Hong Kong democracy leaders jailed over Umbrella Movement protests
Four prominent leaders of Hong Kong’s democracy movement were jailed on Wednesday for their role in organising mass protests in ...
Brazil court reduces ex-president Lula’s sentence
A Brazilian appeals court on Tuesday reduced leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s 12-year sentence for bribery ...
116 LS constituencies go to polls in third phase today
New Delhi, Apr 23: Altogether 116 Lok Sabha constituencies across 14 states and two Union Territories
go to polls on April 23 in the ...
Iran denounces US decision to end sanction waivers
Tehran , Apr 23 : Iran on Monday denounced United States’ decision to end sanctions waivers for nations importing Iranian Oil, ...
SP fields Shalini Yadav to take on PM Modi in Varanasi
Lucknow , Apr 23: Samajwadi Party on Monday fielded Shalini Yadav from Varanasi parliamentary constituency against Prime Minister ...
Researchers calculate decades of ‘scary’ Greenland ice melting
Measuring melting ice is a fairly precise business in 2019 — thanks to satellites, weather stations and sophisticated climate ...
Trump: Congress ‘can’t impeach’ him
US President Donald Trump said Monday that Congress “can’t impeach” him over the findings of the Mueller report ...
Sri Lanka imposes state of emergency after attacks blamed on Islamists
Sri Lanka on Tuesday imposed a state of emergency hours after the government blamed a local Islamist group for a series of suicide ...
Sudan army orders protesters to tear down barricades
Sudan’s new army rulers on Monday ordered protesters to dismantle their barricades on roads leading to the military headquarters ...
Sri Lanka blames Islamists for Easter attacks as death toll hits 290
Sri Lanka said Monday it believed a local Islamist extremist group was behind deadly suicide bomb blasts that killed nearly 300 people ...