Islamabad: Stage is set for general elections in Pakistan on Wednesday. As the high profile and violence-hit campaign ended on Monday, according to various assessments, former cricket icon-turned-politician Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is said to be poised to make significant gains in this year’s polls. While Indian observers are keeping a close watch […]
United Nations: Voicing deep concern over the latest flare-up of violence around Gaza, the United Nations chief has urged all sides to “step back from the brink of another devastating conflict”. “I am gravely concerned over the dangerous escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel,” said Secretary-General António Guterres in a statement on Saturday. […]
New Delhi: Reminding members of the newly-constituted Congress Working Committee, the role of Congress as the ‘Voice of India’, AICC President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday called on party workers to rise and fight for the country’s oppressed sector. Chairing the first meeting of the revamped CWC, Gandhi described it as an institution, comprising experience and […]
BANGKOK: The 12 Thai boys and soccer coach who were rescued from a flooded cave will be discharged from hospital on Wednesday and hold a news conference the same day to satisfy huge media interest in their story, media reports said. The boys, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach were safely brought out […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May warned her divided party on Sunday that there may be “no Brexit at all” if they wrecked her plan to forge a close relationship with the European Union after leaving the world’s biggest trading bloc. “My message to the country this weekend is simple: we need to keep our […]
Islamabad: Pakistan is observing mourning day on Sunday to express solidarity with the families of victims of recent terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. The National Flag is flying at half mast on the occasion, Pakistan Daily Dawn news said. The announcement to this effect was made by Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk in Islamabad […]
Bangkok: It was his rare combination of talents that led Australian doctor Richard Harris deep into the Tham Luang cave in Thailand. When the Wild Boars football team was located deep inside the cave, after being missing for a week, the Adelaide anaesthetist abandoned his holiday in Thailand and volunteered to help. He went in […]
Tokyo: At least 126 people are now known to have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Japan, says the government, a BBC News report said on Tuesday. It is the highest death toll caused by rainfall that Japan has seen in more than three decades. Rescuers are now digging through […]
Japan: Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rain unleashed floods and landslides that killed at least 112 people, with dozens missing. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cancelled an overseas trip to deal with Japan’s worst flood disaster since 1983, with several million people forced from their […]
Bangkok, July 8 (UNI) Rescuers have begun a mission to evacuate 12 boys and their football coach from the cave where they have been trapped for two weeks, according to a BBC News report on Sunday. Teams entered the cave at 10:00 local time (03:00 GMT), operation chief Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters. All non-essential staff […]
