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Hopes fade of finding dozens of migrants missing after boat sinks off Canary Islands

By Borja Suarez and Graham Keeley EL HIERRO, Spain (Reuters) - Hopes of finding any of the 48 migrants missing since their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro are diminishing, authorities

Pope Francis says Belgian clergy abuse victims deserve more compensation

By Joshua McElwee ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday victims of Catholic clergy sexual abuse in Belgium deserved more financial compensation, calling the amounts allocated

Syrians mourn Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli strike

By Kinda Makieh and Firas Makdesi DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Flags flew at half-mast in Damascus on Sunday and residents said they were still shocked after the killing of Hezbollah's chief Sayyed Hassan

Austria’s far right wins general election -projections

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Freedom Party (FPO) won Sunday's general election, putting the far-right group in pole position to form a coalition for the first time since World War Two, projections

Kashmiri Activist slams Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif for his remarks on Kashmir at UN

New Delhi , September 29 (ANI): Javed Beigh, a political activist from Jammu and Kashmir, criticised Pakistan, particularly in light of Prime Minister Shehbaz...

Cash-strapped Pakistan cuts 150,000 jobs, dissolves 6 ministries as part of IMF deal

Islamabad, Sep 29 (PTI) In an effort to minimise administrative expenditures, cash-strapped Pakistan on Sunday announced to abolish about 150,000 government posts, close...

Amnesty condemns sedition verdict as blow to free speech in Hong Kong

Hong Kong, September 29 (ANI): In a ruling, two former editors of the now-defunct Stand News, Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, along with the...

US says all-out war not the way to return people to homes in northern Israel

(Reuters) -Israel will not be able to safely get people back into their homes in the north of the country by waging an all-out war with Hezbollah or Iran, White House national security spokesperson

Geneva: Balochistan, Sindh activists protest in front of UN Office against Pak brutalities

Geneva , September 29 (ANI): Human rights activists from Sindh and Balochistan provinces, as well as the members of the Baloch American Congress and...

Death toll in floods, landslides in Nepal rises to 148

Kathmandu, Sep 29 (PTI) The death toll from rain-triggered floodings and landslides across Nepal climbed to 148 on Sunday, police said. Large swathes of...

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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?