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In war-torn Yemen, malnourished children are struggling to survive as temperatures riseKareen Fahim, Ali Al-Mujahed and Lorenzo Tugnoli traveled through parts of Hodeida province in northwestern Yemen in August to report on the convergence of extreme heat and hunger.Published Oct. 12 at 6:00 a.m.Hodeida, YemenThere are never enough hospital ...

Comment on this storyCommentAbout 50 bodies were recovered and significant infrastructure was destroyed during flooding in India’s northeast this week, with dozens missing and over a thousand tourists stranded in the Himalayan state of Sikkim, according to authorities.A glacial lake overflowed and flooded the Teesta River in Sikkim, a ...

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, reportedly expressed an interest in visiting the United States capital last week but was denied by its government. The request, confirmed by US officials, came after an eventful trip to New York alongside President Ebrahim Raisi to take part in the ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States said Monday it refused a request by Iran’s foreign minister to visit Washington last week, pointing to concerns about Tehran’s record including past detentions of US citizens. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reportedly sought to travel to visit Iran’s consular interest section following ...

Comment on this storyCommentNEW DELHI — India went on the diplomatic offensive against Canada on Thursday, ordering the country to reduce staffing at its embassy and suspending the issuance of new visas for Canadians, as the fallout from allegations that New Delhi was behind the killing of a Sikh ...

Washington, Sep 20 : A US expert has termed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's claim of a “potential link” between Indian government agents and the killing of a Khalistani leader a “shameless and cynical action” and urged that the United States not be part of it. Participating in a ...

Comment on this storyCommentNEW DELHI — India expelled a Canadian diplomat on Tuesday in a tit-for-tat move after Canadian officials accused Indian government operatives of gunning down a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia and threw out an Indian diplomat they identified as an intelligence officer.Canadian Prime Minister Justin ...

US Congressman Brad Sherman on Friday raised the issue of kidnappings by criminals, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and imprisonment of women by authorities Published Date - 10:10 AM, Fri - 15 September 23 ANI Photo Washington: US Congressman Brad Sherman on Friday raised ...

THE day before the G20 Summit begins and barely three months after the Indo-US joint statement hailed ties spanning “seas to stars,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting US President Joe Biden Friday made progress in a sweeping range of areas they had flagged last June: from space research ...

Comment on this storyCommentPakistan’s election commission on Tuesday disqualified Imran Khan from holding public office for five years, days after he was arrested on corruption charges, in the latest setback for the embattled former prime minister.Khan, who denies the charges, will no longer be a member of Parliament, the ...