President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Gaza ceasefire will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Ramaphosa made the statement on Tuesday in Cape Town in parliament, stressing that South Africa’s…
Gen Z stars Ananya Panday, Sara Ali Khan, Khushi Kapoor, and Suhana Khan arrived in style at the season’s first celebrity Diwali party, hosted by Manish Malhotra at his Mumbai residence on October 12. The star-studded affair turned into a glamorous fashion parade, setting major festive style goals for the season. For Gen Z, Diwali…
Mahmoud Abu Foul heard his mother’s voice after eight months in Israeli detention, but could not see her face. A 28-year-old from northern Gaza, Abu Foul was arrested from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in late December and imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities, where he says guards tortured and beat him so severely that…
Just as Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi was in India, the 2,600-kilometre Durand Line between Pakistan and the Taliban-ruled nation burst into flames. Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged deadly fire in at least seven locations along the Durand Line. Afghan authorities even accused Pakistan of bombing Kabul. Both sides have claimed to have captured…
It might seem like just a tree to some, but for those with a green thumb, nurturing one from a sapling to a giant tree is like raising a child. This emotion was visible in a heart-wrenching viral video when Devla Bai Patel, a nonagenarian from Chhattisgarh’s Sarragondi village bowed down to the stump of…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the Centre appears unwilling to replace hanging with lethal injection as a method of executing death row convicts, saying “the problem is that the government is not ready to evolve.” A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to…
Russia is increasing air attacks to compensate for failing to crack Ukrainian defences on the ground, according to Kyiv. “Russia has started a new wave of air terror against Ukraine – against our cities and civilian infrastructure,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NATO’s 71st Parliamentary Assembly on October 13. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend…
A heartbreaking Reddit post by a 21-year-old battling terminal cancer has moved thousands of people, prompting prayers and messages of support. The post, titled “Cancer won guys, see ya,” was shared on the subreddit r/TwentiesIndia this week and has gone viral. The user, who identified himself as a 21-year-old male, revealed he was diagnosed with…
China has accused the United States of “double standards” after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose an additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods in response to Beijing’s curbs on exports of rare earth minerals. China says its export control measures announced last week were in response to the US restrictions on its entities…
While much of the globe’s attention remains on the Gaza ceasefire deal, less than 33 kilometres (21 miles) away, Israeli settlers, often backed by soldiers, continue daily assaults and raids across the occupied West Bank. On Monday night, Israeli settlers uprooted 150 olive trees in the village of Bardala, in the northern Jordan Valley, destroying…