What we know about Iranian President Raisi’s helicopter crash | Politics

What we know about Iranian President Raisi’s helicopter crash | Politics

NewsFeed A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and the foreign minister has crashed in a remote area in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. Search and rescue efforts have been hampered by bad weather. Published On 19 May 202419 May 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook…

‘Grim reminder’: Sri Lanka’s Tamils mark 15 years since end of civil war | Human Rights News

‘Grim reminder’: Sri Lanka’s Tamils mark 15 years since end of civil war | Human Rights News

Ceremony held at memorial site in Mullivaikkal village despite reports of heavy surveillance and allegations of intimidation. Sri Lanka’s minority Tamil community is marking 15 years since the end of the island nation’s civil war in an emotional ceremony that proceeded despite fears that authorities could prevent its staging. Public…

India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 5: Who votes and what’s at stake? | India Election 2024 News

India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 5: Who votes and what’s at stake? | India Election 2024 News

Indians will cast their ballots on May 20 for the fifth phase of the world’s largest electoral exercise as the country’s national election enters its final stages after weeks of heated campaign barbs and seemingly lower-than-expected voter enthusiasm. Forty-nine constituencies will be up for grabs across six states and two…

Three Afghans, three Spanish tourists killed in Bamyan shooting | Crime News

Three Afghans, three Spanish tourists killed in Bamyan shooting | Crime News

Group of tourists and their companions was fired on while walking through a market in central Afghanistan. Three Afghan nationals and three Spanish tourists were killed in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, the Taliban government has said, as it raised the death toll from the attack in a market. On Saturday, the…

Sri Lanka’s killing fields cast a long shadow | Opinions

Sri Lanka’s killing fields cast a long shadow | Opinions

Today we mark the 15th anniversary of the bloody end of Sri Lanka’s three-decades-long civil war. This anniversary comes around at a critical historical juncture, amid the humanitarian catastrophe unleashed by Israel’s assault on Gaza. The global response to Gaza, across many states, peoples and international institutions, shows that there…

At least 50 killed in heavy rains, floods in Afghanistan’s Ghor province | Weather News

At least 50 killed in heavy rains, floods in Afghanistan’s Ghor province | Weather News

Officials in the central region expect the number of casualties to increase as rising waters destroy thousands of homes. At least 50 people have been killed and thousands of homes destroyed following a new bout of heavy rains and flooding in central Afghanistan, the authorities confirmed. Flash floods caused by…

India’s biggest election prize: Can the Gandhi family survive Modi? | India Election 2024 News

India’s biggest election prize: Can the Gandhi family survive Modi? | India Election 2024 News

Amethi/Rae Bareli, India – Irfan*, a tea stall owner, is convinced that change is afoot. “There has not been much traffic on this road from Rae Bareli to Amethi ever since the Congress lost power in 2014,” he says, referring to two towns and a party that for decades have…

Has India’s Muslim population really exploded? | India Election 2024 News

Has India’s Muslim population really exploded? | India Election 2024 News

New Delhi, India – The share of Indian Muslims in the country’s population has soared by more than 43 percent since 1950: That’s the key takeaway from a new working paper published by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC). Amid India’s heated national election campaign, as Modi has…