Headlines
  • Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
  • At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
  • Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
  • According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
  • In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
  • Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

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December 9, 2018

Election Commission of India claims that...

Political leaders expressed reservations over the use of EVMs.Researchers from Michigan University and a Hyderabad-based scientist also observed that the EVMs are not tamper-proof

December 7, 2018

WHO: Road Safety Report

The WHO Global status report on road safety 2018 highlights that road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of children and young people aged 5-29 years

December 6, 2018

Indian Elections: Some Interesting Facts and...

Former Prime Minister of India Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s father and mother  share the same name Krishna. Krishna Bihari Vajpayee is his father’s name and mother’s name is Krishna Devi

December 5, 2018

Egyptian Actress Questioned Over Revealing Dress...

The initial complaint against the 45-year-old Youssef was filed by a group of lawyers with a reputation for moral vigilantism but they said they withdrew their complaint Tuesday

The Same Tradition!

Eleven years back, Taslima Nasreen, another controversial writer from Bangladesh was thrown out of West Bengal by the ‘secular’ Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front Government

Struggle Icon Madiba Remembered

In 1994, South Africa held its first democratic elections, in which he was elected the country’s first black and democratically elected president

December 4, 2018

Beware of Cyber Stalkers

Sometime, perpetrators create fake account on face book to defame their victims and post morphed pictures to blackmail them

December 3, 2018

Cameroon Violence in a Nutshell

Along the northern border with Nigeria, Boko Haram has been active.In the  English speaking northwest and southwest regions where complaints by teachers and lawyers about the negligence of English speaking territories and  ‘influence of the French language’ escalate armed conflicts between separists and Cameroon military

Blasphemy Remains One of Pakistan’s Most...

Blasphemy remains one of Pakistan’s most controversial laws. According to Human Rights groups, accusations of blasphemy are often use to settle personal disputes or abuse others.Political parties and civic societies  in Pakistan should take more active roles to aware people about the misuse of these laws,they observed. There were several violent incidents relating to blasphemy  …

Global Citizen Festival Raises R100 Billion

The Global Citizen Festival which is an annual music festival organised by the Global Poverty Project took place at the FNB Stadium on Sunday

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