MEXICO CITY: Thousands of Mexicans, mainly court employees and law students, protested in the capital on Sunday against a controversial judicial reform proposal that would see judges elected by popular vote. They gathered in Mexico City as the Senate began to debate the initiative pushed by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and approved by […]
DHAKA: Thousands of students rallied in Bangladesh on Thursday to mark the one-month anniversary of the fall of long-serving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after deadly protests. Students, teachers and families of those killed in the unrest joined the “March for Martyrs” carrying the national flag and chanting slogans such as “Blood of the martyrs is our […]
Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent months, escaping escalating violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, according to Bangladeshi officials. The violence has intensified as fighting between Myanmar’s ruling junta and the Arakan Army, a powerful ethnic militia drawn from the Buddhist majority, continues to worsen. “We have information that around 8,000 […]
Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent months, escaping escalating violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, according to Bangladeshi officials. The violence has intensified as fighting between Myanmar’s ruling junta and the Arakan Army, a powerful ethnic militia drawn from the Buddhist majority, continues to worsen. “We have information that around 8,000 […]
Listen to article Thousands of protesters gathered in Istanbul on Sunday to oppose a controversial new law targeting stray dogs, which animal rights activists fear could lead to mass culling across Turkey. The legislation, passed last month, mandates the removal of millions of stray dogs from Turkish streets, citing public safety concerns. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended […]
ISLAMABAD/ AHMEDABAD: Heavy rains battered India and Pakistan’s coastal areas along the Arabian Sea, flooding cities in western India’s Gujarat state and forcing thousands of people from their homes, with authorities predicting a cyclonic storm to develop by Friday. People waded through waist-high waters that partly submerged vehicles and roads in parts of the state, […]
Since last night, snowfall has continued intermittently on Babusar Top, the Karakoram highway is still closed at several places due to landslides. According to the police, thousands of travelers and tourists are stranded due to the closure of the Karakoram Highway. Due to the blocking of the highway, there are long queues of vehicles on […]
In a shocking revelation, CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen confirmed that a terrorist plot aiming to kill tens of thousands at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna was thwarted earlier this month, thanks to crucial intelligence provided by the CIA. Speaking at the Intelligence Summit near Washington D.C., Cohen disclosed that the Austrian authorities […]
COX’S BAZAR: Rohingya refugees stranded in camps in southern Bangladesh observed the seventh “Rohingya Genocide Day” on Sunday. The commemoration took place as new refugees, fleeing escalating violence in Myanmar, continued to arrive at the border. Seven years ago, the majority of the Rohingya community was forced to flee Myanmar’s Rakhine state, an act recognised […]
CHICAGO: Thousands of mostly peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters marched in Chicago on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, in a show of anger against the Biden administration’s support for Israel in the Gaza war. After hours of peaceful demonstrations, dozens of protesters broke through part of the perimeter security fence, drawing riot […]