UK returns Ethiopian prince’s lock of hair after 140 years

A lock of hair from an Ethiopian prince who died in 1879 and artefacts looted by the British during a 19th-century battle have been returned to the east African country.
23 September 2023

India hits back after Pak PM raises J&K issue

India reiterated that matters pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are “purely internal” and Pakistan cannot comment on its domestic matters.
23 September 2023

Ukraine claims to break through Russian lines

Ukraine has reported breaking through Russian defence lines in the south as its army yesterday said that senior Russian navy commanders were among dozens killed or wounded in a missile attack on Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Crimea.
23 September 2023

Mexican police cuff crooked ‘demon doll’ Chucky

Handcuffed, a knife still sticking out of his overalls, the Chucky doll hunches against the wall as police hold him by his bright orange hair to take his mug shot.
23 September 2023

Gunmen kidnap dozens of Nigerian university students

Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents said yesterday.
23 September 2023

Suicide bomber kills 13 in Somalia

Thirteen people were killed and 20 others wounded in central Somalia yesterday after a suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives towards a security checkpoint in the town of Beledweyne, police said.
23 September 2023

Recycling plastic not enough

Warns UN environment chief
23 September 2023

Delhi: where cultures converged and empires rose

In the intricate web of Indian history, the Sultani period emerges as a momentous chapter which brought together different cultures, paving the way for artistic, linguistic, social, and administrative exchanges, which stands as a testament to dialogue between civilisations..Muslim rulers o
23 September 2023

Long Covid linked to multiple organ changes, research suggests

A third of people hospitalised with Covid-19 have "abnormalities" in multiple organs months after getting infected, a UK study said on Saturday, potentially shedding light on the elusive condition of long Covid
23 September 2023

US says it expects India to work with Canada on murder case

The United States made clear on Friday that it expected the Indian government to work with Canada on efforts to investigate the possible involvement of New Delhi agents in the murder of a Canadian citizen in June
23 September 2023

First big grain ship leaves Ukraine’s port

The first big ship carrying grain from a Ukrainian Black Sea port has set sail since Moscow quit a deal in July to allow exports, a Ukrainian deputy prime minister said yesterday, part of Kyiv’s campaign to break Russia’s de facto blockade.
22 September 2023

Azerbaijan troops on the edge of Karabakh stronghold

Azerbaijani troops are on the edge of Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist stronghold of Stepanakert, prompting residents to hide in basements in fear, a rebel envoy told AFP yesterday.
22 September 2023

China’s recent military movements ‘abnormal’

Recent Chinese military movements around Taiwan were “abnormal”, the island’s defence minister said yesterday, flagging amphibious exercises in addition to drills Taipei has observed in the province facing the island.
22 September 2023

Probe into Murder of Sikh Leader: Trudeau wants India to cooperate

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday called on India to cooperate with an investigation into the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia and said Canada would not release its evidence.
22 September 2023

No ME peace without Palestinians’ rights

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has said there could be no peace in the Middle East without a two-state solution, sending a warning as Saudi Arabia considers recognizing Israel.
22 September 2023

Hidden ocean source of CO2 on Jupiter moon

Carbon dioxide detected on Jupiter’s moon Europa comes from the vast ocean beneath its icy shell, research using James Webb Space Telescope data has indicated, potentially bolstering hopes the hidden water could harbour life.
22 September 2023

ISRO says 'no response' from Moon lander, rover

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today said it attempted to re-establish communication with Vikram lander and Pragyan rover of Moon mission but has not got any response yet
22 September 2023

Indian sports minister won’t attend Asian Games in China

Decision taken in protest of Beijing’s denial of accreditation to some Indian athletes from Arunachal Pradesh
22 September 2023

US revives Cold War submarine spy programme to counter China

On a windswept island 50 miles north of Seattle sits a US Navy monitoring station. For years, it was kept busy tracking whale movements and measuring rising sea temperatures.
22 September 2023

Trudeau wants India to cooperate in murder probe

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday called on India to cooperate with an investigation into the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia and said Canada would not release its evidence
22 September 2023