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For the second time in three weeks, terror struck France, this time with the gruesome beheading of a history teacher in a street in a Paris suburb. The suspected attacker was shot and killed by police.French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” and urged ...

The BJP on Monday termed the alleged Roshni land scam "one of the biggest land scams" in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. The comments come after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had on Friday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged scam in ...

Prince William claimed this decade is the 'most consequential period in history' as he urged everyone to take action against climate change and help repair the planet in a virtual TED Talk to promote his new Earthshot Prize.The Duke of Cambridge, 38, said the world's response to the global ...

From the Green Revolution to the National Action Plan on Climate Change, the book chronicles the country’s historical movements and significant green missions (Reuters Image)By Shriya RoyThere is very little written about the environmental history of India. While there is no dearth of high-quality, well-researched literature on any other ...

Over the past week major countries, such as Russia and Iran, have indicated their desire for the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia to de-escalate. At the same time, both countries have said they stand by international law and that Azerbaijan’s claims to Nagorna-Karabakh, where most of the fighting is ...

Australian women’s team equaled the world record for most consecutive One-day Internationals wins when they beat New Zealand by 232 runs in Brisbane. They matched Ricky Ponting’s men’s team’s streak on 21 straight victories achieved in 2003. Rachael Haynes and Alyssa Healy starred for the hosts as they set ...

Nitha Naqvi’s parents had only recently arrived in the UK from Pakistan when they had her. Both were overworked junior hospital doctors who, cut off from their family support systems, had no idea how to combine their jobs with raising a child. “So my father did what everyone does ...

Dozens of babies and three mothers died on the wards of a single hospital trust, in what is being described as the largest maternity scandal in the history of the NHS, The Independent can today reveal.Clinical malpractice was allowed to continue unchecked over a period of 40 years, with ...

Writing last month in African Leadership Magazine, she asked: "One of the things I am thinking about right now...is this a time for us once again to have some sort of race and reconciliation summit?"  She told The Telegraph: "The ministers are all saying this is an issue which ...

By Riaz BalochBalochistan , Aug 30 (ANI): There is a long history of enforced disappearances in Pakistan occupied Balochistan. While thousands of Balochs have been abducted and disappeared since its illegal occupation, hundreds of others have been eliminated in the line of Pakistan's "kill and dump" policy. Thousands still ...