Days after the US imposed a ban on import of five specific manufacturers in Xinjiang, Swedish clothing icon H&M has decided not to buy raw materials from the region's farms and factories suspected of using "forced labour". The fashion house said on Tuesday that it

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an iconic champion of women's rights, has died of cancer at the age of 87, the court has said. Ginsburg died on Friday of metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington, DC, surrounded by her family, the statement said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah was discharged from Delhi's All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital on Thursday, four days after he was re-admitted for a check-up after recovering from COVID-19. The BJP leader was admitted to AIIMS on Sunday night, nearly two weeks

Demanding a reversal of their exile, Kashmiri Pandit representatives have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to sit for an urgent meeting. Rich tributes were showered on the martyrs on the eve of Balidan Divas at a Webinar- Mahapanchayat of Kashmir

The Hong Kong government has said it will not interfere in the arrest of 12 Hong Kongers by Chinese authorities when they were trying to flee to Taiwan. In a statement late on Sunday, the government said the families of the 12 individuals has requested the administration for help, Al

Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic. "The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind," the Caribbean island nation's government said. It aims to complete the process in time for the 55th

Tropical Storm Sally has left more than half a million Americans without power as its torrential rains and storm surges lashed the US Gulf coast. Sally weakened after it made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, but the slow-moving storm continues to batter Florida and

India on Sunday gifted to Nepal a consignment of disaster relief material including tents and plastic sheets for distribution to flood and landslide affected families in five districts of the Himalayan nation. The consignment was handed over by India's deputy envoy in Nepal, Namgya

Singers, composers have taken an initiative to take the rich classical music of Jammu and Kashmir including sufiyana, classical, and folk at a global stage by taking different genres of musicians together to prepare a special album namely ‘Qarrar’. But unfortunately, all the

Uyghur American activist Rushan Abbas recently protested on the second anniversary of her sister’s detention in northwestern China’s Xinjiang province in front of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, media reports said on Sunday. She demanded safe release of her family

Israel's rapprochement with Gulf Arab states has left the Palestinians feeling abandoned by traditional allies and clutching an old playbook in a rapidly changing Middle East, analysts and critics say. As the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain prepare to sign normalization accords

US President Donald Trump has denied that he downplayed the seriousness of Covid-19, despite admitting in a recorded interview having done that. At a televised event with voters, Mr Trump said he had "up-played" it. The claim contradicts what Mr Trump told journalist Bob

Japan's parliament has elected Yoshihide Suga as the country's new prime minister, following the resignation of Shinzo Abe. After winning the leadership of the governing party earlier this week, Wednesday's vote confirms his new position. A close ally of Mr Abe, the new

Police have arrested 12 suspected people over the alleged gang-rape of a woman on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway in Pakistan's Punjab region, media reports said. The incident has triggered massive condemnation from different sections of Pakistani society. Confirming the arrest of

Japan's governing party has elected Yoshihide Suga as its new leader to succeed Shinzo Abe, meaning he is almost certain to become the country's next prime minister. Last month Mr Abe announced his resignation due to health reasons. Mr Suga, 71, serves as chief cabinet

Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS last night, nearly two weeks after he was discharged from the hospital. He was earlier admitted to the national capital's top hospital for post Covid-care.  In an official statement, the AIIMS this morning

More than 30 people have been killed by wildfires that are sweeping through US West Coast states, officials say. Dozens of people are missing in Oregon alone, with one emergency official saying the state should be preparing for a "mass fatality incident". Fires have been

The Indian Army's Chinar 9 Jawan Club continues to help youths develop skills amid the COVID-19 crisis in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. The Chinar 9 Jawan Club imparts skill training to youths of Baramulla in various domains including computer hardware, fashion designing

The Afghan authorities have released Zia Ahmad and Abdullah Gulam Astagir, who had been sentenced for the murder of Bettina Goislard, a French humanitarian worker on a mission in Afghanistan for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. France reiterates its

Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono on Wednesday called for increased cooperation in the India-Pacific region to counter Chinese expansion. Speaking at a webinar held by Washington-based Center for Strategic & International Studies, Kono pitched for a larger regional mechanism or