In an unfortunate incident, massive mudslides in the Colombian town of Mocoa killed as many as 254 people out of which 43 were children said President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday. “Unfortunately, these are still preliminary figures,” tweeted President Santos, who travelled to the southern town Sunday to make sure[Read More…]
If Islam doesn’t propagate hatred, why don’t Muslim condemn terrorism?, It’s a question faced by majority of the Muslims in the light of terror attack in the name of Jihad. Similar question was asked to 19-year-old Heera Hashmi also. She, somehow, perfectly replied to the question by creating a 712-page[Read More…]
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the international community to increase aid to help people fleeing the Iraqi city of Mosul. Iraqi forces have seized back the city from the Islamic States in a massive six-month campaign. According to government sources, at least 355,000 residents have[Read More…]
China on Friday warned India of serious damage to bilateral ties if it allows the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh as Beijing asked New Delhi to honour its political pledges on the Tibet issue. “We are seriously concerned about the news. On the eastern section of the China—India border,[Read More…]
A blast occurred in Parachinar in Kurram Agency on Friday morning, killing at least 5 people while 30 others were reported to be injured. The injured were rushed to the hospital and emergency has been declared in hospitals of the city. The agency is seen as one of the most[Read More…]
Qatar Airways said on Thursday it will offer free laptops to business class passengers flying to the United States, in an effort to provide a unique solution to the recently imposed US ban on electronic devices. In a statement, the Doha-based carrier said it would begin offering a “laptop loan[Read More…]
Over 200,000 Indian millionaires are readily choosing luxury in their air travel. India’s passenger growth has upped by 20% and according to the International Air Transport Association, we can overtake the United Kingdom as the world’s third-largest aviation market by 2026. While rich Indians can fly 1st Class, more and more[Read More…]
Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry summoned the Indian envoy following assaults on Nigerian nationals in Noida and asked that the culprits be prosecuted immediately. Four Nigerian were severely beaten up in a neighbourhood in Greater Noida on Monday, after residents there suspected them of peddling drugs to a teenager who died[Read More…]
Bob Dylan will finally receive his Nobel Literature Prize for literature in Sweden this weekend, the academy has announced. At the time of Award ceremony, the Swedish Academy said that the singer-songwriter informed them “he wishes he could receive the prize personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible.” The[Read More…]
US President Donald Trump signed another controversial executive order to radically change Barack Obama’s climate policies, ceding American leadership in the international campaign to combat global warming. Trump signed the order at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), keeping his campaign promise to revive the coal industry. In the new executive[Read More…]
The US President Donald Trump has extended invitation to PM Narendra Modi to visit Washington later this year, said the White House, in a statement on Tuesday. Both the leader talked on the phone after Trump called PM Modi to congratulate him for the recent Assembly elections victory. The info[Read More…]
Lionel Messi has been banned from Argentina’s next four World Cup qualifiers, starting with Tuesday’s game in Bolivia. FIFA says Messi was banned for verbally abusing an assistant referee during a home qualifier against Chile on Thursday. FIFA intervened when the incident was not initially reported by the Brazilian referee[Read More…]
More than 300 civilians have been killed by US-led air strikes, ISIS bombs and snipers, shelling and fighting in the advance on western Mosul, the UN has said. The deadliest single incident reported so far was in the al-Jadida district, where up to 240 civilians were killed in suspected bombing by US-led coalition,[Read More…]