‘They can kill us’: Fear and Sikh resilience in Canada city amid India spat | Features

‘They can kill us’: Fear and Sikh resilience in Canada city amid India spat | Features

Surrey, British Columbia – On a Saturday afternoon in a Sikh temple in Surrey, Canada, boys and men with determined faces wield swords and sticks at each other in an ancient martial art called gatka. “We are a rebellious community,” Gurkeerat Singh, a farmer, electrician, photographer and spokesperson for the…

Anger in Kashmir after Indian army accused of killing civilians in custody | Military News

Anger in Kashmir after Indian army accused of killing civilians in custody | Military News

The deaths of three Kashmir civilians after they were picked up by the Indian army in the wake of a deadly rebel attack in the disputed Himalayan region have caused anger among people and led to calls for an investigation into alleged custodial killings. According to the families, the three…

Iran summons Russia’s envoy again over islands dispute | Politics News

Iran summons Russia’s envoy again over islands dispute | Politics News

This is the second time the Russian envoy to Tehran is being summoned over the same issue. Tehran, Iran – Iran has once more summoned the Russian envoy to Tehran after Moscow signed another joint statement with Arab nations calling for negotiations over three disputed islands that the United Arab…

Ukraine picks new Christmas date in break with Russian tradition | Religion News

Ukraine picks new Christmas date in break with Russian tradition | Religion News

For the first time in a century, Ukraine will celebrate the holiday on December 25 rather than January 7. Ukraine will formally mark Christmas Day on December 25 this year, in a symbolic shift away from Russia, which celebrates the holiday on January 7. It will be the first time…

Israeli strikes kill UN staff, more than 70 of his extended family in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli strikes kill UN staff, more than 70 of his extended family in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A United Nations official has been killed along with more than 70 members of his extended family in an Israeli air strike near Gaza City, as hundreds of people have been killed in intensified bombardment since Friday’s UN Security Council resolution that has been criticised as “woefully insufficient”. Issam Al…

Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 79 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 79 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Here’s how things stand on Sunday, December 24, 2023: The latest developments The United States said Iran launched a drone from its soil that struck a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) also said it downed several drones launched at vessels from Yemen by…

‘Many more could die’: Urgent plea for Rohingya refugees trapped at sea | Rohingya News

‘Many more could die’: Urgent plea for Rohingya refugees trapped at sea | Rohingya News

At least one passenger on a boat carrying 185 refugees has died, with dozens more in ‘critical condition’, warns UNHCR. Fears are growing for scores of Rohingya refugees believed to be stranded at sea in the Indian Ocean, after a boat they set off in from Bangladesh saw its engine…

Staying warm in Gaza: A battle for survival | Infographic News

Staying warm in Gaza: A battle for survival | Infographic News

Esraa Kamal al-Jamalan was nearly eight months pregnant when she, her husband and their five-year-old son were forced to flee their northern Gaza neighbourhood of Sheikh Radwan after it was bombed by Israel in late October. They walked more than three kilometres (1.86 miles) to al-Shifa Hospital, where many people were…