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Prisoners kill at least one guard, take hostages in Russian jail

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A group of prisoners seized hostages in a jail in Russia's Volgograd region on Friday and at least one member of the prison staff was killed, state media said. A video circulating on

Russian court sentences five men for anti-Israel riots at Dagestan airport

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A court in southern Russia on Friday sentenced five men to more than six years in prison each in the first convictions related to a mass anti-Israel protest last October at an

Pakistan: University employees protest over months of unpaid salaries amid severe financial crisis

Quetta (Balochistan) , August 23 (ANI): Hundreds of employees from the Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) protested on Thursday...

Kamala Harris warns Americans of consequences of putting Trump back in White House

Washington, Aug 23 (PTI) Kamala Harris has used her presidential acceptance speech to present herself as a leader who could unite all Americans to...

PM Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Kyiv, highlights relevance of his message for peaceful society

Kyiv , August 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at his statue in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv...

“Conflict particularly devastating for young children,” says PM Modi at Martyrologist Exposition

Kyiv , August 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the multimedia Martyrologist exposition on children at the National Museum of History of Ukraine...

JSFM central leader Goro Sindhi critically injured in attack

Hyderabad , August 23 (ANI): In a shocking turn of events, Goro Sindhi, a central leader of the Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM), is...

Modi pays historic visit to Ukraine; President Zelenskyy warmly welcomes PM

Kyiv, Aug 23 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a historic visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv under the shadow of war to hold...

Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party split over upcoming presidential election

Colombo, Aug 23 (PTI) The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Sri Lanka's main Tamil party, has suffered a blow with its chair S Sritharan’s...

UN human rights chief calls for victim-centred implementation as Nepal advances in resolving war-era cases

Kathmandu , August 23 (ANI): United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has urged for victim-centred implementation of new transitional Justice legislation in Nepal...

On Camera

You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

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?