BJP ‘using mosque survey to orchestrate violence’
Protesters clashed with police yesterday with at least two people killed in riots sparked by a survey investigating if a 17th-century mosque was built on...
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Fire rips through slum area in Manila
Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky yesterday as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area...
Uruguayans vote for new president
Uruguayans voted yesterday with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex-president Jose “Pepe” Mujica hoping to reclaim the country’s top job five years after a right-wing...
Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship under Taliban
When Zainab Ferozi saw Afghan women struggling to feed their families after Taliban authorities took power, she took matters into her own hands and poured...
Frenchman who sleeps with alligators seeks refuge for venomous menagerie
His neighbours have cats and dogs, but when 72-year-old Philippe Gillet settles down to watch television there is usually an alligator dozing beside him.His bungalow...
Developing nations slam ‘paltry’ $300 bn climate deal
The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300bn a year pledge...
Storm Bert hits UK and Ireland, causes widespread damage
Storm Bert swept across Britain and Ireland on Saturday, bringing heavy snowfall, rain and strong winds.A man in his 60s died after a tree fell...
Dozens killed in Pakistan sectarian violence
More than 80 die in a tribal area of Pakistan riven by tensions between Shia and Sunni communities....
Can RFK Jr make America’s diet healthy again?
Kennedy’s plans to ban dyes in cereals and fluoride in water could get major pushback from the food industry....
St. Petersburg invites tourists from Qatar
St. Petersburg is the second largest industrial, scientific, cultural and business center in Russia. The city is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful in...