The leader of India's main opposition Congress party offered to resign on Monday, local media reported, after almost two dozen top leaders called for better decision-making in the party, which has ruled for much of the country's independent history. The call, made in a letter,

At least five soldiers and four civilians have been killed, and several others were wounded after two explosions struck the southern Philippine town of Jolo, according to authorities. Philippine Red Cross Chief Richard Gordon said the explosion hit at approximately noon (04:00 GMT) on

Kellyanne Conway has announced that she is resigning from her post as Senior Counsel to US President Donald Trump. In a statement, Mrs Conway said she was stepping down at the end of August to focus on her children, giving them "less drama, more mama". Her husband George,

The man who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 had plans to target a third mosque, his sentencing hearing has heard. Brenton Tarrant also planned to burn down the mosques, wanting to "inflict as many fatalities as possible". The Australian has pleaded

Turkey has been "vehemently" fighting for the leadership role in the Islamic world by replacing Saudi Arabia, according to a report by EurAsian Times. It appears that Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has the backing of China and Pakistan to oust Saudi Arabia from

Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha is missing tourists this year due to the global pandemic situation. Otherwise, thousands of Indians visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site annually. "The number of Indian tourists (in Lumbini) stood at 93,852 last year while domestic

Noting that Pakistan's state-sponsored policy of terrorism is evident in inaction against likes of Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Ehsanullah Ehsan and in its involvement in various terror attacks including that in Mumbai and on Parliament, India said on Thursday that international

At least 13 people have been killed and three others injured in a stampede at a nightclub in Lima, Peru, as partygoers attempted to escape a police raid on the venue, according to Orlando Velasco Mujica, general of the Peruvian National Police. Police were called to the Thomas Restobar

Maryanne Trump Barry bitterly criticized her brother, President Donald Trump, saying, "Donald's out for Donald," and appeared to confirm her niece Mary Trump's previous allegations that he had a friend take his SATs to get into college, according to audio excerpts

An asteroid which is projected to come close to Earth later this year has a 0.41 per cent chance of hitting the planet, according to NASA data. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said the celestial object, known as

India on Sunday reported 3,044,940 coronavirus infections, with more than 69,200 cases being reported in the last 24 hours, according to the country's health ministry. The country crossed that mark just 16 days after the number of cases crossed 2 million. India is generating the

If the headline has tickled the travel bug in you and your head is filled with questions like “how” and “when”, then you’re not alone. A company organising this tour, shared a post about the trip on Instagram. Since then, the comments section of the post is

It is pertinent to note that the data is being under-reported and the actual scenario could be worse as the Nepali Communist Party (NCP) is trying to shield the expansionist agenda of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Nepal is becoming the victim of colonial design as China is slowly

Right-wing Pakistani politician and president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman criticized Imran Khan-led government for its ineffective policies regarding Kashmir. While addressing his supporters in Peshawar recently, Maulana lambasted Prime Minister Imran Khan as

Right-wing Pakistani politician and president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, has attacked PM Imran Khan-led administration for their inefficiency in handling the Kashmir issue and the policies framed for the region. Addressing his supporters in Peshawar recently,

In the artillery attack by Pakistani forces on the “residential areas” in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province on July 30, at least nine civilians were killed and 50 others were wounded. Now, in just 24 hours, the number has risen to 15 and 80 respectively. The spokesman

Amid rising cases of enforced disappearances in the region, people in Qazi Ahmed town of Shaheed Behazir Abad district of Sindh province in Pakistan took to streets to raise their voice against state terrorism and brutality in the province. “Stop state terrorism, fascism and

With India reporting 69,878 cases and 945 deaths in the last 24 hours, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country rose to 29,75,702 and the death toll reached 55,794 on Saturday.  Currently, India has 6,97,330 active cases while 22,22,578 people have been treated

Ministry of Economic Development, on Thursday, extended the ban on bringing Bangladeshi labourers to Maldives for a period of one year, just as the restriction's September 18 deadline draws close. Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail, in 2019, affixed a quota of 150,000

The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data shows. The climate crisis is heating the Arctic at double the rate in lower latitudes, and the ice cap is the biggest single contributor to sea level