Category: World

Two people died on Friday after Cyclone Fani slammed into eastern India, officials said, as the storm sent coconut trees flying, blew away food stands and cut off power and water. The monster weather system, which made landfall at the eastern holy city of Puri in the morning, is one of the strongest to come […]

AMBOISE: French President Emmanuel Macron and his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella on Thursday kicked off commemorations to mark 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died in France, paying their respects to the Renaissance genius in a show of unity after months of diplomatic tensions. “The bond between our countries and our citizens is indestructible,” Macron […]

A historic “loya jirga” peace summit in Kabul ended on Friday with delegates from across Afghanistan demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire, and President Ashraf Ghani saying he was conditionally prepared to implement the call. This week’s loya jirga, or grand assembly, saw about 3,200 religious and tribal leaders, politicians and representatives try to find […]

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her longtime partner Clarke Gayford have gotten engaged. A spokesman for Ardern said on Friday that the pair got engaged over the Easter break in the town of Mahia, but said any further details would be for Ardern to discuss when she next speaks to media on Monday. […]

NEW DELHI: Although the final UN decision to put Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) leader Masood Azhar on international terror listpointedly deleted any reference to Pulwama, India maintained on Thursday that it was the death of its 40 paramilitary men in a suicide attack there that led to the final agreement. Addressing the press a day after China lifted […]

A Denver landlord who was recorded telling her tenant to find an “American person … good like you and me” to sublease her property instead of a Muslim father and son seeking to open their second restaurant must pay the men $675,000 under a settlement. The three men sued last year, generating local news coverage […]

Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches have cancelled Sunday mass in the capital Colombo for a second straight week, citing foreign intelligence warnings of threats to worshippers in the wake of the deadly Easter bombings on churches and hotels. Sri Lankan security forces have said they were maintaining a high level of alert as intelligence reports indicated […]

India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED), a financial crimes investigation agency, on Thursday filed its first charge sheet against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, accusing him of money laundering, The Hindu reported, adding that others had also been charged. The charge sheet was filed in a special court in Mumbai under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. While this […]

Now that’s how you make a statement on the red carpet! Blake Lively showed up at the Pokemon Detective Pikachu premiere to support husband Ryan Reynolds sporting a yellow Retrofête’s Rebecc dress and a baby bump; this makes it baby number three for the happy couple. The notoriously private couple are already proud parents to two kids: […]

KABUL: Afghan officials called for a ceasefire on Thursday as a huge peace summit wound down in Kabul after thousands of delegates spent days discussing possible conditions for a peace deal with the Taliban. This week’s “loya jirga”, or grand assembly, saw more than 3,000 religious and tribal leaders, politicians and representatives from across the […]