International

13-11-2022 TIRANA: Police and protesters in Albania have scuffled in front of Prime Minister Edi Rama‘s office in Tirana after tens of thousands of people gathered there to protest against corruption and the country’s cost of living crisis. After demonstrating peacefully for about three hours, protesters broke through police cordons …

13-11-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The last co-conspirators jailed for the 1991 assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi have walked out of prison, a day after the country’s Supreme Court ordered their release. Gandhi, 46, was killed by a woman suicide bomber at an election rally in the …

13-11-2022 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Saturday postponed his trip to Pakistan. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, in a brief statement issued in this regard, confirmed that the visit is being rescheduled. “The new dates …

12-11-2022 TEHRAN: Thousands of Iranians protested in the restive southeast on Friday to mark a Sept. 30 crackdown by security forces known as “Bloody Friday” as the country’s clerical ruler’s battled persistent nationwide unrest. Amnesty International said security forces unlawfully killed at least 66 people in September after firing at …

12-11-2022 Bureau Report + BBC WASHINGTON: Donald Lu, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, has said that Washington recently pressed the Modi regime to restore local elections and political rights in all the regions across the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “I want to …

12-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report VIRGINIA/ GEORGIA/ HOUSTON/ ISLAMABAD: This year’s midterm elections in the United States proved to be historic for the Muslim community in America with 82 Muslim candidates sweeping local, state, federal and even judicial seats in 25 states, a report from the Council on …

12-11-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ UNITED NATIONS: UN member states have urged India to take a tougher stand on sexual violence and religious discrimination as they raised New Delhi’s human rights record during a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The UPR …

12-11-2022 KYIV: From propaganda billboards plastered all over Kherson city to fiery speeches by Russian and Moscow-appointed officials, the mantra repeated over much of the past year was the same: “Russia is here forever” but such declarations invite mockery these days, as tens of thousands of Russian servicemen hastily pulled …

12-11-2022 MICHIGAN: After months of court battles and uncertainty over abortion rights, the US swing state of Michigan has passed a ballot measure that will enshrine reproductive rights in its constitution. The measure, part of Tuesday’s midterm elections, effectively restores the rights that were called into question in June when …

11-11-2022 GLASGOW: More than 600 delegates affiliated with the fossil fuel industry are attending this year’s climate talks in Egypt, campaign group Global Witness has found, a number greater than the combined delegations from the 10 most climate-impacted countries. The attendance at COP27 marks a 25 percent increase from last …