6:13 pm - Wednesday April 22, 2026

World

Latest News on World
Ballotting begins in Yercaud by-election
Perus ballot count drags on amid frustra...

Perus ballot count drags on amid frustration with presidential election

Perus ballot count drags on amid frustration with presidential election **Peru Navigates Electoral Uncertainty as Vote Tally Continues Amidst Political Turmoil** Lima, Peru – Peru’s presidential election remains in a state of protracted uncertainty as vote counting continues, fueling public... read more »

El Salvador publishes law allowing life ...

El Salvador publishes law allowing life sentences for minors as young as 12

El Salvador publishes law allowing life sentences for minors as young as 12 **El Salvador Approves Harsher Penalties for Juvenile Offenders Amidst Security Crackdown** **San Salvador, El Salvador** – In a significant shift in its penal code, El Salvador has enacted legislation permitting life... read more »

Iran war live: Pakistan in push for new ...

Iran war live: Pakistan in push for new round of US-Iran peace negotiations

Iran war live: Pakistan in push for new round of US-Iran peace negotiations **Regional Tensions Escalate as Pakistan Advocates for Renewed US-Iran Diplomacy Amidst Lebanese Casualties** **Islamabad, Pakistan –** As the conflict in the Middle East continues to cast a long shadow, Pakistan has... read more »

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition of seer Shobhan Sarkar, who had sought directions to the Uttar Pradesh government and the district administration of Fatehpur for allowing excavations in a village where, he believed, huge reserves of gold lay buried. A Division Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Vipin Sinha dismissed the petition of Sarkar with the remark "no case has been made out to grant any of the reliefs as claimed in the writ petition". Sarkar had claimed that there was a "hidden gold treasure of about 2,500 tonnes at the bank of river Ganga in village Adampur, Tehsil and District Fatehpur". He had also claimed that he was ready to bear the expenses for carrying out excavations at the site for which he had planned to involve experts from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and IIT-Kanpur. However, the court rejected the petition observing that Sarkar had "miserably failed to prove any of his right to claim any permission". Significantly, an excavation was carried out at a village in Unnao district recently following a similar claim made by Sarkar. The seer later on blamed the failure of the operation on his not being "invited" to the site by the excavators.
Huge crowds greet Pope Leo in Cameroon 2...

Huge crowds greet Pope Leo in Cameroon 20 years after outreach trip

Huge crowds greet Pope Leo in Cameroon 20 years after outreach trip **Pontiff’s Return to Cameroon Draws Jubilant Welcome, Echoing Two Decades of Pastoral Connection** Yaoundé, Cameroon – Pope Leo received an effusive and massive welcome upon his arrival in Cameroon today, marking a... read more »

Subscribe to Asia

Asia

Pakistan charity boss Abdul Sattar Edhi ‘heartbroken’...

Abdul Sattar Edhi, 86, was asleep when a gang of armed men raided the Karachi slum building that serves as his residence and charity headquarters. They made off with gold, silver and cash worth... read more »

Turkey facilitating transfer of Iraqi Kurdish figh...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that Turkey was facilitating the passage of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters to Kobani to aid... read more »

Islamic State: Syria rebels warn of backlash over US ai...

Syrian rebel fighters backed by the West have told the BBC that the US-led coalition faces a backlash in their country over its bombing campaign against... read more »

Pakistan violates ceasefire twice along LoC, Internatio...

Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice by firing on forward posts along the LoC and International Border in Poonch and Jammu districts, drawing... read more »

Saudi sentences iconic Shia cleric to death

DUBAI: A well-known Shia cleric was sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Saudi Arabia, sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in the... read more »

Subscribe to Middle East

Middle East

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Five people were injured, one in a critical condition, when a bomb was hurled at a public bus in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, two days after 14 were killed in an attack on a police station in Nile... read more »

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

Cairo – At least 44 people, including six children, were killed and dozens wounded in an aerial bombardment by the Syrian regime in Aleppo... read more »

UN chief hails peaceful presidential election in Madaga...

UN chief hails peaceful presidential election in Madagascar

United Nations – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon haswelcomed the peaceful holding of Madagascar presidential election and called on all parties in the... read more »

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

Geneva – The United Nati! ons and humanitarian partners Monday appealed for some $13 billion in 2014 to help millions of people in humanitarian need... read more »

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

Israel fires into Lebanon in retaliation

The Israeli army has said it fired across the Lebanese border in retaliation after accusing Lebanese troops of gunning down one of its soldiers as he drove... read more »

Subscribe to South Asia

South Asia

45 militants surrender in Afghanistan

45 militants surrender in Afghanistan

Kabul – Forty-five militants surrendered Sunday in Baghlan province, seeking to resume normal life, in Afghanistan, an official said. “A 45-member group of militants who were involved in... read more »

CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is... read more »

Nasheed demands resignation of Maldives president

Nasheed demands resignation of Maldives president

Male – Former president Mohammed Nasheed, the front-runner in the long-drawn-out presidential race in the Maldives, has asked incumbent President... read more »

CHOGM boycott: Manmohan explains to Rajapaksa

CHOGM boycott: Manmohan explains to Rajapaksa

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is not... read more »

Maldives Supreme Court postpones run-off in presidentia...

Maldives SC puts off presidential poll run-off

Male – Maldives Supreme Court early Sunday blocked a second round run-off to elect a new president and postponed the re-vote to Nov 16 amid deep... read more »

More from World

Nitish Kumar resigns; Samrat Choudhary set to become next Bihar CM | LIVE

Nitish Kumar resigns; Samrat Choudhary set to become next Bihar CM | LIVE **Bihar Political Landscape Shifts as Nitish Kumar Steps Down; Samrat Choudhary Poised for Chief Ministership** In... read more »

UK's little-known new passport rule that left Brit woman stranded in Spain

UK's little-known new passport rule that left Brit woman stranded in Spain ### Dual Nationality Holders Face Unforeseen Travel Hurdles Under Evolving UK Border Regulations **London,... read more »

SunExpress plane returns to UK airport after emergency MINUTES into flight

SunExpress plane returns to UK airport after emergency MINUTES into flight ### SunExpress Flight Diverted to Manchester Airport Due to In-Flight Medical Incident **Manchester, UK – [Date... read more »

Woman dies during New Zealand Qantas flight as crews battle to save passenger

Woman dies during New Zealand Qantas flight as crews battle to save passenger ## Passenger Fatality Aboard Qantas Flight En Route to Auckland **A somber incident unfolded aboard a Qantas... read more »

UN experts slam attacks on Gaza shelters, forced displacement in ...

UN experts slam attacks on Gaza shelters, forced displacement in West Bank ### International Panel Condemns Violence Against Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank **United Nations, [Date]** – A panel... read more »