Ekrem Imamoglu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Prosecutors early on Sunday (March 23, 2025) requested that detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the top challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, be formally arrested over allegations of corruption and terror links. A court is now set to decide whether the popular Opposition figure will be charged and … Read more
Sirajuddin Haqqani. File. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the Interior Minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government, officials in Kabul said on Sunday (March 23, 2025). Sirajuddin Haqqani, who acknowledged planning a January 2008 attack on … Read more
Activists have called for press freedom to be protected in Indonesia and demanded an investigation after a Weekly magazine Tempo, critical of the government was sent a pig’s head and decapitated rats. | Photo Credit: X/@tempodotco Activists have called for press freedom to be protected in Indonesia and demanded an investigation after a magazine critical … Read more
Saritha Ramaraju has been charged with one felony count of murder for slitting her son’s throat, killing the boy after they went on a vacation to Disneyland during a custody visit, on March 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: via X/@SantaAnaPD An Indian-origin woman has been charged with allegedly murdering her 11-year-old son after a three-day … Read more
A view of the damaged flat of an apartment building after a Ukrainian drone’s attack in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on March 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP “Russian air defence units destroyed 59 Ukrainian drones that targeted Russia’s southwestern regions and killed one person in Rostov,” Russian authorities said on Sunday (March 23, 2025.) A U-turn … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters A 56-year-old Indian-origin man and his 24-year-old daughter were shot dead at a convenience store in the US state of Virginia and police have arrested one person in connection with the shooting, according to media reports. Pradipkumar Patel and his daughter were working at the store on Lankford … Read more
Muhammad Yunus. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Bangladesh’s request for a meeting between its interim government’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the upcoming BIMSTEC Summit is under consideration,” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is learnt to have told a Parliamentary panel meeting in New Delhi. “At this year’s first meeting … Read more
Smoke rises from a building after it was targeted by an Israeli army strike, following evacuation orders for residents, in Gaza City Saturday, March 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis killed Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel, Hamas and Palestinian media reported in the early hours of Sunday … Read more
The ancient tradition of Nowruz, meaning “new day” in Persian, which can be traced back over 3,000 years to the period of Zoroastrianism, is far more than just the start of a New Tear. A celebration of life, rebirth, and the triumph of light over darkness, Nowruz unites diverse cultures across Central Asia, the Caucasus, … Read more
The British government has ordered an investigation into the country’s “energy resilience” after an electrical substation fire shut Heathrow Airport for almost a day and raised concerns about the U.K.’s ability to withstand disasters or attacks on critical infrastructure. While Heathrow Airport said it was now “fully operational,” thousands of passengers remained stuck, and airlines … Read more