A person holds a sign with an image of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil as they take part in a pro-Palestinian rally. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be kicked out of the U.S. as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana has … Read more
Policemen close the road after a suspected bomb explosion outside of the Hellenic Train offices the company that runs Greece’s railway, the second building on the right, in Athens, Greece, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) | Photo Credit: Petros Giannakouris An explosion occurred outside the offices of Hellenic Train in Athens, Greek police … Read more
Dozens of Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed “only women and children” after a ceasefire collapsed last month, the U.N. said, as an Israeli attack in the territory’s south killed a family of 10 on Friday (April 11, 2025). A U.N. rights office report also warned that expanding Israeli evacuation orders were resulting in … Read more
The U.S. and India have long sought justice for the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and with the extradition of accused Tahawwur Rana, that day has come, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday (April 11, 2025). “We extradited Tahawwur Hussain Rana to India to face charges for his role in planning … Read more
Police in Pakistan demolished and raided two Ahmadi worship places and demolished their minarets. File | Photo Credit: AFP Police in Pakistan demolished and raided two Ahmadi worship places and demolished their minarets in the country’s Punjab province, an organisation representing the minority community said on Friday (April 11, 2025). Both worship places are located … Read more
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Department of Defense will cut $5.1 billion in “wasteful” spending, including on climate and diversity initiatives, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to slash government spending, tasking Elon Musk with leading the so-called Department of … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: SASEC website In the backdrop of massive cuts in the U.S. Agency for International Development funding of projects in South Asia and the dwindling presence of other western development agencies, focus is now shifting to the regional and national development funds that are active in South Asian region. Out of the several … Read more
Vice President JD Vance, left, listens to Col. Susan Meyers, right, during a briefing at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Friday, March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The commander of a U.S. Space Force base in Greenland has been fired after she sent a base-wide email breaking with official messaging following Vice President JD … Read more
President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff walk to attend the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (April 11, 2025) told Moscow to “get moving” on ending … Read more
Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday (April 11, 2025), the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban’s return to power. The executions at sports stadiums in three separate provinces brought to 10 the number of men publicly put to death since … Read more