WARSAW: Poland‘s parliament on Thursday will open a long-awaited debate on liberalising abortion laws in the majority Catholic country, with splits in the ruling coalition suggesting an uncertain outcome.Women’s rights…
Resistance fighters in Myanmar’s civil war say they have taken control of a key town on the border with Thailand, in what would be another major defeat for the country’s…
NEW DELHI: China announced sanctions against two US companies on Thursday over their alleged support for arms sales to Taiwan, which Beijing considers its own territory. The sanctions imposed on…
The risks of the Gaza war expanding into a much bigger regional conflict had seemed to have subsided. Not any longer. Comments from Iranian and American leaders in the last…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad chapter of the Baloch Students Council (BSCI) has penned an open letter demanding the release of two Baloch students Feroz Baloch and Ahmed Khan belonging to the…
A property tycoon has been sentenced to death in Vietnam after the biggest fraud trial in the country’s history. Truong My Lan was sentenced on Thursday by a court in…
NEW DELHI: Stargazers and eclipse enthusiasts have much to look forward to, as Nasa has outlined a series of future eclipses occurring across various parts of the globe. These celestial…
South Korea’s liberal opposition party has won by a landslide in parliamentary elections – with senior ruling party politicians reportedly offering to resign following the crushing defeat. The results of…
Months of street protests have failed to persuade German policymakers to shift their stance on Israel. Increasingly, pro-Palestinian organizers are trying the legal route, in hopes of having more success.Last…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s five-year term as Ukraine‘s president formally ends on May 20. An would have been held in late March, but the parliament postponed the vote as the country is…