his (Zardari’s) sister Faryal Talpur on the Exit Control List (ECL) in…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday visited a school where young students were detained for non-payment of tuition fees. He rebuked the principal and said “taking hostage for collecting…
Jalandhar/Kottayam, July 12 (IANS) A Kerala bishop accused of sexually abusing a Catholic nun, once again denied the charges on Thursday and the reports of his moving to the Vatican. Even as a special probe…
Kollam (Kerala) July 12 (IANS) One of the four accused Kerala priests, Father Job Mathew involved in the sexual abuse of a parishoner has been arrested from a place near here, said police on Thursday….
Washington, July 12 (IANS) A US court indefinitely suspended the execution of a murder convict after a pharmaceutical company issued an appeal against its product being used as part of the lethal injection. Scott Dozier,…
London, July 12 (IANS) Facebook has apologised for labelling 65,000 Russians as “interested in treason,” putting them at potential probe risk by the Russian law enforcement officials and the government, the media reported. According to…
Washington, July 12 (IANS) American porn star Stormy Daniels was arrested at a strip club for allegedly allowing a patron to touch her while on stage in a “nonsexual manner”, her lawyer, Michael Avenatti said…
Beijing, July 12 (IANS) Human rights groups on Thursday urged Chinese authorities to release a veteran activist, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for subversion of state power, and also asked the UN…
Washington, July 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration will implement a new asylum policy at the border that will result in potentially thousands of asylum seekers being turned away before they can plead their…
Washington, July 12 (IANS) John Schnatter, the founder of American pizza chain Papa John’s, has resigned as the company’s chairman after it emerged that he used a racial slur during a conference call in May,…
New York, July 12 (IANS) American restaurant franchise Papa Johns founder John Schnatter has resigned as the company chairman after a fallout over his use of the n-word during a conference call. The company released…
Havana, July 12 (IANS) Cuba has urged the US government to comply with the 1994 migration agreements which stipulate 20,000 immigrant visas should be granted annually to Cuban nationals, pressing Washington to restart consular services…
Rio de Janeiro, July 12 (IANS) Pakistani Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai became a graffiti artist on Wednesday after painting a portrait of Marielle Franco, the city councilwoman gunned down here in March. The bisexual…