Putin touts Russia’s ‘Arctic power’ with launch of nuclear icebreakers

November 22, 2022 09:43 pm | Updated 09:43 pm IST – ST. PETERSBURG Russian President Vladimir Putin applauses as he attends an online conference in his residence Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow on November 22, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday touted Russia’s Arctic power at a flag-raisingRead More →

Nepal should develop friendly relations with India and China for prosperity: Prakash Man Singh

Prakash Man Singh. File | Photo Credit: PTI Prakash Man Singh, a senior leader of the ruling Nepali Congress, has said that the new government in Nepal should develop cordial and friendly relationships with both India and China and seek support from all friendly countries for the landlocked Himalayan nation’sRead More →

Iran football team does not sing national anthem before FIFA World Cup game against England

Iran players line up during the national anthems before the match. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s players did not sing their national anthem before their opening game of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar against England on Monday. Ahead of the game, captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh said the team wouldRead More →

Will promote skilled immigration, tackle illegal migration, says Rishi Sunak

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at the National Memorial Arboretum during a commemoration for veterans of Britain’s nuclear test programme, in Alrewas, England on November 21, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, on November 21, 2022, backed highly skilled migration to the U.K. while sayingRead More →

Nepal elections | Powerful Madhesi leader Upendra Yadav trails, as a former secessionist emerges from the shadows

File picture of former Nepali Foreign Affairs Minister Upendra Yadav with Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: PTI Nepal’s much-awaited parliamentary election has thrown up an early surprise with the likely defeat of former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Upendra Yadav who has been one of the tallestRead More →

Shallow quake kills 162, injures hundreds on Indonesia’s Java island

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java on November 21, 2022, officials said. Doctors treated patients outdoors after the quake, which was felt as far away as the capitalRead More →

Iran arrests actors Ghaziani, Riahi for publicly removing headscarves: state media

Iranian Actor Hengameh Ghaziani. File | Photo Credit: AFP Iran has arrested two prominent actors who expressed solidarity with the protest movement and removed their headscarves in public in an apparent act of defiance against the regime, state media reported Sunday. Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi were both detained afterRead More →