Bihar’s Kishanganj police on Sunday arrested four persons in connection with the gan-grape of a 30-year-old woman. The accused, identified as Sher Singh (55), Aakash Singh (27), Brijlal Singh (30) and Shayamu Singh (25), allegedly kidnapped the woman on Saturday from her house located at Halim Chowk under Kishanganj police station area and took her…
Protests at U.S. universities showed no sign of slowing over the weekend, with more arrests on campuses and a brief skirmish between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators at California’s UCLA, where a tent encampment was set up last week. Protesters opposed to Israel’s incursion into Gaza are demanding a ceasefire in the war with Hamas and…
Yemen’s Houthis have struck again, with reports emerging of an oil tanker damaged and a US drone shot down amid escalating tensions over Israel’s offensive in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported. In his latest televised address, the Houthis’ military spokesman, Yahya Saree, claimed responsibility for targeting the “British oil ship Andromeda Star” in the Red Sea…
Palestinian writer Basim Khandaqji, jailed 20 years ago in Israel, won a prestigious prize for Arabic fiction on Sunday for his novel “A Mask, the Colour of the Sky”. The award of the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction was announced at a ceremony in Abu Dhabi. The prize was accepted on Khandaqji’s behalf by…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday encouraged Azerbaijan and Armenia to keep up momentum toward a peace settlement after protests in Armenia over perceived concessions. Blinken, flying to the Middle East, spoke by telephone with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the State Department said. In the call with…
Hamas said Sunday it had no “major issues” after reviewing Israel’s latest proposal for a long-sought truce and hostage-release deal in the Gaza Strip after almost seven months of war. A delegation from the Islamist movement will arrive in Egypt on Monday to deliver the group’s response to Israel’s counterproposal, a senior Hamas official told…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should get an opportunity to serve Odisha. The Prime Minister said the pride and dignity of Odisha are being destroyed, and the BJP should be given a chance to serve the state. PM Modi said this during an interview with a news channel,…
An exceptional number of powerful tornadoes have ravaged parts of Oklahoma and nearby Great Plains states, with one small town reportedly hit by two separate tornadoes within hours, authorities said Sunday. After 78 tornadoes were reported Friday, mostly in Nebraska and Iowa, a separate weather system Saturday brought 35 tornado reports from northern Texas to…
A group of Congress workers on Sunday held a protest near the office of the party’s Northeast Delhi’s candidate for Lok Sabha polls Kanhaiya Kumar, demanding a local person to be nominated from the seat. The protest was held near the Maujpur metro station. Navdeep Sharma, one of the protesters, said they want a local…
US President Joe Biden spoke with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone Sunday and “reviewed ongoing talks” to free hostages taken by Hamas during their October 7 attack on Israel, the White House said. The two allies “reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in Gaza,” the…