The embattled district of Shopian in the south of Kashmir is at breaking point. An unknown gunman has shot and injured a local politician in the village of Chitragam. He is the third politician shot this week in Shopian district alone. […]
The Philippines is withdrawing top diplomats from Canada after Ottawa missed a deadline to take back 69 shipping containers full of rubbish, the latest move in a long-running row stoked by threats from Manila’s outspoken president. Last month, President Rodrigo […]
Sri Lanka temporarily blocked social media networks and messaging apps and imposed a nationwide curfew on Monday after the worst outbreak of anti-Muslim violence since the Easter Sunday attacks. The murder of over 250 people by suicide bombers at three churches and three […]
Austria is to ban girls under the age of 14 from wearing Islamic headscarves to school. The Austrian parliament on Wednesday approved a new law that prohibits any “ideologically or religiously influenced clothing which is associated with the covering of […]
Donald Trump has declared a "national emergency" which will give the US government sweeping powers to prevent American companies doing business with foreign suppliers of telecommunications equipment including Huawei. Mr Trump signed an executive order which accused foreign powers of […]
In 1973 America’s Supreme Court legalised abortion across the country through its ruling in the case of Roe v Wade. After a series of challenges followed, the court reaffirmed its core ruling in Roe in another pivotal case in 1992, […]
The Senate Intelligence Committee has struck a deal with Donald Trump Jr. to appear for a closed-door interview next month, pulling the two sides back, for now, from a confrontation over a subpoena as part of the panel’s Russia investigation. Under the […]
Fully electric “flying vehicles” could join Paris’ transport network “within five years”, according to the French capital’s public operator RATP. RATP, which manages Paris’ bus, train, and underground services, is teaming up with Airbus, the European aerospace giant, to "explore […]
It may have a distinctly chequered past in its treatment of women, but the Vatican has scored a small victory in its push towards greater inclusion with the formation of its first female football team. The new squad is made […]
The 25-year-old heiress to the German business behind Choco Leibniz biscuits has been accused of trivialising the company’s Nazi past. Verena Bahlsen has come under fire over comments she made claiming the company treated forced labourers well during the Nazi […]