Guantanamo prison looms as option as IS fight ends
WASHINGTON – The Guantanamo Bay detention center would receive new prisoners for the first time in more than a decade under one option being considered as the U.S. withdraws its forces from Syria and works to resolve the fate of hundreds of captured suspected Islamic State fighters, officials say. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have custody of […]
Jobless youth march to protest Indian ‘unemployment crisis’
Hundreds of jobless young people marched Thursday through the streets of the Indian capital demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government tackle what they called a rising unemployment crisis. The protesters disputed the government’s claim that it has created millions of jobs since it came to power in 2014 with the economy growing around 7 percent […]
Indonesia court jails British woman for slapping Bali immigration officer
DENPASAR: An Indonesian court on Wednesday jailed a British woman for six months for slapping an immigration officer in an argument over a fine for overstaying her visa. Auj-e Taqaddas, 42, was found guilty in a court in Bali’s capital, Denpasar, of violence against an officer at Bali airport carrying out his legal duty, Judge […]
Indian woman arrested for shooting Gandhi effigy
NEW DELHI: A proper-wing Indian female who shot an effigy of independence hero Mahatma Gandhi with an air pistol to mark his assassination a few seven a long time in the past became arrested on Wednesday. Pooja Shakun Pandey turned into filmed shooting the effigy at an event through a much-proper Hindu group on Friday, the […]
Sadaf Jaffer :Breaking all barriers
The story of SADAF JAFFER is truly inspirational and has some amazing takeaways. After she became the first south east Asian woman to sworn in as mayor of Montgomery, New Jersey. The Pakistani American has committed herself to social equity and instruction. Brought up in Chicago, Illinois, Jaffer says her parents played an important role […]
‘Lord’ Modi just like the British, Rahul Gandhi says
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lording it over India just like the British, competition leader Rahul Gandhi stated in a blistering pre-election broadside published on Tuesday. Modi in the vote due with the aid of can also. “every institution in India is going through Mr Modi’s autocratic backlash,” Gandhi, head of the Congress party that […]
Nurse pleads not guilty to raping, impregnating disabled US woman
PHOENIX – A nurse facing criminal charges in the rape of an incapacitated woman who later gave birth at a long-term care facility in Phoenix pleaded not guilty Tuesday during a brief court appearance. The only comments by Nathan Dorceus Sutherland came when he identified himself to the court and stated his birth date. Afterward, […]
Trump serious about Afghanistan pull-out, says Taliban
KABUL: US President Donald Trump is serious about getting out of Afghanistan, the Taliban said on Friday, outlining the “Islamic system” comprising “all Afghans” that the group says it hopes to establish under any peace deal. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid spoke to AFP via WhatsApp a day after the US said talks with the militants are “on the […]
Marauding leopard causes panic in Indian city
A LEOPARD caused panic in the Indian city of Jalandhar as it went on the prowl for several hours attacking inhabitants before it was tranquilised. Four people were heave to the ground and bitten by the marauding feline who stalked the alleys and backstreets of the Punjab city of 800,000 people for more than six […]
Indian election budget helps farmers, middle class and ‘mother cow
New Delhi: The Budget which was announced by Union Minister, Piyush Goyal talked about farmers, the middle class, and also cows. Yes, cows. The Cow- themed announcement in the interim budget was slammed by the critics, as entirely targeted at the national election, due by May. “This government will never shy away from repute our mother […]
