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Putin says Russia will find out who ordered deadly concert shooting

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia will find out who was behind last month's attack on a concert hall near Moscow that killed at least 144 people. "We will

UK government backs J.K. Rowling in Scottish hate crime law challenge

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - The British government said J.K. Rowling should not be arrested for her transgender views after the Harry Potter author challenged Scotland's new hate crime law with

12-year-old suspect arrested for shooting in Finland’s school that killed one, injured two children

Helsinki , April 2 (ANI): A 12-year-old suspect has been arrested for shooting at three 12-year-olds in which one child died and two other...

Pakistan: Loadshedding becomes major concern for people during Ramzan in Karachi

Karachi , April 2 (ANI): People in Karachi have been facing the problem of powercut, longer outages, and loadshedding with no respite for consumers...

One dead, two wounded in Finland school shooting, 12-year-old suspect held

By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) -One child was killed and two others seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil

Russia says it is working on removing Taliban from its terrorist list

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had important matters to discuss with Afghanistan's Taliban leaders and was working to remove the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist organisations.

Britain urges Israel to investigate death of aid workers in Gaza

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday called on Israel to urgently investigate and provide an explanation after aid workers, including British nationals, were killed in Gaza

Thai LGBT activists celebrate vote that brings marriage equality closer

By Thomas Suen BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai LGBT activists celebrated another victory on Tuesday after a marriage equality bill overwhelmingly passed a first reading in the upper house, a key step

Ukraine invites citizens to register war-time damage

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Ukrainians can begin filing claims for damages they have suffered in Russia's invasion at a newly-established register based in The Hague, Ukrainian Foreign minister Dmytro

‘Benedict XVI backed me up in favour of civil partnerships for LGBT couples,’ says Pope Francis

Francis has confirmed the Catholic Church's opposition to LGBT marriages, but has repeatedly said same-sex couples have a right to be protected by civil union laws.

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Being Dalit on a dating app. Upper caste men only want to argue over reservation, EWS

My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity.

Indian airlines are on path to capture 50% of market for international travel to & from the country

Adding new routes and more aircraft, Indian airlines are now looking to cash in on the post-pandemic surge in international travellers.

Spain denies port of call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.