Fights over illegal fishing lead to armed conflict, deaths Protesters from across Sri Lanka descended on the nation's capital in February, shouting above the street noise and pumping their fists in the air in frustration. World 31 Mar, 2022
Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied. World 30 Dec, 2021
Fishermen feeling the impact of Sri Lanka ship disaster Fishermen feeling the impact of Sri Lanka ship disaster Environment 04 Jun, 2021
Searing testimony heard at Vatican sex abuse summit VATICAN CITY: The day began with an African woman telling an extraordinary gathering of Catholic leaders that her priestly rapist forced her to have three abortions over a dozen years after he started violating her at age 15. It ended with a... Women 22 Feb, 2019
Drone strike kills militant linked to Charlie Hebdo attack: US A US drone strike in Syria has killed an Islamic State militant linked to the January 7 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, defense officials said on Friday. Boubaker el Hakim was killed late last month in Raqqa, the Islamic... Women 10 Dec, 2016
Poles protest to demand end to constitutional crisis UPDATED: WARSAW: Tens of thousands of Poles held street protests in Warsaw and other cities on Saturday in opposition to government moves that have paralyzed the constitutional court, something seen by many as a threat to the rule of law in the... Women 12 Mar, 2016
Paris set for Charlie Hebdo tribute Paris, January 4 France this week commemorates the victims of last year’s Islamist militant attacks on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket with eulogies, memorial plaques and another cartoon lampooning religion. Heavy... Women 05 Jan, 2016
Human chain symbolising Nepal�s unity in diversity Over 500 turn up for this symbolic campaign calling for an end to nation’s polarisatio KATHMANDU: Holding each other’s hands on the morning of October 9, more than 500 enthusiastic youth formed a human chain in the Capital. From Maitighar Mandala... Horoscopes 10 Oct, 2015
Polish prez, MPs, top govt officials killed in plane crash SMOLENSK: A plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and much of the nation's ruling elite crashed landed in the Russian city of Smolensk on Saturday killing all 96 people on board. The Tupolev Tu-154 jet was carrying Kaczysnki and his wife,...
