Even thermometers can’t keep up with the plunging temperatures in Russia’s remote Yakutia region, which hit minus 67 degrees Celsius (minus 88.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in […]
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Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, 128 nations including India, defy Trump at UN
India joined an overwhelming majority of UN member countries to vote for a resolution criticising the United States for recognising Jerusalem of Israel bucking an […]
Pakistan links Kashmir issue to Palestinian crisis at UNSC
Pakistan frequently raises the Kashmir issue at various UN forums. However, for the second consecutive year not a single other nation has come out in […]
India and Pakistan are racing to tap the Himalayas in disputed Kashmir
Several hundred metres underground, thousands of labourers grind away day and night on a huge hydroelectric project in contested Kashmir, where India and Pakistan are […]
Geminid meteor shower tonight, Where and how to see the celestial display
The shower is predicted to be at its maximum at around 2am on December 14, when the Gemini constellation will be almost overhead and the […]
IS asks Kashmiris to behead Indian troops
An article in Islamic State magazine ‘Rumiyah” asks Kashmiri Muslims to restart their fight “under the banner of Khilafah” and behead Indian and Pakistani troops […]
Hassan Nasrallah (Hezbollah Chief) calls mass protest over Jerusalem
The head of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement on Thursday called for a mass demonstration in protest at US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as […]
‘Children of the stones’, the day Palestine was reborn
When the first Intifada commenced in December 1987, I had just turned 15. At the cusp of manhood, I had entered my first year at […]
North Korea fires ballistic missile near Japan’s economic zone, Trump says ‘will take care of it’
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the test an intolerable, “violent” act. North Korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, in a major […]
Atleast 235 killed in mosque attack in Egypt’s Sinai, world leaders condemn the attack
CAIRO: Attackers killed at least 235 worshippers Friday in a bomb and gun assault on a packed mosque in Egypt’s restive North Sinai province, in […]