Indian opposition protest in capital over Kejriwal’s arrest ahead of polls

Top leaders of India’s opposition coalition and thousands of supporters have rallied in the capital, decrying “autocracy” in protest against the arrest of a senior colleague ahead of the general election. Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi and a key leader in an opposition alliance formed to challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was arrested and مزید پڑھیں

Malaysia arrests three for supplying suspected Israeli spy with firearms

Malaysian authorities have arrested three people suspected of supplying firearms to a 36-year-old man carrying an Israeli passport, who was detained this week at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, police said. The man, arrested on Saturday, with a bag containing six handguns and 200 bullets, had arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport from the United مزید پڑھیں

US to impose new visa curbs on Hong Kong officials over rights crackdown

The United States announced Friday it will impose new visa restrictions on multiple Hong Kong officials over the crackdown on rights and freedoms in the territory. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has previously stated that China has been pursuing Hong Kong’s promised autonomy, democratic institutions, and rights, including with the recent enactment of a مزید پڑھیں

French parliament passes bill against hair discrimination

France’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a bill forbidding workplace discrimination based on hair texture, which the draft law’s backers say has hit mostly black women wearing their hair naturally. Olivier Serva, an independent National Assembly deputy for the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe and the bill’s sponsor, said it would penalise any مزید پڑھیں

Israeli strike killed 36 Syrian soldiers near Aleppo: war monitor

An Israeli strike on northern Syria’s Aleppo province killed at least 36 Syrian soldiers on Friday, according to a war monitor. The attack killed at least “36 Syrian soldiers” and targeted an area “near rockets depots belonging to Lebanese group Hezbollah,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor, which has an extensive network مزید پڑھیں

US urges Afghanistan to prevent attacks from Afghan soil

The United States is urging Afghanistan to take stricter measures against terrorism within its borders. US State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, emphasized the importance of Afghanistan fulfilling its commitment to prevent the use of its territory for terrorist activities. “We are determined that Afghanistan will ensure its territory is not used again for terrorism,” Miller مزید پڑھیں

Sri Lanka jails firebrand Buddhist monk for Muslim insults

A Sri Lankan court on Thursday sentenced an influential Buddhist monk to four years’ hard labour for fanning sectarian hatred against the island’s minority Muslim population. The Colombo High Court found Galagodaatte Gnanasara had hurt Muslims by making disparaging remarks about Islam at a 2016 press conference. “The monk was sentenced to four years of مزید پڑھیں

US diverting attention from Moscow attack with focus on Daesh: Kremlin

Russia sees the US focus on Daesh being responsible for last week’s terror attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow region as an attempt to shift attention from something else, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said. Speaking in an interview, Peskov said it looks strange that Washington takes the liberty to مزید پڑھیں