Category: World

Harvey Weinstein was convicted on Monday at his sexual assault trial, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of the #MeToo movement. The verdict followed weeks of often harrowing and excruciatingly graphic testimony from a string of accusers who told of rapes, forced oral sex, groping, masturbation, lewd propositions and excuses […]

More than 30 people were injured on Monday after a car plowed into a carnival parade in the western German town of Volkmarsen, Bild newspaper said on Monday. Police confirmed the incident but said it was too early to say exactly how many people were hurt or whether it was an accident or the driver had deliberately […]

A woman who chanted “Pakistan Zindabad” at a gathering against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 in Bengaluru was taken into police custody and has been booked for sedition, The Wire reported on Friday. Amulya Leona chanted “Pakistan Zindabad” while on stage during the event after which she chanted “Hindustan Zindabad” before the microphone was taken from her. The […]

KABUL: The deputy leader of the Taliban and one of the world’s most wanted militants has written an opinion piece for the New York Times in which he says the Afghan insurgents are “fully committed” to a deal with Washington. The article, headlined “What the Taliban want”, represents the highest-level statement from the group on months of negotiations with […]

A week-long “reduction in violence” between the Taliban, the US, and Afghan security forces will commence shortly, an official said on Friday, ahead of the signing of a possible deal between Washington and the insurgents. If the partial truce goes ahead, it would mark a historic step in more than 18 years of gruelling conflict […]

Iranians were voting for a new parliament on Friday, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran’s leadership as sanctions weigh on the economy and isolate the country diplomatically. The disqualification of more than 7,000 potential candidates, most of them reformists and moderates, raised the possibility of a lower-than-usual turnout. Iran’s leadership […]

An eye witness to the recent stabbing at a mosque in central London described the incident as “30 seconds of mayhem”, UK publication The Guardian reported on Friday. A day prior, British police arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder for the stabbing. In a statement, police officials had said: “A man in his 70s was […]

Swedish furniture giant Ikea said on Thursday it will close all of its Chinese stores “until further notice”, in response to the spread of the new deadly coronavirus. The company said that it had “temporarily closed all of the 30 stores in mainland China until further notice, effective from January 30”. Ikea announced on Wednesday […]

WASHINGTON: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called a meeting of its emergency committee on Thursday to determine whether the outbreak of the novel coronavirus constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. “Stopping the spread of this virus both in China and globally is WHO’s highest priority,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]