16-12-2024 ZURICH/ KYIV: A map shown during the draw for the 2026 International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup has been criticized by Ukraine as an “unacceptable error” after it appeared to exclude Crimea as part of the country. The graphic showing countries that cannot be drawn to play …

16-12-2024 NEW YORK: ABC News has agreed to pay $15m (£12m) to US President-elect Donald Trump to settle a defamation lawsuit after its star anchor falsely said he had been found “liable for rape”. George Stephanopoulos made the statements repeatedly during an interview on 10 March this year while challenging …

16-12-2024 SAINT-DENIS/ ANTANANARIVO: France’s Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte has been struck by the worst cyclone to hit the islands in nearly a century. At least two people were reportedly killed when Cyclone Chido made landfall on Saturday, causing wind gusts of more than 225km/h (140mph), and it is feared …

16-12-2024 WASHINGTON: The US has made “direct contact” with the HTS rebels who now control Syria after toppling the Assad regime, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. It is the first acknowledgement of direct American contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which the US currently still designates as a terrorist …

Lucknow ’15 Dec’2024 :Several members of the Muslim Shia community, carried out a candlelight march in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh against the ‘atrocities’ against the Hindu community in Bangladesh. The candlelight march was carried out at the Chhota Imambara in Lucknow on Saturday. Maulana Kalbe Jawad, who led the march, urged …

15-12-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BHOPAL: Triveni Sonani starts her working day at 9am when she opens the gates of Oriya Basti School and welcomes the children of the neighborhood into the classroom for another day of learning. On this sunny December morning, she begins by settling the children into …

15-12-2024 SEOUL: South Korea’s parliament voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree, a historic rebuke that was cheered by jubilant crowds who described the outcome as another defiant moment in the nation’s resilient democratic journey. The National Assembly passed the motion 204-85 in …

15-12-2024 NEW YORK: Elon Musk’s claims of voting fraud in the United States presidential election prompted a flurry of concerned correspondence to election officials in a key swing state, newly released emails reveal. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s commentary on X prompted a Republican state senator and others in Pennsylvania, …

15-12-2024 NEW DELHI: Shahid Malik is fighting for a home that no longer exists. For the past two years, Malik, an accountant by profession, has been working with a local lawyer to seek justice for the demolition of his house and more than two dozen others in Kharak Riwara Satbari, …

15-12-2024 ANKARA: Turkiye can step in to resolve disputes between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the head of the Sudan Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. The Sudanese army, led by al-Burhan, accuses the UAE of providing weapons to its rival, the Rapid …