The woman’s body was found in a classroom at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug. 9. Other doctors stayed off work for weeks to demand justice for her and better security at public hospitals. Defendant Sanjay Roy said in November he was “completely innocent” and was being framed. He reiterated this […]
Israel “only succeeded in committing war crimes that disgrace the dignity of humanity,” the group said in a statement. A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin Sunday morning at 0630 GMT, mediator Qatar said on Saturday after Israel’s cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage-prisoner release deal. The exact time of the ceasefire’s […]
Two senior Iranian Supreme Court judges involved in handling espionage and terrorism cases were shot dead in the capital Tehran on Saturday, Iran’s judiciary said. It said the attacker killed himself after opening fire at the judges inside the Supreme Court, and that a bodyguard of one of the judges was wounded. The judiciary identified […]
Ambassador Munir Akram, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, expressed profound concern in a speech to the UN Security Council (UNSC) about the growing dangers that peacekeepers from the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) face. Following a briefing by two top UN peacekeeping officers to the 15-member […]
“There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform on Friday. “Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda,” Trump added. The […]
It said in a statement on its website that “the government approves” the “release (of) 737 prisoners and detainees” currently in the custody of the prison service. Israel’s cabinet voted to approve the ceasefire deal early Saturday, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, ending days of uncertainty about whether the truce would go into […]
Heavy rain, lightning, and winds as strong as 100 kilometers per hour (60 miles per hour) have swept across Sydney and other areas of New South Wales since Wednesday. With many power lines felled, about 30,000 properties remained without electricity Saturday — down from a peak of more than 260,000, said the state’s emergency services […]
Yoon, who is expected to attend the hearing, threw the nation into chaos on December 3 when he attempted to suspend the civilian rule, citing the need to combat threats from “anti-state elements”. Soldiers the president directed to storm parliament failed to stop lawmakers from voting down martial law just six hours after his shock […]
Israel’s cabinet approved a deal with Palestinian group Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Saturday, a day ahead of the agreement’s scheduled start. In the early hours of Saturday after meeting for more than six hours, the government ratified the agreement that […]
HeartMate 3 developed by Abbott has been implanted in the chest of a 35-year-old man who has been hospitalised for the last four months due to advanced heart failure. The HeartMate 3 LVAD (left ventricular assist device), which is placed in the pumps blood to the rest of the body. The LVAD is attached to […]
