Russia evacuates 4,000 people after dam bursts, floods near Kazakh border | Weather News

Russia evacuates 4,000 people after dam bursts, floods near Kazakh border | Weather News

Authorities warn of dangerous water levels on the Ural river and open an investigation into the dam breach. Russia said it has evacuated more than 4,000 people in the Orenburg region near the Kazakhstan border due to flooding after a dam burst. The Orenburg governor’s office said on Saturday that…

Saving Sarah: The last Jewish embroidery shop in India’s Kochi | Arts and Culture

Saving Sarah: The last Jewish embroidery shop in India’s Kochi | Arts and Culture

Kochi, India – A chance encounter when he was selling postcards to tourists in Jew Town as a 13-year-old in the early 1980s would change the course of Thaha Ibrahim’s life. Growing up in Mattancherry, a bustling hub of the spice trade in the southern Indian city of Cochin (now…

Thousands around the world rally for Palestinians on Al-Quds Day | Gaza News

Thousands around the world rally for Palestinians on Al-Quds Day | Gaza News

Tens of thousands of people across the world have staged rallies to mark Al-Quds Day (or simply, Quds Day), an international day expressing support for Palestine and opposition to the ongoing Israeli occupation. The annual day of solidarity falls on the last Friday of Ramadan. People gathered in Iran, Malaysia,…

Is India behind targeted killings in Pakistan? What we know | Espionage News

Is India behind targeted killings in Pakistan? What we know | Espionage News

Islamabad, Pakistan — Since June 2021, Pakistan has tracked and accused Indian intelligence agencies of multiple attempts — some successful — at assassinating individuals New Delhi views as terrorists sheltered by Islamabad. On Thursday, British newspaper The Guardian backed those claims, three months after Pakistan’s government formally levelled similar allegations against…

India’s electoral bonds laundry: ‘Corrupt’ firms paid parties, got cleansed | India Election 2024 News

India’s electoral bonds laundry: ‘Corrupt’ firms paid parties, got cleansed | India Election 2024 News

New Delhi, India – It was a quick chain of events. On November 10, 2022, India’s Enforcement Directorate – the country’s premier agency tasked with tackling financial corruption – arrested P Sarath Chandra Reddy, an entrepreneur in the southern city of Hyderabad, on allegations of involvement in a liquor scam…

Are Modi’s economic policies benefitting all Indians? | India Election 2024

Are Modi’s economic policies benefitting all Indians? | India Election 2024

India is the world’s fifth-largest economy. The World Bank says the nation is leading growth in South Asia. India is one of the world’s fastest-growing emerging markets. Much of the success happened in the past 10 years, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He’s banking on that achievement to win over…

Rahul Gandhi files nomination for India election from Kerala seat | India Election 2024 News

Rahul Gandhi files nomination for India election from Kerala seat | India Election 2024 News

Gandhi is the leading figure in an opposition alliance fighting an uphill battle in this year’s polls against Modi, who remains broadly popular. Thousands of supporters thronged India’s most prominent opposition leader Rahul Gandhi during a campaign procession before his formal nomination for the parliamentary election starting this month. Gandhi,…

Tourist numbers up in post-war Afghanistan | Tourism News

Tourist numbers up in post-war Afghanistan | Tourism News

His soldier son toured Afghanistan with fighters in his crosshairs, but US traveller Oscar Wells has a different objective – sightseeing promoted by the Taliban’s fledgling tourism sector. Marvelling at the 15th century Blue Mosque in northern Mazar-i-Sharif, 65-year-old Wells is among a small but rising number of travellers visiting…

Pakistan court suspends Imran Khan’s prison sentence in state gifts case | Imran Khan News

Pakistan court suspends Imran Khan’s prison sentence in state gifts case | Imran Khan News

BREAKINGBREAKING, Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were each handed a 14-year sentence in the case in January. A Pakistani court has suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s jail sentence in a case related to illegal selling of state gifts. Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were each handed a…

Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly and religious logic | Education

Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly and religious logic | Education

Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. Girls beyond the 6th grade across much of the country, however, are still unable to pursue an education and remain unsure what the future holds for them. Two years ago, on…