"The Internet is like oxygen for our business and it has been taken away," says the owner of a company with clients worldwide. The coffee makers have been cold, the computer screens are blank and the workstations are empty for two months in the Silicon Valley of Kashmir as the blocking of Indian communications in […]
The renewed protests took place under live fire in the capital of Iraq and the south of the country on Saturday while the government struggled to agree on a response to the days of demonstrations that have left almost 100 dead. The meetings of protesters, largely spontaneous, whose demands have evolved since they began Tuesday
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will send a letter to the European Union requesting a delay in Brexit if a divorce agreement is not reached before October 19, the government acknowledged for the first time on Friday. As time approaches Britain's departure on October 31, Johnson has consistently said he will not request a delay
The Indian police presented a first informative report (FIR) against 49 celebrities who had written an open letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the growing cases of mafia lynching in the country, Hindustan Times reported Friday. According to the news report, the FIR was lodged on Thursday in Muzaffarpur against 49 signatories of
A synopsis of some of the main events since August 5, when India imposed a blockade, which is now in its third month. The blockade and the blackout of communications in occupied Kashmir entered its 61st day on Friday. Frustration, anger and fear have been growing in occupied Kashmir since August 5, when the Hindu
One of the rarest monkeys in the world was born in an Australian zoo. Francois male Langur with his distinctive orange fur was born at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney last week and has not yet been named. This photo from the brochure taken on October 2, 2019 and published by the Taronga Zoo in
The finance ministers of the European Union will eliminate Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next week from the lists of countries in the block that are considered tax havens, according to an EU document. On 10 October, the UAE is removed from the blacklist, which includes jurisdictions that have not cooperated with the
Indian Air Force chief Rakesh Kumar Bhadauria admitted on Friday that the Mi-17 helicopter crash on February 27, the same day of the dog fight between Pakistani and Indian planes, was a "big mistake "from the force, the Indian media reported. The Mi-17 helicopter had crashed in Budgam, near Srinagar, and resulted in the death
The number of deaths per day of violent demonstrations across Iraq rose to 44 on Friday, most of them killed in the last 24 hours, as the unrest accelerated rapidly across the country despite a plea by the prime minister for the calm. In a television speech during the night, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi
US President Donald Trump on Thursday invited foreign interference again in a US presidential election by publicly asking China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, the type of request that has already prompted a trial investigation politician in Congress. The Republican president said he believed that both China and Ukraine should look at the
