Pakistan on Tuesday condemned the recent statements by Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh during the election rallies in Haryana, calling them "provocative and highly irresponsible." "The statements of a senior minister in the Indian government provide another idea of the mentality of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): a mixture of extremist ideology, hegemonic ambitions and […]
A third of the almost 700 million children under the age of five in the world are malnourished or overweight and, as a result, face lifelong health problems, according to a bleak assessment of child nutrition by the United Nations (UN) published on Tuesday. "If children eat badly, they live poorly," said Henrietta Fore, executive
India has banned public meetings in the city of Ayodhya when the Supreme Court began hearing final arguments on Monday to decide whether a Hindu temple should be built on the ruins of a mosque in a long-standing dispute. The demolition of the 16th-century Babri mosque by Hindu mobs in 1992 led to one of
Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for creating an experimental approach to alleviate world poverty, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. "This year's winners have introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers on the best ways to combat global poverty," the academy
A white police officer who killed a black woman inside her Texas home while answering a neighbor's call about an open door "did not have time to perceive a threat" before opening fire, said a lawyer from the family of the woman. "You didn't hear the officer scream, & # 39; gun, gun, gun &
India said it has restored call facilities on post-paid cell phone connections in occupied Kashmir on Monday more than two months after it stripped the region of its semi-autonomous state and imposed a curfew and a communications blackout. However, the ban on more than 2 million prepaid mobile connections and Internet services will continue. Since
"I feel at home in Karachi because we share the same culture and we understand each other well" – Reina Isabel II, 1997. Prince William and Kate Middleton of Great Britain, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will arrive in Islamabad today (October 14) on a five-day visit, which aims to further improve ties between the
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that threats of sanctions and arms embargoes by Western powers would not stop Turkey's military offensive against Kurdish militants in Syria. “After launching our operation, we face threats such as economic sanctions and embargoes on arms sales. Those who believe they can make Turkey back off with these
President Vladimir Putin said Russia has "very friendly personal relations" with the Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman. Putin was speaking in an interview with Arab stations, including Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV, before his first visit to Saudi Arabia in more than a decade. Tensions in the region are high after
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing an election rally in the Jalgaon of Maharashtra on Sunday, challenged the country's opposition to restoring Article 370 in the occupied Jammu and Kashmir. On August 5, the president of India, Ram Nath Kovind, signed an order that repealed the special status granted to Kashmir occupied under Article
