Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday hailed the “progress” in Ukraine peace talks. Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday hailed the “progress” made in peace talks […]
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‘Furious kickback against equality’ must end, UN chief tells women activists as conference adopts landmark declaration
“A surge in misogyny, and a furious kickback against equality threaten to slam on the brakes, and push progress into reverse,” he said. “Let me […]
Syria Announces End To “Military Operation” After Mass Killings
Latakia: Syria’s new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after a war monitor reported more […]
Syria: Children among the dead amid reports of mass killings and looting
According to Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East, a six-month-old baby was among at least 13 children reported to have been killed. […]
Opium Farming Takes Root In Myanmar’s War-Torn Landscape
Pekon: Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in […]
Terrified Alawites In Syria Flee Attacks
Beirut: For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, […]
Days After Spat With Zelensky, Trump Warns Of Sanctions Against Russia
Days after spat with Zelensky, Trump says he’s considering “large-scale” sanctions and tariffs against Russia, until a ceasefire and peace agreement is reached with Ukraine. […]
Post-Assad Syria faces critical test over eliminating chemical weapons
Briefing ambassadors, Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, welcomed steps taken by the country’s new authorities to engage with the Organisation for the […]
Scores killed in ‘abhorrent attack’ on UN helicopter in South Sudan
More than two dozen members of the South Sudanese military, including an injured General, were also reportedly killed when the UN mission (UNMISS) helicopter came […]
A Passably Lively But Spectacularly Shallow Rom-Com
New Delhi: A sham, short-term romantic dalliance in an elite, no-uniform Delhi school assumes serious overtones and flips and flops its way through predictable ups […]
