Image used for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu Six members of the minority Ahmadi community were arrested by police on Saturday (March 8, 2025) after it earlier provided protective custody to around two dozen of them following threats from a sectarian politico-religious party. The police registered cases against the Ahmadi community members after taking … Read more
Russia said its troops had retaken three villages seized by Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia on Saturday (March 8, 2025) said its troops had retaken three villages seized by Ukraine in the Kursk border region, where Kyiv’s forces have been losing ground recently. The Russian Defence Ministry announced the recapture of Viktorovka, Nikolayevka … Read more
Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed houses, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation formally adopted early on Saturday (March 8, 2025) an Arab League counter-proposal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to take … Read more
A view of a man with a Palestine flag after he climbed up Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, at the Palace of Westminster, in London, Saturday, March 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Emergency services were called to the Palace of Westminster in London on Saturday (March 8, 2025) after a man holding a … Read more
A file image of Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul | Photo Credit: AP The Taliban issued a message on International Women’s Day, saying Afghan women live in security with their rights protected, even as the U.N. condemned ongoing employment and education bans. Since the Taliban … Read more
A drone view shows houses destroyed in the Gaza Strip. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Britain said on Saturday (March 8, 2025) they supported an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $53 billion and avoid displacing Palestinians from the enclave. “The plan shows … Read more
A man prays near the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy, on March 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia on Saturday (March 8, 2025) as the Vatican machinery and Holy Year celebrations marched … Read more
Smoke rises while members of the Syrian forces ride on a vehicle as they battle against a nascent insurgency by fighters from ousted leader Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect, in Latakia, Syria March 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Syria war monitor reported on Saturday (March 8, 2025) that more than 300 civilians from the … Read more
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following a Russian rocket attack in Dobropillya, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Saturday, March 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday (March 8, 2025) called for more sanctions against Russia as overnight strikes killed at least 14 … Read more
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waves to his supporters as he comes out of a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, on March 8, 2025, | Photo Credit: AP South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday (March 8, 2025), a day after a Seoul court cancelled his … Read more