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Fazlur Rehman urges consensus on Pakistan constitutional amendments

Islamabad , September 30 (ANI): Senior Pakistani leader Fazlur Rehman emphasized the need for consensus among political parties while introduction of constitutional amendments to...

ICC to open Belarus crimes against humanity inquiry at Lithuanian request

By Andrius Sytas and Mark Trevelyan VILNIUS (Reuters) -The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor said on Monday he would launch a preliminary inquiry against Belarus over alleged crimes

Deadly Israeli strikes hit Lebanon’s war displaced

By Timour Azhari and AbdelHadi Ramahi MAAYSRAH, Lebanon (Reuters) - The Amro family household in Lebanon's lush Keserwan mountains had become a refuge for families who wanted to stay outside the line

Austria’s president takes charge as far right isolated after election victory

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - The far-right Freedom Party's historic victory in an Austrian parliamentary election has left it isolated and partly at the mercy of a powerful critic: the

Factbox-What are countries doing to get nationals out of Lebanon?

(Reuters) -A sharp escalation in border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has sent Western nations scrambling to update contingency plans for evacuations from the region. Cyprus, the

FBI will pay $22.6 million to settle female trainees’ sex bias claims

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to pay $22.6 million to settle a lawsuit by 34 women who claim they were wrongly dismissed from the FBI's agent training

Helene leaves many missing in North Carolina; authorities rush supplies to stricken area

By Marco Bello Maria Alejandra Cardona (Reuters) - Emergency responders in North Carolina were racing on Monday to try to reach people who remain unaccounted for three days after Hurricane Helene

Netanyahu tells Iran nowhere in the Middle East is out of Israel’s reach

By Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam and Maayan Lubell BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday in comments directed at Iran that there was nowhere in the Middle East

President Xi says Taiwan is China’s sacred territory, opposes Taiwan’s independence

Beijing, Sep 30 (PTI) President Xi Jinping on Monday asked the Chinese people to be ready to overcome all uncertainties as he asserted that...

Geneva conference calls for UN fact-finding mission to investigate rights violations in Balochistan, Sindh

Geneva , September 30 (ANI): A conference organised by the Baloch Human Rights Council and the World Sindhi Congress brought together scholars, human rights...

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Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?