Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he wanted to improve relations with the European Union and was hoping for the same approach from the 27-nation bloc. “We are ready to put our relations back on track”; Erdogan said during a televised meeting with EU ambassadors in Ankara. “We expect our European friends to […]
A 45-year-old woman was grievously injured after four men allegedly raped her and inserted an iron rod into her private parts in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Saturday night following which the woman has been undergoing treatment in a hospital in neighboring Rewa district; Amiliya police station […]
The United States will designate Yemen’s Houthis rebels as a terrorist group, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a late-term move that aid groups fear will worsen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. With just 10 days left before President-elect, Joe Biden takes office the announcement on Sunday could complicate; the new US administration’s efforts to […]
The national carriers of Qatar and Saudi Arabia have announced the resumption of air travel between the two countries starting next week; just days after a deal was reached to end a years-long regional diplomatic dispute. A Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit on Tuesday declared an end to the bitter rift in which members Saudi […]
Indian forces have detained a Chinese soldier on the disputed Himalayan frontier where the world’s two most populous countries fought a deadly battle last year, the military said on Saturday. It is the second detention on the high altitude border since the pitched battles in June in which 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number […]
An Indonesian Sriwijaya Airplane is feared to have crashed into the sea after the Boeing 737 lost contact with air traffic control in the capital Jakarta with flight tracking data showing it plunged into a steep dive just minutes after take-off. The aircraft was carrying more than 60 people when communications dropped off on Saturday. […]
Pakistan has lifted all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi citizens, a move being seen as an ice breaker in the frosty relations between the two Muslim-majority countries in South Asia. “Pakistan has already removed all restrictions on Pakistani visas for Bangladeshi citizens”; said a statement by the Pakistan High Commission in Bangladesh; after a meeting […]
Facebook Inc and Instagram will extend a ban on US President Donald Trump’s accounts; for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition completed, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said. “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service; during this period are simply too great,” Zuckerberg said […]
After a chaotic day of protest and violence, Congress has certified Democrats Joe Biden as the next president and Kamala Harris as vice president of the United States, and Trump’s defeat. The action finalizes the 2020 US electoral process and makes clear that Biden will be inaugurated as president on January 20; President Donald Trump’s […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he is “very disappointed” that China has still not approved the entry of a team of international experts tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus, as some countries grapple with the increasing burden of the pandemic. Two members of the 10-strong international team had already […]
